Job Description

As a Data Governance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role ensuring the quality of metadata management, cataloguing and data governance of our data across all domains, which will directly influence patients who use our life-saving products. You will be responsible for enabling data governance standards in data catalog / data governance center. This role involves gathering and analyzing internal and domain requirements, setting up and maintaining the Data Governance Centre (DGC) front end environment, and ensuring compliance with data governance standards. The DGA collaborates closely with various teams within Chief Data and Analytics Office (CDAO) and divisions, leads end-to-end PoCs, and participates in the implementation of new functionalities to support effective data management. If you are passionate about data governance and cataloguing and want to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze divisional and CDAO requirements for effective data governance and cataloguing application.

• Communicate with divisional and CDAO stakeholders to ensure alignment of data governance standards and cataloguing while focusing on user experience

• Provide an implementation framework for cataloguing and data governance requirements and assign appropriate roles.

• Set up and maintain the Collibra DGC environment, including community and domain structure, views, diagrams, and dashboards.

• Implement metamodel changes through releases and facilitate ingestions from required source systems.

• Engage in tool maintenance and cleaning activities to ensure positive user experience.

• Train and support Metadata Stewards and other divisional stakeholders

• Provide ad-hoc demos to stakeholders to enhance understanding and usage of data governance tools.

• Create and maintainCollibra DGC and data governance-related documentation, best practices, and training materials.

• Conduct impact analyses for integrated systems and ensure compliance with cataloguing and best practices.

• Analyze new connector implementation requirements

• Inform about new DGC Collibra functionalities and updates.

• Design and develop workflows to help stewards and users with their cataloguing journey

• Manage business and technical metadata in Collibra to ensure accuracy, consistency, and accessibility.

• Design, implement and manage metamodel to enhance metadata quality and standardization

• Develop and maintain standards for data quality metrics and monitor performance.

Who You Are

You are ready if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Hands-on professional who has been in the technology industry for minimum 3-5 years in a data governance role.

• Proficiency in using Collibra Data Catalog for data governance activities

• Expertise in Metadata management and implementing metadata cataloging processes.

• Proven experience in supporting the design and implementation of data governance frameworks, policies, and procedures.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including conducting training sessions and doing demos to senior management.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Applications, mainly excel

• Fluent in English both spoken and written.

• Team spirit and cooperative nature

Nice to have, but not essential:

• Understanding data quality management and experience in developing and maintaining standards.

• Understanding reference and master data management and governance

• Advanced degree in a related field.

• Collibra Ranger Certification

• Experience in Agile using JIRA

• Experience in a research-intensive biopharmaceutical company.

• Groovy, SQL, HTML

What we offer

• Exciting work in a great team, global projects, international environment
• Opportunity to learn and grow professionally within the company globally
• Hybrid working model, flexible role pattern
• Competitive salary & incentive pay
• Pension and health insurance contributions
• Internal reward system and referral scheme
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of certified sick leave paid above statutory requirements annually, 40 paid hours annually for volunteering activities, 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Cafeteria for tax free benefits according to your choice (meal vouchers, sport, culture, health, travel, etc.), Multisport Card
• Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank, Foodora, and discount programmes
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone
• Parking in the garage, showers, refreshments, massage chairs, library, music corner

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Required Skills:

Data Management, Governance Management, Privacy Compliance, Quality Management, Technical Advice, Waterfall Model

Preferred Skills:

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Job Posting End Date:

04/29/2026

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