Data Management & Infrastructure Manager

**Salary Range:** £47,740.00 - £88,660.00   **Band** Level 4   **Job Description Summary** #LI-Hybrid Location: London (The Westworks), United Kingdom with Hybrid Working (you must be able to work for 12 days per month in the office) Relocation Support: This role is based in London, United Kingdom. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible. The Data Management & Infrastructure Manager ensures the consistent application of data governance frameworks, standards, and lifecycle controls to enable trusted, compliant, and reusable data assets. This role serves as a key coordination point between business and technical teams, supporting governance, data quality, and performance reporting. The position drives alignment across stakeholders to ensure effective data usage and compliance across functions.   **Job Description** **Major accountabilities:**  * Support implementation of layered data architecture principles, including bronze, silver, and gold Medallion layers * Ensure data pipelines and curated datasets follow standards for quality, lineage, access control, reusability, and lifecycle management *  Support governance and documentation of Snowflake data assets, including tables, views, schemas, stages, and curated datasets * Support documentation of data standards, business rules, and data architecture across ingestion, transformation, and aggregation processes * Ensure alignment with global data governance frameworks and collaborate with internal and technical stakeholders * Apply enterprise data governance standards across platforms, vendors, and use cases * Support role-based data access controls aligned with data privacy, compliance, and governance requirements * Manage data lifecycle governance, including tracking ingestion, transformation, usage, and archival of datasets * Monitor data quality controls (e.g., completeness, accuracy, timeliness) and support issue resolution * Act as a coordination and escalation point for data governance issues across stakeholders * Maintain governance documentation, including data dictionaries, lineage, and usage guidelines * Support reusability and scalability of datasets while preventing fragmentation across systems * Coordinate governance-related assessments and continuous improvement initiatives ​ **Minimum Requirements:**  * Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data platforms is essential * Familiarity with Medallion architecture, including bronze, silver, and gold data layers * Understanding of SQL, ETL/ELT processes, data pipelines, and cloud data warehouse concepts * Pharmaceutical experience is highly desirable * Experience documenting data flows, tables, views, stages, lineage, and data quality controls * Bachelor’s degree in business, mathematics, statistics, analytics, engineering, or a related technical field * Experience in data governance, data management, analytics enablement, or related roles * Understanding of data governance concepts, including ownership, stewardship, and lifecycle management * Experience working with enterprise data platforms or analytics ecosystems * Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills * Ability to document and manage data definitions, lineage, and governance standards * Familiarity with compliance and governance requirements in regulated environments * Strong organizational and problem-solving skills **Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion** Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve. **Why Novartis:** Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? [https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture](https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture) **You’ll receive:** Competitive salary, Short term incentive bonus, Pension scheme, Health insurance, 25 days annual leave, Flexible working arrangements, Employee recognition scheme, learning and development opportunities **Benefits and Rewards:** Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally. [Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)](https://www.novartis.com/sites/novartis_com/files/novartis-life-handbook.pdf)   **Skills Desired** Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Business Networking, Collaboration, Data Insights, Delivery Management, Digital Marketing, Digital Media, Email Marketing, Market Research, Media Campaigns