Job Description

About the role

236 million. That is how many lives our products impacted in 2022 across approximately 144 countries. And while we\'re proud of that, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people\'s lives? We have endless future opportunities in Tech Transformation and are well positioned to build products that improve lives.

As a Data Architect supporting P&O, you will contribute to solving complex problems by designing or modifying data architectures for our P&O department.

An efficient and effective technology & data landscape is essential to support our business processes within Corporate Functions. With a diverse customer group spanning from Rewards to Talent Management, the role will involve data architecture and governance supporting specific business capabilities.

Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support creation and execution of data management strategy for People & Organization.
• Responsible for implementation & adoption of enterprise data management principles for higher data maturity.
• Support implementation & adoption of enterprise data management principles. Customize and adopt enterprise data policy, data management (DM) framework, guidelines and standards for P&O and execute the adoption roadmap for maturing the data management practice
• Identification of function specific data, by:

o Defining the logical data domains within a function.
o Mapping of physical data repositories to the logical data domains
o Cataloging the physical data in the repositories and support other metadata management activities to enable data discovery.

• Creation of logical and physical data models based on business requirements.
• Ensure solutions are aligned and documented according to Novartis data architecture principles.
• Collaborate closely with domain- and solution-architects to design solution-architectures that comply to all Novartis standards.
• Define and Track Key Performance Measure related to data architecture deliverables.
• Define and maintain data landscape/dataflows for Corporate Functions.
• Provide data architecture trainings, coaching and expert level advise.

Role Requirements

What you\'ll bring to the role:

• Overall relevant work experience of about 5-10 years, ideally at multi-national organizations, in-depth specialized expertise in data management, ideally with a significant portion being within pharmaceutical and/or healthcare industry.
• Bachelor\'s degree in a computer science, engineering, or information technology discipline; an advanced degree and related accreditations is a plus.
• Hands on experience in data management including data strategy, data governance, data architecture, source to target mapping processes, etc.
• Experience in data governance /data management practices, systems and processes including data governance, master data management, meta-data management, data quality management.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain successful relationships with senior leaders IT or non-IT backgrounds and ability to successfully manage projects involving multi-functional teams in a matrixed environment.
• Knowledge of industry best practices in data architecture and data management.
• Great interpersonal, communication, presentation and writing skills.

Other skills required:

• Ability to work with others in a high paced, fluid, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in working in cross functional teams and managing relationships with stakeholders.
• Good skills in strategic thinking, influencing, attention to detail and organization.
• Ability to engage on large geographically or functionally dispersed teams in a matrix organization.
• Working under tight timelines without compromising quality.
• Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills.
• Strong can-do attitude and results focused.

Desirable Requirements:

• Experience working in an IT Environment supporting P&O / HR.
• Experience working with Data Governance Frameworks as DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM.

You\'ll receive:

Competitive salary, Annual bonus, Pension scheme, Share scheme, Health insurance, Flexible working arrangement, learning and development opportunities.

Why consider Novartis?

We believe the answers are found when curious, adventurous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you\'re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you\'re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks, and where you\'re surrounded by people who share your determination to seek the world\'s toughest medical challenges.

Imagine what you could do at Novartis!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Novartis embraces diversity, equal opportunity and inclusion. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration, and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.

Join our Novartis Network: If this role is not suitable to your experience or career goals but you wish to stay connected to learn more about Novartis and our career opportunities, join the Novartis Network here:

https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network

Functional Area

Technology Transformation

Division

Operations

Business Unit

DATA, DIGITAL & IT

Employment Type

Regular

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

Shift Work

No

Early Talent

No

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