Associate Director, Master Data Steward - Planning & Segmentation

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Professional development opportunities

Travel opportunities

Job summary

A global biotechnology firm is seeking an Associate Director, Master Data Steward in Cork, Ireland, to manage master data quality and integrity within SAP S4/HANA. The role involves collaboration with business users, data analysts, and IT teams to ensure data accuracy and compliance with standards. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, at least 5 years of experience in SAP master data management, and excellent data analysis skills. This hybrid role includes occasional travel to global sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in SAP master data management, especially in IBP and S4/HANA.
• Strong knowledge of SAP master data processes related to Supply Chain.
• Excellent attention to detail and data accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain master data quality and integrity.
• Support and manage Data Specialists executing master data requests.
• Analyze master data issues and implement corrective actions.

Skills

Data analysis

Problem-solving

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

SAP master data tools (e.g., LSMW, BAPI, IDOC)

Job description

Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well‑understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first‑to‑market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

About Technical Operations

BioMarin’s Technical Operations group is responsible for creating our drugs for use in clinical trials and for scaling production of those drugs for the commercial market. These engineers, technicians, scientists and support staff build and maintain BioMarin’s cutting‑edge manufacturing processes and sites, provide quality assurance and quality control to ensure we meet regulatory standards, and procure the needed goods and services to support manufacturing and coordinating the worldwide movement of our drugs to patients.

Associate Director, Master Data Steward, Planning & Segmentation

Shanbally, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork - hybrid role

About The Role

The Master Data Steward, Planning and Segmentation is responsible for managing and maintaining the quality and integrity of the master data in S4/HANA and IBP to support Forecast to Plan (FTP). The SAP Master Data Steward will work closely with business users, data analysts, and IT teams to ensure that Segmentation and IBP master data is accurate, consistent, and compliant with the business rules and standards. The SAP Master Data Steward will also perform data cleansing, validation, enrichment, and migration activities, as well as provide training and support to the end users.

Key Responsibilities

• General Responsibilities
• Reviews, performs impact assessments, and approves master data requests from business users ensuring that they meet business rules, data quality, and governance standards.
• Directly and/or indirectly supports and manages the Data Specialists who execute the master data requests to ensure standard processes and data rules are consistently adhered to.
• Monitors and analyzes master data issues and errors and implements corrective and preventive actions.
• Collaborates with Process Leads to design, document, implement, and improve business/data quality rules and KPIs, standards, workflows, and reports.
• Provides training and guidance to Data Specialists and end users on the master data policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Performs data analysis to identify continuous improvement opportunities that drive business efficiency through master data.
• Reports and manages issues, risks, and scope of impact. Identifies and works to prepare business cases for identified gaps and improvements.
• Acts as a change champion for transformation and operational activities both functionally and cross functionally.
• Helps develop and implement processes for enabling the simplification and standardization of data practices in line with the SAP first and fit standard design philosophies.
• Build partnerships through collaboration with global, functional, and regional teams on operational and planning initiatives.
• Partners with functional management to assess and manage change impacts to data quality, operations, and processes.
• Develops and manages robust methodologies to maintain and report consistency and quality of master and transactional global business data.
• Collaborates the development of internal and external data audit processes and executes those processes within their data domain to ensure data attributes and value standards are correctly reflected in the system.
• Assess master data (accuracy, availability) and format requirements needed to support business processes and integrations with boundary applications.
• Manages and chairs data domain specific governance user meetings (L1) to facilitate decision making, process changes, and bi-directional communication.
• Participates in Data Core Team governance (L2) by representing their data domain and the needs of their stakeholders.
• Partners with other Data Stewards to ensure global and cross-functional process alignment.
• Business Rule Definition & Lifecycle Management
• Define critical data elements, quality dimensions, and acceptance criteria for the FTP and Segmentation data; maintain traceability to business capability, control, and regulation.
• Lead the governance for rule authoring, review/approval, testing, deployment, versioning, and retirement; ensure impact analysis and change control.
• Maintain a central rules catalog with ownership, lineage, coverage (% of fields controlled), and effectiveness (defect leakage, rule pass rate).
• Embed rules into both preventive controls (form/UI validation, workflow) and detective controls (DQM profiling/monitoring) with automated alerts.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• At least 5 years of experience in SAP master data management, preferably in IBP and S4/HANA environments.
• Strong knowledge of SAP master data objects, structures, and processes, especially in the areas of Supply Chain Logistics and Supply Chain Planning.
• Proficient in SAP master data tools, such as LSMW, BAPI, IDOC, MDG, etc.
• Excellent data analysis and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Self‑motivated, proactive, and adaptable to changing business needs and priorities.
• Demonstrated GxP knowledge with tangible experience in CSV, 21 CFR Part 11/EU Annex 11, audit readiness, and CAPA management.

Preferred

• Experience with SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) and Syniti Master Data Management or equivalent data governance/DQ platforms.
• Exposure to Veeva (Vault RIM/Quality/CRM) and analytics/BI for reporting and dashboards.
• Experience in distribution compliance for the life science industry.
• APICS certification or equivalent.

Core Competencies

• Exceptional Stakeholder management & collaboration
• Business Rule Lifecycle Management
• Self‑motivated problem solver
• Exceptional time management skills
• Effective communication skills
• Matrix environment adaptability
• GxP, SOX, and SOD knowledge
• Detail oriented & process driven mindset
• Strong knowledge in IBP processes & functionality
• Strong knowledge in Planning, MFG, and SC Operations
• Strong knowledge of SAP Segmentation functionality
• Working understanding of Jurisdictional Control & Regulatory release processes.

Working Conditions

• Hybrid (2-3 days a week in office) plus travel (~10–20%) to global BioMarin sites
• May require off‑hours support during cutovers, inspections, or critical releases.

Note: This description is not intended to be all-inclusive, or a limitation of the duties of the position. It is intended to describe the general nature of the job that may include other duties as assumed or assigned.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.