Data Governance & Enablement Lead

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Parsippany-Troy Hills (NJ); On-site; USD 109,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Life and disability insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Teva Pharmaceuticals seeks a Manager of US Commercial Data Governance & Data Enablement to lead metadata, data stewardship, and data product initiatives across the US Commercial portfolio.

You will coordinate with IT, Data Stewards, vendors, and business units to ensure trusted data definitions, governance, and analytics enablement, while driving adoption and training for data capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in business, analytics, information management, computer science, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Operations, Analytics, or related roles, including ownership of cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience coordinating business and IT teams to deliver data products, integrations, analytics capabilities, or operational data services.
• Hands-on experience with data catalog, metadata management, data stewardship, or data governance platforms; Informatica Data Catalog experience is preferred.
• Experience with cloud data platforms and analytics environments, such as Databricks and Tableau/Power BI, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or commercial data is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with pharmaceutical data sets, or experience in the Pharmaceutical/Biotech/Healthcare industry is a plus.
• Robust interpersonal and communication aptitudes, capable of effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in delivering presentations to Sr Leadership.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Python and data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI).

Responsibilities

• Data Lake & Data Enablement Delivery: Serve as the operational lead and primary point of contact for assigned Data Lake and Data Harmonization initiatives.
• Coordinate day-to-day execution across business stakeholders, IT teams, Data Stewards, vendors, and subject matter experts.
• Translate business needs into documented requirements, execution plans, milestones, ownership, and follow-up actions; monitor progress and elevate risks or dependencies that may affect delivery.
• Support the development, onboarding, validation, and adoption of new data products, KPIs, analytics capabilities, and business unit data services.
• Help transition new Data Lake development into sustainable daily, weekly, or monthly operations, including controls, issue management, data quality monitoring, and user support.
• Data Catalog & Metadata Management: Own the onboarding and ongoing maintenance of Databricks, Tableau, and other data assets within Informatica Data Catalog.
• Ensure business and technical metadata, definitions, ownership, lineage, classifications, and usage guidance are complete, accurate, and current.
• Coordinate metadata review and validation with Data Stewards, data owners, and IT teams.
• Monitor metadata completeness and resolve gaps so users can locate, understand, and appropriately use trusted data assets.
• Evaluate new Informatica Data Catalog capabilities, coordinate with the vendor as needed, and recommend enhancements that improve metadata management, discovery, and user experience.
• Data Governance, Stewardship & Quality: Facilitate Data Steward engagement, clarify ownership, track governance actions, and ensure business definitions and data documentation are maintained.
• Partner with business and IT teams to support mapping, data dictionaries, quality controls, and issue resolution.
• Support recurring data quality reviews and operational controls to help ensure trusted and reliable insights.
• Stakeholder Leadership, Training & Adoption: Build effective working relationships with executive stakeholders, business teams, IT, analytics teams, Data Stewards, and vendors.
• Lead working sessions, provide clear status updates, identify decisions needed, and maintain accountability for actions and deliverables.
• Develop and deliver user training, onboarding, process guidance, and support for the Data Catalog and related data capabilities.
• Promote adoption of governed data assets and standardized processes by connecting business users with available data, definitions, owners, and support channels.
• Operational Management & Continuous Improvement: Manage multiple concurrent initiatives and operational requests, balancing timelines, dependencies, business priorities, and service expectations.
• Establish repeatable operating processes, trackers, controls, and performance measures that improve transparency and scalability.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual activities, streamline handoffs, reduce recurring issues, and improve delivery quality.
• Support the Director with portfolio planning, prioritization, roadmap execution, and other Data Governance, Data Harmonization, and Data Enablement initiatives as needed.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Data Governance

Data Operations

Requirements Translation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Informatica Data Catalog

Databricks

Tableau

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Teva Pharmaceuticals seeks a Manager of US Commercial Data Governance & Data Enablement to lead metadata, data stewardship, and data product initiatives across the US Commercial portfolio.

You will coordinate with IT, Data Stewards, vendors, and business units to ensure trusted data definitions, governance, and analytics enablement, while driving adoption and training for data capabilities.