Data Quality Lead

Posted:
8/27/2024, 7:40:42 PM

Location(s):
Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Data & Analytics

Are you a Data Quality Lead who is energized by the challenge of being part of one of the leading pharmaceutical companies worldwide? If so, Data Quality Lead role is the one for you to explore.

As a Data Quality Lead, you will hold a pivotal role in GSK data governance council, a collective responsible for critical data-related decisions within GSK. Its primary objective is to ensure reliable data is readily available to all staff, maintaining its continuous accessibility, usability, and reliability. It focuses on leveraging data effectively while establishing and enforcing rules to govern data handling. Additionally, it implements procedures to safeguard data integrity and privacy.

Expectations for this role include driving data governance process and standards by providing project leadership. This involves planning, directing and executing operation utilizing agreed-upon governance management methodologies. It ensures governance principles and objectives are achieved.


This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop, review and enhance data quality standards, frameworks, templates and processes.
  • Lead the enforcement and implementation of data quality processes and standards at both regional and markets level influencing a culture of data quality awareness and accountability across markets.
  • Conduct regular reviews and monitoring of data quality key metrics and targets to ensure adherence to standards.
  • Provide hands-on guidance and support to market data stewards and relevant stakeholders in adopting and effectively implementing data quality best practices.
  • Offer training sessions and mentoring to enhance data quality in local markets.
  • Ensure quality assurance of work delivered by region and market governance teams.
  • Monitor data quality health report across region and markets and proactively by identifying potential areas for improvement and deploy preventive measures to elevate overall data quality standards.
  • Oversee and monitor implementation of data quality remediation plan.
  • Participate in regional data governance council to address unresolved data quality issues, update on roadmap.

Why you?

Job Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

  • Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field (Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Management Information Systems etc.)
  • 5+ years experiences in data quality operation management  
  • Knowledge in data governance and governance tool (Collibra, Unity Catalog and Ataccama)
  • Technical skills – At least one of the following languages: SQL, Python, R, Spark
  • Knowledge in technology architecture
  • Strong leadership and influencing skills to drive change across a wide range of stakeholders
  • Comprehensive experience in project management, including delivery of complex IT projects and services, on both in-country and above-country levels by using the methodology intelligently.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experiences that would be a plus
    • Working in Azure environments
    • Databricks, ADF
  • Proven track record of delivering data driven solutions with a customer-first mindset.
  • Experience successfully driving end-to-end operation of new process.
  • Establishes the right governance and knows how to leverage stakeholders, holds all stakeholders accountable with clarity
  • Strong interpersonal skills, including networking and teamwork abilities, combined with excellent negotiation and communication skills (within both IT and Business communities)
  • Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.

Closing Date:

11/09/2024

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

Contact information:

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