Data Governance, Metadata Lineage & Access lead

Are you a Data Governance, Metadata Lineage & Access lead who is energized by the challenge of being part of one of the leading pharmaceutical companies worldwide? If so, Data Governance, Metadata Lineage & Access lead role is the one for you to explore.

As a Data Governance, Metadata Lineage & Access lead, you will hold a pivotal role in GSK data governance council, a collective responsible for critical data-related decisions within GSK. Its primary objective is to ensure reliable data is readily available to all staff, maintaining its continuous accessibility, usability, and reliability. It focuses on leveraging data effectively while establishing and enforcing rules to govern data handling. Additionally, it implements procedures to safeguard data integrity and privacy.

Expectations for this role include driving data governance process and standards by providing project leadership. This involves planning, directing and executing operation utilizing agreed-upon governance management methodologies. It ensures governance principles and objectives are achieved.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, evaluate, and maintain updated metadata, lineage, and data access standards, templates, and procedural workflows.
• Implement and overseas compliance with metadata, lineage, and data access protocols at regional and local market levels, ensuring consistent adherence to established standards.
• Regularly audit and assess data catalogue systems and access permission to guarantee alignment with agreed standards and process.
• Offer guidance and assistance to data stewards in the adoption and effective utilization of metadata, lineage, and data access protocols, facilitating their understanding and implementation.
• Conduct quality assurance checks on the outputs delivered by region and local teams to ensure precision and adherence to established standards.
• Centralize and manage data access rights through RBAC matrix, maintaining comprehensive logs detailing granted and revoked access permissions.
• Actively participate in the Enterprise Management Data Governance council, contributing insights to resolve complex metadata, lineage, and data access issues. Additionally provide updates on the data governance roadmap, facilitating strategic alignment and continuous improvement initiatives

Why you?

Job Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field (Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Management Information Systems etc.)
• 5+ years experiences in data lifecycle management
• Knowledge in data governance
• Technical skills – DG tool proficiency (Collibra, Unity Catalogue, and Atacama)
• Knowledge in technology architecture (Azure is a plus)
• Strong leadership and influencing skills to drive change across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Comprehensive experience in project management, including delivery of complex IT projects and services, on both in-country and above-country levels by using the methodology intelligently.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experiences that would be a plus
• Working in Azure environments
• Databricks
• At least one of the following languages: SQL, Python, R, Spark
• Proven track record of delivering data driven solutions with a customer-first mindset.
• Experience successfully driving end-to-end operation of new process.
• Establishes the right governance and knows how to leverage stakeholders, holds all stakeholders accountable with clarity
• Strong interpersonal skills, including networking and teamwork abilities, combined with excellent negotiation and communication skills (within both IT and Business communities)
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.

Closing Date:

02/07/2024

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Contact information:

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