Senior Metadata & Semantics Lead, Data Governance & Catalog

Jobtailor; East Hanover (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Novartis is seeking an experienced Senior Metadata Management Lead in New Jersey to drive enterprise standards, governance, and catalog solutions. You will own metadata lifecycle, collaborate with data modeling, governance, and analytics teams, and ensure AI-ready data readiness.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, automation of metadata processes, and improving data transparency across the data ecosystem. On-site at East Hanover, NJ with no relocation support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• 8+ years in metadata management, governance, data catalog, or related roles.
• Experience supporting enterprise data catalogs, glossaries, lineage, or governance programs.
• Ability to define metadata standards, capture requirements, and improve data discoverability.
• Company will not sponsor visas for this position.
• Must be accessible to East Hanover, NJ site; relocation support unavailable.

Responsibilities

• Define and advance enterprise metadata standards, frameworks, and operating practices.
• Lead metadata capture, curation, validation, and lifecycle management across data assets.
• Establish metadata requirements for certified data products and AI-ready datasets.
• Ensure documentation of ownership, lineage, quality rules, and business definitions.
• Partner with data modeling teams to align metadata with enterprise data structures.
• Collaborate with governance and stewardship teams to improve data transparency and trust.
• Drive automation of metadata ingestion, lineage capture, and catalog synchronization.
• Support data product certification through validation of metadata readiness standards.
• Lead metadata issue resolution, root cause analysis, and stakeholder communications.
• Champion data discoverability, reuse, and adoption of catalog capabilities.
• Work with cross-functional leaders to shape Novartis' enterprise data ecosystem.

Skills

Metadata Management

Data Governance

Data Catalog Implementation

Data Stewardship

Data Architecture

Automation of Metadata Processes

Root Cause Analysis

Collaboration

Stakeholder Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Analytics, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Data Catalog

Business Glossary

Data Governance Tools

Job description

Novartis is seeking an experienced Senior Metadata Management Lead in New Jersey to drive enterprise standards, governance, and catalog solutions. You will own metadata lifecycle, collaborate with data modeling, governance, and analytics teams, and ensure AI-ready data readiness.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, automation of metadata processes, and improving data transparency across the data ecosystem. On-site at East Hanover, NJ with no relocation support.