Associate Director, Data Governance Manager
Location: Barcelona (On-site). We require 3 days working from the office and 2 days working from home.
Join a place built on innovation and creativity. Where different views and perspectives are welcomed and valued. An environment that champions inclusion, and teams that reflect the diversity of the communities that we serve. It propels each of us forward, harnessing our differences to unlock challenges and bring new solutions. Ignite your curiosity and entrepreneurial spirit to uncover new insights that challenge conventions. Here we are forever pushing the boundaries as we feel comfortable spotting opportunities, making quick decisions and taking smart risks.
A place that’s investing in the latest technology, data and innovative ways of working. Here you’ll be backed with everything you need to be at the forefront of digitising our organisation. Whether that’s working on the leading-edge, defining the future of Pharma or upskilling yourself in our Digital and Data Academy.
This role sits within the R&D Data Office, supporting the R&D Data Governance Standards Team, collaborating across all areas of the business and different SME’s at various levels. We are offering a role to join a team with the exciting opportunity of developing within an evolving Data Governance structure reaching across SET areas, and developing alignment of critical data is crucial.
Accountabilities:
Support, influence and progress working relationships among various roles like Data Domain Leads, Data Stewards, System Owners and SME’s.
Moderate DG forums. Prepare agenda topics and help support the maturity of DG practices in line with agreed scope and prioritizing efforts to align to data maturity.
Support the development and maturity of Critical Data Assets and Critical Data Elements.
Support the periodic execution of Data Governance TRUST maturity assessments on critical data assets.
Help drive and influence the formalization of Data Governance strategy, roadmap and operating model.
Support the Management of the R&D Data Governance SharePoint site.
Support the periodic collection of information and reporting across DG key areas to Data Governance Board members.
Support the development and standardisation of DG standard methodology documents.
Manages projects related to Data Governance implementation and data risk mitigation, providing deep domain expertise to support internal partners with crafting their projects.
Support the business and Domains to develop and operationalise meaningful and measurable data standards metrics to support and monitor progress against the DG and DQ framework.
Contribute to formalize related data standards, SOPs and guiding documents, from within the DG team.
Using domain expertise to support contribution to the definition of data standards, including master data, reference data and metadata.
Liaises with SMEs and partners in a proactive way, to support the achievement of target data maturity level.
Essential Skills/Experience
Bachelor’s degree in business, data or technology subject area – or equivalent number of years of experience.
Prior working experience or involvement in an implementation of Data Governance programs with a good understanding of what Data Governance is across key principles
Prior working experience or involvement in Data Quality initiatives and framework
Project Management style skill set to enable prioritization multiple workstreams across complex landscape
Knowledge of data standards, data management and IT management regulations, policies and principles.
Knowledge and experience with regulated and/or legal environment and requirements (e.g., GxP, data privacy and security)
Awareness of how to refer to Data Models to connect and extract information on data centricity, critical data, reference and master data
Awareness of the security, privacy, ethics and quality requirements for critical data entities
Collaborator with the ability to influence peers to modify behaviours and provide support for the adoption of related data governance policies and standards
Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills, which can also translate into producing high quality documentation or presentations with high quality
Proven transformation management, drive, interpersonal, assertiveness and negotiation skills
Ability to know when to go deep or when to stay within a fixed scope, being able to chunk work up into agreed phases.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
Experience in life sciences and healthcare.
Master degree in Business Administration, Information/Data Science, Informatics, computer science, economics or related subject area.
Strong domain expertise and demonstrable experience within data governance disciplines and domains
Understanding of data risk management practice
Network of relevant contacts and relationships, including external links
Data Governance and Data Management education and certifications
Applied data management and data science skills, including experience with related tools.
Experience in data ownership or stewardship
Working knowledge on of the leading data governance tools – e.g. Collibra or Data Quality tools
Strong consulting skills
Experience in performing at least one end to end data maturity assessment on the benchmark of EDM Council’s DCAM model or DAMA principles.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.
Why AstraZeneca?
At AstraZeneca, we follow the science to explore and innovate. We are working towards treating, preventing, modifying and even curing some of the world's most complex diseases. Here we have the potential to grow our pipeline and positively impact the lives of billions of patients around the world. We are committed to making a difference by fusing data and technology with the latest scientific innovations to achieve the next wave of breakthroughs. We are driven by our shared belief in what science can do, a belief in its potential to redefine what's possible. We are always listening and learning from people who live with the diseases our medicines treat. It enables us to better understand their needs and, ultimately, diagnose and design the right treatments to impact patients' lives.
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