Senior Manager, Enterprise Stewardship & Standards
$134,400–$219,200 year
On-siteTarrytown, New York, United States or Warren, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Develop and maintain the enterprise glossary and canonical definitions for cross-domain planning concepts, ensuring a single consistent definition across systems and reports. Author and maintain business-rule documentation for shared planning data by partnering with domain subject-matter experts to validate accuracy and version history. Define and maintain steward and data-owner role clarity through RACI matrices, ensuring accountability is explicit and communicated across domains. Plan and facilitate recurring cross-functional working forums to drive consensus on definitions, standards, and business rules among domain owners and stewards. Prepare decision records and escalation packages for unresolved cross-domain conflicts, routing them to the Director, Data Stewardship or relevant governance bodies. Partner with Data Governance and system Business Process Owners to align standards with enterprise policies and planning-system requirements. Track glossary coverage and standards adoption to support the broader stewardship roadmap.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience in a related field
- at least 7 or more years of experience in biotechnology, pharmaceutical or health related industry
- Solid understanding of drug development, clinical/program planning, and portfolio management terminology and processes
- Demonstrated experience developing and governing business glossaries, canonical data definitions, and business-rule documentation
- ideally within a data governance or data management framework
- Skilled in developing RACI matrices and clarifying roles and accountabilities across cross-functional stakeholder groups
- Strong meeting facilitation skills, with a proven ability to drive alignment among stakeholders with competing priorities and to manage conflict constructively
- Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, concise decision records and escalation packages for senior audiences
- Familiarity with project planning and analytics tools such as Planisware, Planview, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with close attention to detail and consistency across data definitions
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a matrixed organization, partnering with Data Governance, DADS, Business Process Owners, and domain data stewards
- Location: TarryTown NY, or Warren NJ
- Travel percentage: 10%
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with data governance / business glossary tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation) is a plus
- Data management or governance certification (e.g., CDMP) and/or PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred but not required
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