Data Operations Lead — Digital Finance (Hybrid, Barcelona)

ES06 (FCRS = ES006) Novartis Farmacéutica, S.A.; Barcelona; Hybrid; EUR 41,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Retirement plans

Wellbeing resources

Global recognition

Flexible/hybrid work

Parental leave

Job summary

Novartis is seeking a Data Operations Manager in Digital Finance to lead the lifecycle of finance data products. Based in Barcelona, you’ll ensure data accuracy, scalability and collaboration across technical and business teams to drive smarter financial decisions.

You will oversee data lake/lakehouse/warehouse operations, monitor pipelines, automate data quality checks and manage governance aligned with privacy and security requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, data science, or related field.
• Typically 2–3 years of experience in product operations, preferably with data platforms and Agile environments.
• Proven ability to manage timelines, resources and deliverables across complex data product lifecycles.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills translating business needs into operational requirements.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison across Finance, Digital teams, and DDIT to align and operate business data product operations.
• Lead and support end-to-end operational activities of enterprise Finance data lake, lakehouse and warehouse products.
• Monitor scheduled data loads, pipelines, interfaces, completeness, performance and services across monthly close, planning, forecasting and other critical Finance cycles.
• Triage incidents and data-quality exceptions; capture business impact, diagnose, coordinate resolution and maintain status communication.
• Maintain SOPs, support models, escalation paths, load calendars, and recovery procedures.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

GenAI literacy

Data architecture

ETL pipelines

T-SQL

BI/data visualization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering/Data Science

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL/ETL tooling

Job description

Novartis is seeking a Data Operations Manager in Digital Finance to lead the lifecycle of finance data products. Based in Barcelona, you’ll ensure data accuracy, scalability and collaboration across technical and business teams to drive smarter financial decisions.

You will oversee data lake/lakehouse/warehouse operations, monitor pipelines, automate data quality checks and manage governance aligned with privacy and security requirements.