Data Management Analyst

Key Skills

Agile methodologies, Data Analytics, Data Engineering, Data Governance, Data management, Data pipelines, Data science techniques, JIRA, REST API, SQL

Job Description

Are you excited about Data? Do you believe that data can make the organisation become more successful and efficient in achieving its goals? Do you want to take charge and drive new and exciting data related initiatives and adoption of new concepts such as Data Mesh? Then your place is with us!

We are the Data & Analytics Chapter, part of Integrated Informatics at Roche. We build excellence and mastery in next generation data and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to Data Science, Data Engineering, Analytics and Data Management & Governance. We release value from data - all the way from Discovery to Insights.

In addition to partnering with teams across the business to develop solutions, scale and automate data pipelines, Data & Analytics Chapter members are uniquely placed to connect the dots across initiatives, promote information sharing across domains and recommend re-use of data, analytics and solutions wherever possible.

The Position

We are looking for a Data Management & Governance specialist who will join us in the newly setup Integrated Informatics for a journey to drive and promote efficient and effective information management throughout the organization.

The Data Management & Governance specialist must be the big-picture thinker who understands the value of data to the organization and the importance of good information management practices including information lifecycle management, information modelling, master data management and business requirements gathering.

In this position you are responsible for improving business performance and cost optimization through the use of business glossaries, information models, repositories and flows to meet the requirements of the business strategies and business processes.

Responsibilities

You will work on various aspects of Data management and governance including but not limited to:

• Driving and taking the lead in identifying information value opportunities through strategic discussions with Senior Business and IT Leaders as needed and provides decision support

• Acting as the Informatics representative to define Information and Data Strategies as part of an overall Business Strategy.

• Identifying areas for improvement in terms of information flows and structure, automation, information representation and advising project teams in best practice and implementation

• Improving the overall quality of the enterprise data assets through the effective application of best practice in information design

• Backlog Management: Prioritise and maintain the product backlog, making continuous adjustments to reflect changing priorities and market dynamics.

• Transform requirements into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and mockups that guide the development process.

• Following up on the resolution of Incidents (e.g. maintaining the customer informed).

• Assessment of changes.

• Support the Product Manager to make informed decisions on product features, priorities, feedback, and business goals.

• Coordinate and plan product releases, ensuring alignment with business goals, technical feasibility, and quality standards.

• Documentation review and approval.

• Translating business requirements into system requirements.

• Assisting the Business with data management activities.

The ideal candidate

• Is principally focused on enterprise information solutions, such as master data management, metadata management, business intelligence, data interoperability, data analysis, data quality, data integration.

• Understands Data Mesh paradigm

• Encourages a data citizenship mindset ensuring we all collectively take responsibility and accountability for the data we create, consume, manage and share.

• Exhibits an Agile mindset

• Understands database structures and their relationships, as well as data models and data standards.

• Ability to create advanced SQL queries.

• Ability to work with REST APIs through tools such as Postman.

• Familiarity with Backlog and Service Management tools (e.g. JIRA, ServiceNow, HP ALM).

• Has the ability to escalate and drive management decisions in relation to project execution

• 3+ years of data strategy and data governance, preferably in a consulting environment.

• Bachelor’s Degree with strong data understanding through experience

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.