AD, Tech/Ops Data Partnerships

Novartis Farmacéutica; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis Farmacéutica is seeking an Associate Director in Data Partnerships Operations to lead onboarding of data partners and coordinate with DEO, IM DnA, and cross-functional teams across the enterprise. This role is remote from anywhere in the U.S., with the hiring manager defining working hours and travel expectations.

You will oversee data asset governance, onboarding collaboration, and ongoing operations, ensuring metadata accuracy, catalogs stay up to date, and issues are triaged and

Responsibilities

• Coordinate onboarding with data partners and vendors across business units.
• Support day-to-day data operations post-go-live.
• Triage and resolve data issues; ensure timely delivery and metadata capture.

Job description

#LI-RemoteThis position can be based remotely anywhere in the U.S. (there may be some restrictions based on legal entity). Please note that this role would not provide relocation as a result. The expectation of working hours and travel (domestic and/or international) will be defined by the hiring manager. This position will require 20% travel.

Job description summary

This Associate Director role sits within Data Partnerships Operations and reports to the Data Partnerships Leads. The role supports smooth onboarding and ongoing management with data partners/vendors, serving as a day-to-day coordination point across business stakeholders, brands, functions, Data Partnerships, data partner/vendor technical teams, DEO, IM DnA, and cross-functional technical teams. The role requires close alignment with business priorities and operating rhythms to help ensure data is flowing correctly, metadata is captured on data assets, catalogs and inventories remain current, and issues triaged, escalated, and resolved in a timely manner.The Associate Director will orchestrate technical onboarding in collaboration with DEO, support day-to-day data operations post-go-live, coordinate real-time issue resolution across data partners/vendors and internal teams, track SLA adherence and delivery performance, and maintain the documentation, metadata, catalog inputs, and operational insights needed to strengthen data partner/vendor execution and trusted data asset management.