Specialist EDM Data Quality

By Admin · Quality Assurance & Quality Control

HYDERABAD (IN)HYBRIDPOSTED: 10/6/2026
PHARMAFull time
HIRING ORGANIZATIONNOVARTISPharmaceuticals / Healthcare
Novartis

ROLE OVERVIEW

Novartis is hiring a Specialist EDM Data Quality in Hyderabad on a hybrid basis to strengthen enterprise data quality, governance and monitoring across data domains. The role suits data management professionals with five or more years of experience, including time spent in pharmaceutical or healthcare data environments.

ROLE DEFINITION & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • •Drive adoption of enterprise data quality management frameworks, standards, methodologies and practices across data domains.
  • •Work with enterprise data quality tools and support their ongoing enhancement and adoption.
  • •Participate in governance forums and decision-making discussions with enterprise data governance teams.
  • •Establish domain-level baselines through critical data element identification and use-case prioritisation.
  • •Support business teams across the end-to-end data quality lifecycle to implement and maintain rules, metrics, thresholds and monitoring processes.
  • •Analyse data quality trends and guide domains on remediation activities that improve data accuracy and reliability.
  • •Work with the EDM team, IT and business stakeholders to enhance the data quality dashboard with relevant KPIs.
  • •Build business intelligence solutions such as Power BI dashboards to measure and monitor data quality outcomes.
  • •Champion enterprise data management capabilities and foster a culture of data excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science/information technology, data science, data management or a related discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience in data management, specifically data quality management, including at least 2 years in pharmaceutical or healthcare environments.
  • Hands-on experience implementing data quality rules using Ataccama or comparable platforms.
  • Strong knowledge of data quality management processes such as finalising data for DQ execution, data profiling, building rules, remediation, monitoring, measurement and audit practices.
  • Experience with data governance and master data management tools such as Ataccama, Collibra, Informatica or EBX.
  • Strong analytical, statistical, stakeholder management and communication skills within global matrix organisations.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • •Experience supporting enterprise-wide data governance and audit programmes.
  • •Experience identifying and analysing data anomalies and applying advanced analytical techniques to drive continuous improvement.

REQUIRED VERIFIED SKILLS

Data Quality Management
Data Governance
Master Data Management
Ataccama
Collibra
Informatica
EBX
Data Profiling
Data Quality Rules and Metrics
Remediation and Monitoring
Power BI
Statistical Analysis
Stakeholder Management
Communication

COMPENSATION & REWARDS

Salary: Competitive / Disclosed upon candidate shortlisting

ORGANIZATION CONTEXT & CULTURE

Novartis is a pharmaceutical company. This role sits within its enterprise data management function and supports the quality and governance of data used for business and healthcare outcomes.

TEAM SIZE: 76,000+ employees
INDUSTRY: Pharmaceuticals / Healthcare

APPLICATION ADVISORY

Highlight your hands-on work building data quality rules in Ataccama or a comparable platform, and describe your involvement across the full data quality lifecycle — profiling, rule building, remediation, monitoring and measurement. Since the posting requires at least two years in a pharmaceutical or healthcare data environment, make that experience explicit, and mention any Power BI dashboards or governance forum participation you have delivered.

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