Job Description
As a Senior Manager, Data Steward, you will lead stewardship of critical Pharma R&D data domains, ensuring data quality, compliance, and usability across the research and development value chain. You will lead / mentor a team of data stewards and partner closely with governance, data product, and business domain leaders to operationalize data standards, resolve data issues, and deliver trusted, governed data products. This role is not only critical to oversee the implementation and management of MDM initiatives while ensuring accurate, consistent, and complete data across the organization for critical master domains (relevant to R&D), but also central to turning R&D data into a strategic asset, fueling AI/ML, enabling data-driven insights, and business outcomes. Essential Functions of the job: Data Stewardship Leadership Lead the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive data governance framework that aligns with organizational goals and regulatory requirements. Lead / mentor a team of data stewards assigned to support multiple R&D domains Define stewardship roles, workflows, and accountability to ensure clear ownership of data entities, business metadata, and processes. Act as an escalation point for complex data issues, ensuring timely resolution and alignment with governance policies. Operational Data Stewardship & Standards Operationalize data governance policies, standards, and SOPs in partnership with the governance team. Define, maintain, and curate business metadata (e.g., data definitions, glossary terms, business rules, usage context) within data catalog. Ensure consistency of business metadata across domains to avoid duplication, misinterpretation, or misalignment. Monitor and enforce data quality, completeness, and accurac