Senior Data Governance Specialist

Lonza; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life sciences company in Manchester is seeking a Senior Data Governance Specialist to oversee business rules for transactional data and maintain company-wide data integrity. The ideal candidate will have experience in data governance principles, data quality monitoring, and Power BI visualization. Candidates will collaborate with technical teams to enhance data quality and ensure compliance. This role offers the opportunity to impact lives positively through data management.

Qualifications

• Experience in defining and implementing business rules for transactional data.
• Ability to create insightful reports and dashboards in Power BI.
• Proven skills in monitoring and reviewing data quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern business rules for transactional data.
• Build and maintain data governance architecture.
• Visualize data in Power BI to support collaborators.
• Monitor data quality and manage mass-update requests.

Skills

Understanding of data governance principles

Knowledge of Power BI

Monitoring data quality

Strong documentation skills

Collaboration with technical teams

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Overview

Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is dedicated people working together, devising ideas that help businesses help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, truly improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

Role Purpose

We are seeking a Senior Data Governance Specialist to define and oversee business rules for transactional data, with a focus on maintaining data integrity company-wide. Key responsibilities include developing and managing data governance architecture, providing support to customers, and collaborating with partners and technical teams to enhance data quality and governance.

The successful candidate will also be responsible for generating and implementing Power BI reports for data quality review, ensuring complete lifecycle management of transactional data.

Key Responsibilities

• Defining and governing business rules for transactional data
• Building and maintaining the architecture for data governance
• Collaborating with the technical team to develop data models
• Visualizing data in Power BI to support collaborators
• Enabling and supporting the user community in data processes
• Monitoring data quality and following up with collaborators
• Developing dashboards for data quality review (Power BI)
• Managing mass-update requests from business and project teams
• Crafting comprehensive documentation for data rules and processes
• Proposing and implementing business rules for data lifecycle management
• Ensuring compliance with established governance practices
• Good communication and collaborator management skills

Key Requirements

• Understanding of data governance principles and experience in defining and implementing business rules for transactional data
• Knowledgeable in using tools like Power BI for data visualization to construct insightful reports and dashboards for partners
• Experience in monitoring data quality, conducting data quality reviews, and collaborating with collaborators to address issues
• Strong documentation skills to develop comprehensive documentation for data rules, processes, and dashboards
• Ability to handle large-scale update requests and collaborate effectively with technical teams, business collaborators, and project teams
• Knowledge and experience in proposing and implementing business rules for data lifecycle management, ensuring compliance with governance practices

Every day, Lonza’s products and services have a positive impact on millions of people. For us, this is not only a great privilege, but also a great responsibility. How we achieve our business results is just as important as the achievements themselves. At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.