Novartis
Director, Core Data Management
$186K–$344K
East Hanover +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- East Hanover
Distant Employee - Distant Working Arrangement (DWA) (USA) - Experience
- 15+ years in data management or data architecture; 3+ years leading teams within a regulated industry environment.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Company will not sponsor visas for this position.
About the job
Leads enterprise core data management, setting standards and governance and overseeing teams and operations to deliver trusted, AI-ready data products at scale.
What you'll do
- Define enterprise standards for core data, metadata, data modeling, and data quality, and drive their adoption across data products.
- Lead and develop Associate Directors; partner with data engineering, business teams, vendors, and stakeholders to onboard and scale data products.
- Oversee data operations, service levels, governance compliance, documentation, delivery metrics, and continuous improvement.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
- 15+ years of data management or data architecture experience in complex organizations.
- 3+ years leading teams within a regulated industry environment.
- Enterprise data model or CDM ownership at scale with formal domain/master-data governance; working fluency in ODCS, DCAT, SKOS, OWL/RDF, or equivalent standards.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree.
- Experience with pharmaceutical commercial data sources such as IQVIA or Veeva.
Pay
$185,500.00 - $344,500.00 USD base salary
Tools
ODCS, DCAT, SKOS, OWL/RDF, Open Metadata, Atlan, Collibra, Alation
AI focus
Establish trusted, governed, AI-ready datasets that enable business value.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative