Associate - Data governance Policy

Job Title - Associate - Data governance Policy

Career Level - C2

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.

About Astrazeneca

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 Administrator is responsible for supporting a range of data governance operational activities to ensure data is acquired, documented, and accessed in line with company policies and standards, as well as contractual obligations. The role will cover a range of activities, such as running data acquisitions, facilitating data sharing, maintaining data catalogues and dictionaries, and supporting colleagues through data access processes.

The role will support aspects of data usage, processes, and initiatives for relevant business areas.

Typical Accountabilities

Data Sharing

Support the data governance team in internal data sharing requests

Handle requests for data sharing with third parties, supporting and ensuring processes completion

Facilitate data sharing agreements and protocols with external partners and collaborators

Collaborate and work on TPA (Third Party Agreement) for the data sharing requests

Track requests and work closely with the Vendor for form submissions

Support in documenting process SOPs (Standard Operating Procedure) and supervise expiration dates

Data acquisitions

Document arguments for data acquisitions from external vendors

Facilitate the internal request approval process

Support data requestors through the process and act as first point of contact for requests

Organise collaborator meetings and discussions as appropriate and keep all collaborators updated on request progress

Collaborate with other internal teams, such as procurement or IT on progressing the data acquisition request

Data catalogue maintenance

Support the data governance team in creating and maintaining catalogue entries for acquired data

Collaborate with data vendors on compiling the required metadata

Support internal data users with understanding the data catalogues and finding the required information

Data access request management

Manage data access requests from internal and external collaborators, according to company and data vendor policy

Ensure all required information related to each request is available and documented

Submit required request information to data vendors and ensure requests are processed in a timely manner

Keep collaborators up to date on the progress of their request

Data change control

Ensure all relevant collaborators have awareness of change requests relating to their applications

Organise change dependency management and facilitate issue resolution meetings

Document changes and related approvals

Internal data customer support and training

Educate and publicise processes related to data acquisition, data sharing, access requests and change control

Act as first line support for internal and external collaborators related to these processes

Ensure all queries are responded to fast and in a helpful and supportive manner

Deliver training and guidance on process related platforms and tools

Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working in a data office, data governance or data management role

Knowledge of data protection principles and regulation ( GDPR)

Strong customer support experience with conducive and supportive attitude

Good change management skills

Good administrative and organisational skills

Proficient in Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Experience of maintaining information and documentation using collaboration tools ( SharePoint)

Superb attention to detail

Fast and efficient learner

Good communication skills

Desirable

Knowledge of user access and security principles

Experience of working in a complex, diverse global organisation

Knowledge of ethical and regulatory aspects of the use of data within AI and analytics

Experience of producing and delivering training

Demonstrable experience of running data related or technical first line support

Confident engaging and managing stakeholders at all levels

Proficiency in using data governance and data management tools

SO, WHAT’S NEXT?

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we’d love to hear from you Click the link to apply and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.

WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Date Posted

24-Jun-2024

Closing Date

14-Jul-2024

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