Procurement Data Quality & Governance Manager

IN10 (FCRS = IN010) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Healthcare Private Limited is seeking a Data Quality & Governance Manager to define and implement data governance and data quality practices across the organization, ensuring data is accurate, consistent, compliant, and fit for business use.

You will establish governance frameworks, drive continuous improvement, manage data ownership and stewardship, monitor KPIs, and lead governance councils with stakeholders across data domains.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Data Governance, Data Quality Management, MDM, and Metadata Management.
• 6–8 years designing and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Strong understanding of data cataloging, lineage, metadata management, data architecture, and lifecycle management.
• Experience establishing data quality standards, controls, monitoring processes, and remediation.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, and cross-functional collaboration.
• DCAM certification and experience conducting governance maturity assessments and DCAM activities.

Responsibilities

• Establish, implement, and improve enterprise-wide data governance framework, policies, standards, and controls.
• Define and manage data ownership, stewardship, accountability models, and governance processes across data domains.
• Ensure compliance with data governance principles and regulatory requirements.
• Lead governance councils, forums, and stakeholder engagements.
• Define, monitor, and report data quality KPIs, metrics, dashboards.
• Oversee data quality management activities including profiling, audits, remediation.
• Lead governance maturity assessments and continuous improvement programs.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

MDM

Metadata management

Data cataloging

Data lineage

Stakeholder management

DCAM certification

Governance maturity

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Data Quality & Governance Manager is accountable for defining, implementing, and continuously improving data governance and data quality practices across the organization. The role ensures that data is accurate, consistent, compliant, and fit for business use by establishing governance frameworks, quality controls, data stewardship processes, and performance monitoring mechanisms.

Major Accountabilities

• Establish, implement, and continuously improve the enterprise-wide data governance framework, policies, standards, and controls.
• Define and manage data ownership, stewardship, accountability models, and governance operating processes across data domains.
• Ensure compliance with data governance principles, regulatory requirements, and organizational data management standards.
• Lead and facilitate governance councils, forums, stakeholder engagements, and decision-making processes.
• Define, monitor, and report data quality KPIs, metrics, thresholds, and dashboards to drive data quality outcomes.
• Oversee data quality management activities including profiling, audits, issue resolution, root cause analysis, and remediation.
• Lead governance maturity assessments, automation initiatives, and continuous improvement programs to enhance data quality and operational efficiency.

Minimum Requirements

• Proven experience in Data Governance, Data Quality Management, Master Data Management (MDM), and Metadata Management.
• Min 6-8 years of demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Strong understanding of data cataloging, data lineage, metadata management, data architecture, and data lifecycle management.
• Experience establishing data quality standards, controls, monitoring processes, and remediation frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• DCAM certification and experience conducting governance maturity assessments and annual DCAM activities.

Why Novartis?

Our purpose is to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives and our vision is to become the most valued and trusted medicines company in the world. How can we achieve this? With our people. It is our associates that drive us each day to reach our ambitions. Be a part of this mission and join us! Learn more here: https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams' representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Skills Desired

Data Profiling, Data Quality Improving the lives of people living with disease takes more than innovative science. It takes a focus on the needs of people and a community committed to meeting them. It takes a team of people like you. Working together. Learning together. Thriving together. Discover how you can join us in changing people’s lives.