Senior Data Steward: Pharma Master Data & Governance

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 107,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

PTO

HSA

401k

Wage access before payday

FSAs

Disability insurance

Work-Life resources

Parental leave

Wellness programs

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Senior Advisor for Data Management & Governance to oversee enterprise pharmaceutical master data assets, ensuring clinical validation, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness across procurement, billing, inventory, and dispensing pipelines.

You will drive cross-functional data governance, standardize critical attributes, and align product attributes with industry vocabularies while collaborating with CSMP, QRA, Finance, Sourcing, Revenue Management,

Qualifications

• Must have an active, unrestricted Pharmacist license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (Ohio preferred).
• Pharm.D. or B.S. in Pharmacy from an accredited college of pharmacy preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in related field preferred.
• 8+ years in hospital or retail pharmacy, both preferred.
• Experience in clinical pharmacy practice, pharmacy informatics, healthcare data stewardship, or pharmaceutical supply chain master data.
• Prior experience with pharmaceutical compendia.
• Direct experience with enterprise master data management systems or ERP solutions.
• Strong understanding of healthcare and pharmaceutical coding systems.
• Proficiency using analytical tools to develop insights with high business value.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to translate complex clinical nuances into precise data requirements.

Responsibilities

• Establish, standardize, and govern critical clinical and product attributes across the master data lifecycle.
• Author and maintain data dictionaries, business rules, policies, standards, and validation logic.
• Lead alignment of product attributes with industry-standard clinical vocabularies.
• Manage clinical, regulatory, commercial, and reimbursement inquiries and resolutions.
• Resolve complex data exceptions, discrepancies, and cross-reference mapping errors.
• Evaluate regulatory changes and manufacturer notices for impact.
• Oversee procurement, ingestion, transformation, and maintenance of third-party data.
• Collaborate with leaders to translate objectives into scalable data solutions across domains.
• 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.
• Be SME for clinical and product datasets.

Skills

Clinical pharmacotherapy knowledge

Regulatory acumen

Data stewardship

Pharmacy informatics

Healthcare coding systems

Analytical tools proficiency

Communication and presentation

Data governance

Pharmaceutical master data

Education

Pharm.D.

B.S. in Pharmacy

Tools

ERP systems

Data Management Systems

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. is seeking a Senior Advisor for Data Management & Governance to oversee enterprise pharmaceutical master data assets, ensuring clinical validation, regulatory compliance, and operational readiness across procurement, billing, inventory, and dispensing pipelines.

You will drive cross-functional data governance, standardize critical attributes, and align product attributes with industry vocabularies while collaborating with CSMP, QRA, Finance, Sourcing, Revenue Management,