Hiring: Associate Director, Data Quality Lead Company: Novartis Location: East Hanover, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:21:07 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, Data Pipeline, SQL About the job Experience: •8+ years in data quality, including 3+ years leading teams in a regulated industry (pharma/life sciences strongly preferred). Required Skills: •Define and advance enterprise data quality standards, frameworks, policies, and measurement practices. •Establish scalable quality rules, thresholds, scorecards, dashboards, and reusable control frameworks. •Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into measurable data quality requirements. •Embed data quality controls throughout the data product lifecycle and certification process. •Lead enterprise monitoring, reporting, and performance tracking for critical data assets. •Drive data quality issue triage, root cause analysis, escalation, and resolution activities. •Partner cross-functionally with engineering teams to automate quality checks and data observability capabilities. •Support AI-ready data initiatives by ensuring trusted, governed, and high-quality datasets. Qualifications: •In-depth knowledge of data quality dimensions, data profiling, data validation, data cleansing, root cause analysis, and remediation. •Knowledge of data governance frameworks, data stewardship, critical data elements, metadata, lineage, and data product certification. •Operational familiarity with data quality tools, data observability platforms, SQL, data catalogs, workflow tools, and reporting dashboards. •Understanding of data engineering concepts, including data pipelines, ingestion, transformation, controls, monitoring, and production support. •Demonstrated capacity to define measurable data quality rules and translate business requirements into technical requirements. •Knowledge of AI-ready data concepts, including trusted datasets, lineage, quality thresholds, and governed usage. •The salary for this position is expected to range between $152,600 - $283,400 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. •To learn more about the culture, rewards and benefits we offer our people click here. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!