Beschreibung
Senior Data Management and Quality Workstream Lead (Pharma)We are a Life Science and IT service provider that has been successfully carrying out ‘state-of-the- art’ projects for international customers for more than 20 years. Our consultants mainly work on our customer’s premises, integrated in the customer’s project team.
Please Note:
This is a temporary position. Candidates will have to be temporarily employed at wega Informatik AG.
Project data:
Start:
13.02.2017
End:
28.02.2018
Location:
Basel
Workload: 100%
Background:
Our client's Product Development is launching a program to streamline and improve information access across the organization.
Objectives:
• Define and maintain common business terms.
• Develop and maintain data standards.
• Develop and maintain data quality rules.
• Develop and maintain cross reference data.
Deliverables:
• Data Governance Framework
• Data Standards.
• Business glossary.
• Data Quality Framework.
• Cross reference data.
The work-stream for Data Management and Quality seeks a lead to act as the Deputy for the Business Process Owner for our Master and Operational Data Standards and Governance.
The program is considering and Agile approach and would like to see the DM&Q adopt this into their approach as appropriate. The DM&Q lead would work with the BPO and Agile experts to recommend and then execute an approaches best can be determined in alignment with stakeholders.
Tasks & Responsibilities:
a) Data Standards and Governance Approach (in initial 2-3 months):
Work with other work streams to understand priorities, roadmap, business case, objectives and progress completed
Define approach, resources and planning for work-stream. Clarify deliverables, objectives and overall integration with other work-streams and projects.
Propose and secure alignment from Business owner on the overall data scope (domain, data objects, etc.) that the DS&G team will be supporting
Identify the set of stakeholders who will need to be engaged to facilitate the creation, management, adoption of data standards for the data objects in scope
Develop an implementation and resource plan required to deliver deliverables and objectives related to Data Standards and Governance
b) DM&Q Execution Support (Ongoing):
Oversee execution of work-packages to develop standards in an integrated fashion with the other work-streams.
Facilitate overall adoption and compliance with processes and governance approach
Guide and manage the Data Standards and Governance Work-stream by coordinating efforts by assigned resources and working with leaders across other impacted customer/supplier work-streams as required
Oversee execution of the process and governance; provide updates and enhancements and tools as needed. As needed design and coordinate governance extensions (e.g. new data domains being added etc.). Propose new sustaining resources required for ongoing DG&S operations.
Incorporate/engage the existing Project/DGO resources into the approach to both support deliverables, so as to maintain alignment with project approach and leverage existing resources.
Facilitate the approval of standards, assignment/adoption of specific data accountabilities for work packages, following Data Governance Framework and ownership. Support enhancements as needed.
Must Haves:
Expert in Data Governance (+10 years of experience), Data Standards (+4 years of experience), Modeling, and developing the capabilities needed to implement & execute these.
Strong leadership (+7 years of experience) and change management capabilities able to work across entire program and influence and/or provide oversight to all work-streams and Steering Committee.
Strong ability to work through organizational complexity and propose a working plan that will be scalable as priorities and scope continue to be in flux.
Strong analytical skills (not only understanding Data Standards, but also knowing how to apply).
Great communication skills (excellent English)
Soft skills: strong leadership; professional interaction with people; communicative and open-minded but also diplomatic.
Open to travel to US for business purposes
Note to the requirements:
On the one hand, the contractor should have technical skills and would have the role like a Business Analyst. On the other hand, the contractor should have strong leadership skills and act as a great leader.
Nice to Haves:
Enthusiastic regarding Data (having a big interest and a good feeling for data)
Other languages: German
Working Place:
Basel / Switzerland
In case you're interested and available please send us your english CV in editable format (e.g. MS-Word) to: or contact Christophe Girardey () for more information.