Sr Associate Data Management

Overview

Senior Associate – Data Management in the Data Strategy & Governance department, responsible for the accuracy, quality, governance and integrity of enterprise master data, working with business stakeholders, data stewards, data engineers and application teams.

What you'll do

• Manage and govern enterprise master data across domains such as Customer, Product, Organization, Affiliations and Reference Data.
• Perform day-to-day data stewardship activities including data validation, enrichment, hierarchy management, match/merge review and record reconciliation.
• Configure and support MDM capabilities within Informatica MDM and/or Reltio platforms.
• Review and resolve potential duplicates, survivorship conflicts and data quality exceptions.
• Execute and monitor Data Change Requests (DCRs) while ensuring adherence to established SLAs and governance processes.
• Develop and implement data quality rules, validation checks and monitoring processes.
• Perform data profiling, data analysis and root cause investigations for data quality issues.
• Support enterprise data governance initiatives, data standards, business glossary and metadata management activities.
• Maintain data lineage, stewardship documentation, SOPs and operational playbooks.
• Collaborate with governance teams to ensure compliance with enterprise data policies.
• Write and optimize SQL queries for data analysis, reconciliation, validation and troubleshooting.
• Develop Python scripts for data quality automation, data transformation and operational efficiency improvements.
• Support MDM integrations and data exchange processes between source and downstream systems.
• Analyze master data trends, identify anomalies and recommend corrective actions.
• Participate in system testing, UAT and release validation activities.
• Partner with business users, commercial teams, data engineers and application owners to understand data requirements.
• Provide data stewardship guidance and support to business stakeholders.
• Participate in governance forums, data quality reviews and operational meetings.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance data quality and stewardship effectiveness.

What you'll need

• Master's Degree with 3-5 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's Degree with 5-8 years of relevant experience, or Diploma with 8-10 years of relevant experience, in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Management or related disciplines.
• 5-8 years of experience in Master Data Management and Data Stewardship.
• Strong hands-on experience with Reltio MDM.
• Strong hands-on experience with Informatica MDM.
• Strong understanding of Data Governance.
• Strong understanding of Data Quality Management.
• Strong understanding of Data Stewardship processes.
• Strong understanding of Match/Merge and Survivorship concepts.
• Strong understanding of Hierarchy and Reference Data Management.
• Advanced SQL querying and data analysis skills.
• Python scripting experience for automation and data processing.
• Experience performing data profiling, data reconciliation and root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of Data Change Request (DCR) workflows and governance processes.
• Strong understanding of customer master data concepts (HCP, HCO, Affiliations, etc.).
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Nice to have

• Informatica IDQ experience.
• Databricks and PySpark exposure.
• Cloud experience (AWS/Azure).
• Experience with data cataloging and metadata management tools.
• Experience working with external data providers such as D&B or address validation solutions.
• Life Sciences, Healthcare or Pharmaceutical domain experience.
• Certifications: Informatica MDM, Reltio, SQL, AWS or Azure Cloud, Data Governance / Data Management (DAMA/CDMP preferred).

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.