Data Quality & Monitoring Sr. Specialist - HRBR

Mckesson Corporation; Cork; Hybrid; EUR 64,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

McKesson is seeking a Senior Data Quality & Governance Specialist to strengthen data quality, governance controls, monitoring, and trust across master data management domains. You will partner with Data Governance, Data Operations, BI, Technology, and business stakeholders to identify emerging data-quality risks, investigate issues, drive remediation, and provide actionable insights.

The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor, enterprise thinking, and strong business partnership skills to

Qualifications

• 7+ years in Data Quality, Data Governance, MDM, Data Analysis, or Compliance Monitoring.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Data Analytics, IS, Information Management, CS, or related field.
• Experience building KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, or governance reporting.
• Experience implementing data-quality monitoring and remediation processes.
• Experience troubleshooting complex data-quality issues with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise data-quality rules, standards, thresholds, controls, and measurement methodologies.
• Develop data-quality scorecards, dashboards, KPI frameworks, and monitoring processes.
• Analyze quality trends, identify risks, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
• Lead triage, root-cause analysis, escalation, tracking, and resolution of data-quality issues.
• Partner with technology, operations, data owners, and stewards to drive remediation.
• Identify opportunities to automate monitoring, controls, and exception-management processes.
• Provide SME for ERP modernization, analytics, automation, and data-transformation initiatives.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting and support governance/stewardship programs.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data analysis

Compliance monitoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Data Analytics/IS/Information Management/CS

Tools

Informatica

Ataccama

Alation

Collibra

SAP

SAP S/4HANA

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Job description

McKesson is an impact-driven, Fortune 10 company that touches virtually every aspect of healthcare. We are known for delivering insights, products, and services that make quality care more accessible and affordable. Here, we focus on the health, happiness, and well-being of you and those we serve – we care.

What you do at McKesson matters. We foster a culture where you can grow, make an impact, and are empowered to bring new ideas. Together, we thrive as we shape the future of health for patients, our communities, and our people. If you want to be part of tomorrow’s health today, we want to hear from you.

About The Role

McKesson is seeking a Senior Data Quality & Governance Specialist to strengthen data quality, governance controls, monitoring, and trust across master data management domains. This role serves as a senior subject matter expert responsible for developing quality standards, KPI scorecards, governance controls, and exception-management practices that help ensure critical enterprise data is accurate, complete, compliant, and fit for business use.

You will partner with Data Governance, Data Operations, Business Intelligence, Technology, and business stakeholders to identify emerging data-quality risks, investigate issues, drive remediation, and provide actionable insights. The ideal candidate combines analytical rigor, enterprise thinking, and strong business partnership skills to turn complex quality issues into sustainable solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Define and maintain enterprise data-quality rules, standards, thresholds, controls, and measurement methodologies for critical business data.
• Develop and manage data-quality scorecards, dashboards, KPI frameworks, and monitoring processes that provide visibility into organizational data health.
• Analyze quality trends, identify emerging risks or degradation patterns, and translate findings into clear business recommendations.
• Lead the triage, root-cause analysis, escalation, tracking, and resolution of complex data-quality issues and exceptions.
• Partner with technology, operations, data owners, and stewards to develop corrective actions and drive sustainable remediation.
• Identify opportunities to improve or automate quality monitoring, governance controls, and exception-management processes.
• Provide subject matter expertise for ERP modernization, analytics, automation, and data-transformation initiatives.
• Deliver executive-ready reporting, participate in governance and stewardship programs, and promote proactive data-quality management.

Basic Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Data Quality, Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Analysis, Compliance Monitoring, or a related discipline.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Analytics, Information Systems, Information Management, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
• Experience developing and maintaining data-quality KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, or governance reporting.
• Experience implementing data-quality monitoring and exception-management processes.
• Experience conducting root-cause analysis and driving remediation of complex data-quality issues.
• Experience partnering across business, governance, compliance, operations, and technology stakeholders.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Experience with Informatica, Ataccama, Alation, Collibra, SAP, or SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience creating analytics or reporting with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or comparable technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise data-governance, stewardship, or Master Data Management programs.
• Experience identifying opportunities to automate monitoring, controls, or data-quality processes.
• Experience supporting ERP modernization, data transformation, analytics, or automation initiatives.
• Ability to translate complex quality metrics and analytical findings into actionable recommendations for business and executive audiences.
• Strong collaboration, influence, and communication skills across technical and business teams.

Work Environment, Travel & Physical Requirements

• Traditional office environment.
• Approximately 10% travel.
• A large percentage of time performing computer-based work is required.

At McKesson, we care about the well‑being of the patients and communities we serve, and that starts with caring for our people. That’s why we have a Total Rewards package that includes comprehensive benefits to support physical, mental, and financial well‑being. Our Total Rewards offerings serve the different needs of our diverse employee population and ensure they are the healthiest versions of themselves.

As part of Total Rewards, we are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

€64,000 - €106,600