Principal-MDM, Alignment & Dimensions Lead

GSK; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK in Bengaluru seeks a Principal-MDM, Alignment & Dimensions Lead to own architecture, design, and integration of enterprise MDM solutions. You will drive governance, data quality, and platform enhancements across Reltio, Java, APIs, and Azure, delivering trusted data and scalable improvements.

You will lead cross-functional teams, mentor senior developers, and coordinate MDM DevOps and releases with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience with a degree.
• Architecture and design experience in Reltio MDM and REST APIs.
• Tech Lead experience: governing code quality and design reviews.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Reltio solutions.
• Strong Java with microservices, Reltio MDM, and API patterns.
• Azure components and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end technical architecture and design of multiple MDM platforms (Reltio L3 configuration, RDM, security, workflows, UI, LOVs).
• Lead development and integration across Reltio and Azure stack (Azure Functions, Service Bus, AKS, Kong APIs).
• Define and manage Reltio roadmaps, enhancements, and release planning.
• Govern data quality controls, survivorship rules, and data model.
• Mentor Reltio Sr. Developers and Support Analysts.
• Oversee incident, change, and release management for Reltio and integrations.

Skills

Reltio MDM

Java

Azure

APIs

Tech Lead

DevOps

Data Governance

Stakeholder Mgmt

RESTful APIs

Security

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

Reltio

Azure Functions

AKS

Service Bus

Kong APIs

Git/GitHub

Job description

About the Role We are seeking an experienced Principal-MDM, Alignment & Dimensions Lead to lead the architecture, design, development, and integration of enterprise MDM solutions. You will provide technical leadership across Reltio, Java, APIs, and Azure, helping deliver trusted, governed data while driving platform enhancements, data quality, and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities

• Serves as the MDM SME for Reltio Master Data Management platform, associated applications and processes, ensuring the delivery of trusted, accurate, and governed data assets across Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Regulatory, and Analytics/Reporting functions.
• Define and manage Reltio roadmaps, enhancement requests, and release planning.
• Partner with IT and implementation teams to configure match rules, survivorship rules, hierarchies, and data quality controls.
• Oversee integrations between Reltio and CRM, Data Lake, Analytics, ERP, and downstream applications.
• Ensure successful onboarding and management of external data sources.
• Lead Reltio governance processes, stewardship workflows, and issue resolution activities.
• Technical SME for MDM DevOps and cross-functional teams, liaising with business stakeholders, market teams, Vault/SFMC/integration and other vendor teams to coordinate releases and projects.
• Own end-to-end technical architecture and design of multiple MDM platforms (Reltio L3 configuration, RDM, security, workflows, UI, LOVs) and related Java utilities/transformations, including low-level design and implementation patterns.
• Lead development and integration work across Reltio and Azure stack (Azure Functions, Service Bus, AKS, Kong APIs), ensuring robust data and API flows to CRM, Vault, and downstream systems.
• Guide and mentor Reltio Sr. Developers and Support Analysts, allocating work, reviewing designs, and driving continuous improvement.
• MDM Applications Oversee incident, defect, and change management related to Reltio, ensuring SLAs are met, root causes addressed, and changes follow SOPs for source code, change, and release management.
• Approve source-code reviews and technical documents, confirming specifications are complete, defects resolved, programming standards followed, and Git/GitHub repository structure and practices are adhered to.
• Ensure secure coding practices in Java/Azure solutions (encryption/decryption of credentials, OAuth token usage, remediation of security findings).
• Contribute to ongoing monitoring and service reviews (weekly and monthly meetings with Product Owner, Business Owner, Tech Lead, Service Owner, Service Manager) to track SLA and performance against quality standards.

Required skills and experience

• 10+ years of over professional experience with Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• Architecture and design experience in Reltio MDM and Rest APIs.
• Proven experience acting as Tech Lead or equivalent: governing code quality, design reviews, defect resolution, and technical sign-offs.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable Reltio solutions.
• Strong Java engineering background with experience in Reltio MDM (configuration, workflows, LCA components, UI, RDM, data validation, integration hub) and related microservices/integration patterns.
• Proficiency in Designing and Reltio L3 configuration including Data model, entity and relationship definition, crosswalks and source design strategies, Survivorship strategies, Match and merge concepts.
• Strong Java development skills with experience in microservices and Reltio MDM Rest APIs (configuration, workflows, UI, RDM, security, LCA components).
• Practical experience with Azure components: Azure Functions, Service Bus, Databricks, and associated DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with data integration, API design and development, and master data management concepts in complex enterprise environments.
• Agile/Scrum ways of working, story-point estimation and participation in backlog refinement, sprint planning, show-and-tell, and hyper care activities.
• Ability to troubleshoot production issues, and drive resolution of defects/incidents in Reltio and related integrations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to influence senior leadership.

Preferred skills

• Experience building GenAI/agentic solutions on Azure AI Agent Service or similar, integrating LLMs (Azure OpenAI, gpt, Gemini) with enterprise data and workflows.
• Ability to translate complex data/quality issues into clear AI engineering tasks and designs.
• Capability to implements AI/ML and GenAI solutions (often agentic) on enterprise data platforms to improve data quality, automate decisions, and reduce manual effort in key domains.

Skills

• Agentic AI
• Agile Methodology
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Cross-Functional Teamwork
• Cross-Platform Integration
• Data Analysis
• Design Thinking
• DevOps
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Prioritization
• Product Development Research
• Product Roadmapping
• Project Management
• RESTful APIs
• Return on Investment (ROI)
• Software Development
• Strategy Deployment
• User Experience (UX)
• User Interface (UI) Design

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people. Inclusion at GSK: As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process. Please contact our Recruitment Team at [e-mail] to discuss your needs.

About GSK

We are a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. Find out more on our career site.