Data Governance

**Job Title - Data Governance & Policy Principal**

**Career Level - E**

**About Astrazeneca**:
AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work.

**Who we are**:
The Global Business Service (GBS) team sits within Finance at AstraZeneca and is a dynamic and results-oriented environment and provides a range of enterprise-wide services. We dare to change the way we work by freeing up the business to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We aim to do this by freeing up time, freeing up money, protecting AZ’s value and providing new capabilities.

**What we do**:
A trusted partner to the business, we’re on a mission to make AstraZeneca more agile, efficient and effective. Through our hybrid model of in-house delivery centers and service towers across the globe, we’re reimagining how we work. Here we drive new ways of working and operating models, process simplification and innovative solutions, whilst ensuring that automation and data is at the heart of everything.

**How we do it**:
Be part of a team building a community. We interact with diverse cultures and perspectives and are united by our sense of belonging. This is the place to learn and grow together.

Why we love it:

- As a growing multi-national company, there’s so much potential to develop. Embrace opportunities at a global business that’s facing new and varied challenges. This is the place to build an exemplary, international CV.
- A fun place to be, we’re creating community hubs that build partnerships, not just working relationships.
- We’re on an exciting journey to take our team to the next stage. This is the place to leave a legacy behind.
- We are a diverse, inclusive and innovative group who identify, build and deliver excellent shared services (which everyone can leverage) to enable AstraZeneca to grow and change at speed. We are passionate about simple process - making it easier to get vital repeatable services done - for our patients, for our customers, for our teams.
- We focus on providing exceptional value that contributes to our company’s success and future by freeing up the business (our customers) to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines for patients. With the accomplishments, commitment and passion that you bring, I’m excited about what we will achieve together towards realizing AstraZeneca’s bold ambition.

**About the role**:
The GBS Data Office (GDO) supports Commercial and Enabling Units business areas.

The Data Governance & Policy Principal is responsible for supporting a range of data and AI governance activities to protect the company’s data assets, so that they can be used with confidence to maximize value, while legal, ethical and security aspects are safeguarded. The role will cover a range of specialist knowledge areas in data governance strategy & operations, data standards management, data quality management, data policy, compliance & risk management.

They will coordinate and support aspects of data usage, processes and initiatives for relevant business areas. The role will provide supporting junior team members to finding solutions and remediating issues.

**Typical Accountabilities**:
**Data Governance Strategy and Operations**
- Develop robust, standardised processes to ensure that data governance activities are efficient and simple to engage with
- Report on performance of data governance processes, standards, quality and compliance within relevant area(s)
- Run and participate in GDO, Enterprise Data Office (EDO) and cross-business unit forums

**Data Protection**:

- Support process owners in documenting Records of Processing Activities (ROPA)
- Support process owners and project teams in completing Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
- Provide oversight of risks and mitigating actions identified in PIAs and Transfer Impact Assessments (TIA), and drive remediation where required
- Create and run assurance activities for privacy processes
- Engage with privacy SMEs within the GDO and AZ global privacy team to resolve complex queries and issues

**Data Sharing and Partnerships**:

- Handle requests for data sharing with third parties, supporting and ensuring PIAs, TIAs, and other due diligence processes are complete. Facilitate data transfers and/or access as necessary
- Provide support to process owners for managing cross-border data transfers

**Data Asset Management**:

- Lead the identification, classification & prioritisation of Critical Data Assets and Critical Data Elements; ensure that critical data is appropriately documented
- Define data access policies and responsibilities
- Design and implement data access controls
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