Data Catalogue Senior Specialist

Job Title: Data Catalogue Specialist
Career Level : D2

Introduction to role:

Are you ready to make a significant impact in the world of data management As a Data Catalogue Specialist youll play a crucial role in ensuring data is findable accessible and fit for use across various business units. Youll be responsible for capturing metadata and developing the data catalogue supporting Commercial and Enabling Units business areas. Join us in shaping the future of data governance and management!

Accountabilities:

- Support the Data Catalogue Principal to define Information Asset Registers across business areas to help profile information risk/value.
- Participate in projects to mitigate and control identified priority risk areas.
- Take responsibility for nominated markets/business areas develop domain knowledge and leverage internal customer relationships to respond to localized use cases.
- Act as point of contact for nominated business areas or markets.
- Support initiatives to enhance the reusability and transparency of our data by making it available in our global data catalogue.
- Support the capture of user requirements for functionality and usability and document technical requirements.
- Work with IT partners to capture metadata for relevant data sets and lineage and populate the catalogue.
- Work with data stewards and business users to enrich catalogue entries with business data dictionary business rules glossaries.
- Execute monitoring controls to assure metadata quality remains at a high level.
- Support catalogue principles and data governance leads for tool evaluation and UAT.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- Demonstrable experience of working in a data management data governance or data engineering domain.
- Strong business and system analysis skills.
- Proven experience with Data Catalogue Search and Automation software (Collibra Informatica Talend etc).
- Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language and in alignment with AZ business.
- Solid understanding of metadata harvesting methodologies and ability to create business and technical metadata sets.
- Strong engagement communication and stakeholder management skills including excellent organisational presentation and influencing skills.
- High level of proficiency with common business applications (Excel Visio Word PowerPoint & SAP business user).

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Proven experience of working with Commercial or Finance data and systems (Veeva Reltio SAP) and consumption.
- Domain knowledge of life sciences/pharmaceuticals; manufacturing; corporate finance; or sales & marketing.
- Experience with data quality and profiling software.
- Experience of working in a complex diverse global organisation.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

At AstraZeneca youll be part of a global team that drives excellence and breakthroughs. Here your skills can genuinely impact patients lives. With a focus on innovation and intelligent risk-taking we empower every function to run faster and achieve more. Our collaborative environment encourages you to speak up take initiative and make your mark. Surrounded by high performers youll be inspired to learn and grow while contributing to our digital transformation journey.

Ready to take on this exciting challenge Apply now and become a key player in our dynamic team!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds with as wide a range of perspectives as possible and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment) as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.