Pharma Master Data & Governance Lead

Bazeta; United States; On-site; USD 107,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health is seeking a Senior Advisor, Data Management & Governance to oversee enterprise pharmaceutical master data assets. The role combines clinical pharmacotherapy knowledge with data stewardship to ensure clinically validated, compliant data across procurement, billing, inventory, and dispensing pipelines.

The candidate will lead governance efforts, author data standards, and collaborate with multiple domains to operationalize data for decision making.

Qualifications

• Active, unrestricted Registered Pharmacist license in at least one US jurisdiction (Ohio preferred).
• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) or B.S. in Pharmacy from an accredited college preferred.
• 8+ years in related field; hospital or retail pharmacy experience preferred.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy informatics, healthcare data stewardship, or pharmaceutical supply chain master data.
• Experience with pharmaceutical compendia and with enterprise MDM/ERP systems.
• Strong understanding of healthcare/pharmaceutical coding systems and data standards.
• Proficiency with analytical tools to derive insights.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to translate complex clinical nuances into precise data requirements.

Responsibilities

• Establish, standardize, and govern clinical and product attributes across the master data lifecycle.
• Author and maintain data dictionaries, business rules, policies, standards, and validation logic.
• Lead strategic alignment of product attributes with industry vocabularies.
• Manage clinical, regulatory, commercial, and reimbursement inquiries and resolutions.
• Resolve data exceptions, discrepancies, and cross-reference mapping errors.
• Evaluate regulatory changes and notices for operational impact.
• Oversee ingestion and maintenance of third-party data and reference data.
• Collaborate with leaders to translate objectives into scalable data solutions.
• Validate external data for accuracy and convert unstructured data to structured formats.
• Create data views and reports to promote data quality and insights.
• Lead data modernization initiatives.

Skills

Pharmacist license

Data governance

Pharmacy informatics

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Pharm.D.

B.S. Pharmacy

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Cardinal Health is seeking a Senior Advisor, Data Management & Governance to oversee enterprise pharmaceutical master data assets. The role combines clinical pharmacotherapy knowledge with data stewardship to ensure clinically validated, compliant data across procurement, billing, inventory, and dispensing pipelines.

The candidate will lead governance efforts, author data standards, and collaborate with multiple domains to operationalize data for decision making.