Manager Data Governance

Novartis India; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis India is seeking a data governance professional to lead enterprise data initiatives, ensuring governance, quality, and analytics across markets. You will shape data products, collaborate with brand and technical teams, and drive data-driven decision-making to maximize business impact.

The role emphasizes governance frameworks, metadata management, and cross-functional partnership to deliver commercial value through analytics and data programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
• 6+ years in data governance, data quality, or data management roles
• Strong understanding of metadata & stewardship, DQ, MDM platforms
• Strong understanding of any data assessment framework and data management maturity models
• Strategic thinking and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Responsibilities

• Explore, develop, implement, and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs
• Lead the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media
• Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development, and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI’s
• Work in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams, and all functions to maximize value
• Provide consultancy, advice, and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team through delivery of proven analytics-based projects
• Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers
• Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, quality rules, and validation logic
• Champion the Shift-Left Strategy by engaging source teams and market data owners early to embed governance and quality practices upstream, reducing rework and accelerating insights
• Collaborate with data stewards and enterprise data owners to uphold metadata, lineage, and compliance standards
• Initiate and deliver automation projects to optimize data lifecycle processes and reduce manual overhead
• Foster innovation to address operational gaps and improve efficiency
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, promoting data-driven decision-making and co-creation of data products that deliver commercial impact
• Build strong partnerships across markets, source systems, and governance teams to ensure alignment and adoption
• Support data maturity assessments to evaluate data management maturity, identify gaps, and track progress against benchmarks
• Develop and execute improvement plans to strengthen data capabilities across domains

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Data management

MDM platforms

Metadata stewardship

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Digital marketing

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science or information systems

Job description

ROLE

• – Explore, develop, implement, and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs
• – Lead the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media
• – Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development, and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI’s
• – Work in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams, and all functions to maximize value
• – Provide consultancy, advice, and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team through delivery of proven analytics-based projects
• – Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers
• – Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, quality rules, and validation logic
• – Champion the Shift-Left Strategy by engaging source teams and market data owners early to embed governance and quality practices upstream, reducing rework and accelerating insights
• – Collaborate with data stewards and enterprise data owners to uphold metadata, lineage, and compliance standards
• – Initiate and deliver automation projects to optimize data lifecycle processes and reduce manual overhead
• – Foster innovation to address operational gaps and improve efficiency
• – Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, promoting data-driven decision-making and co-creation of data products that deliver commercial impact
• – Build strong partnerships across markets, source systems, and governance teams to ensure alignment and adoption
• – Support data maturity assessments to evaluate data management maturity, identify gaps, and track progress against benchmarks
• – Develop and execute improvement plans to strengthen data capabilities across domains
• – Explore, develop, implement, and evaluate Digital innovation solutions that address customer needs
• – Lead the delivery of multiple projects across a variety of creative and marketing channels, including print and digital media
• – Develop and coordinate project plans across the design, development, and production stages of a project to support the successful delivery within set KPI’s
• – Work in collaboration with brand teams, technical teams, and all functions to maximize value
• – Provide consultancy, advice, and assistance on strategy for commercialization of products, and influence marketing/Marketing Sales Operation team through delivery of proven analytics-based projects
• – Provide analytics support to Novartis internal customers
• – Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance frameworks, quality rules, and validation logic
• – Champion the Shift-Left Strategy by engaging source teams and market data owners early to embed governance and quality practices upstream, reducing rework and accelerating insights
• – Collaborate with data stewards and enterprise data owners to uphold metadata, lineage, and compliance standards
• – Initiate and deliver automation projects to optimize data lifecycle processes and reduce manual overhead
• – Foster innovation to address operational gaps and improve efficiency
• – Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, promoting data-driven decision-making and co-creation of data products that deliver commercial impact
• – Build strong partnerships across markets, source systems, and governance teams to ensure alignment and adoption
• – Support data maturity assessments to evaluate data management maturity, identify gaps, and track progress against benchmarks
• – Develop and execute improvement plans to strengthen data capabilities across domains

REQUIREMENTS

• – Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
• – 6+ years in data governance, data quality, or data management roles
• – Strong understanding of metadata & stewardship, DQ, MDM platforms
• – Strong understanding of any data assessment framework and data management maturity models
• – Strategic thinking and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• – Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams
• – Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• – Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Waterfall Model
• – Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field
• – 6+ years in data governance, data quality, or data management roles
• – Strong understanding of metadata & stewardship, DQ, MDM platforms
• – Strong understanding of any data assessment framework and data management maturity models
• – Strategic thinking and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• – Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global teams
• – Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• – Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Waterfall Model