Social network you want to login/join with:Associate Director - Master Data GovernanceClient:Gilead SciencesLocation:IrelandJob Category:OtherEU work permit required:YesJob Reference:f828508e4dacJob Views:107Posted:03.03.2025Expiry Date:17.04.2025Job Description:Job DescriptionAt Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.About the RoleData Management plays a critical part in Evergreen to build a solid data foundation through data standardization and harmonization: a critical part of Data Management Governance is to ensure we are enabling compliance to regulatory requirements pertaining to data and AI, translate activities into workflows and effective requirements, monitor proactively risks and compliance, establish and maintain governance processes across the SAP Landscape.This role, reporting to the Director Operational Excellence, is part of the Business Process and Delivery organization and principally serves as Master Data Governance Lead, with responsibility for the operationalization of data governance across the SAP ecosystem and is empowered to make decisions on behalf of the Business Data Owner. This role defines and enforces policies and procedures for managing data assets, including enterprise data structure, data quality, data stewardship, and reference data security.You will ensure the oversight and integrity of master data, specifically (but not exclusively) in the context of our SAP ERP sustainment model as well as the implementation of our SAP S/4 system 3rd release. The successful candidate will ensure the timeliness and quality of deliverables whilst collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders globally including, but not limited to, FP&A, Controllership, Tax, HR, Procurement, IT, Supply Chain, and external consultants. This role will drive global data and analytics to enable decision making in support of our enterprise data governance model.This key position will also be responsible for helping lead the delivery of programs and projects associated with Gilead’s SAP S/4 and will have a primary focus on championing the implementation and operational success for our Data Governance initiatives.Required Skills:Familiarity with the concepts and strategies of change management.Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.Ability to be a leader, develop relationships, provide direction and oversight, make decisions, and educate others.Demonstrated ability to resolve complex problems/problem solving skills.A commitment to professional ethical standards within a diverse workplace.An understanding of Agile and DevOps philosophies.Proven consulting skills.Key Responsibilities:Define and execute the overall data management and analytics strategy including data governance, collection, transformation, modeling, quality, and reporting.Review and classify inventory of data across the enterprise and identify core master data and associated hierarchies/taxonomy and lifecycle events.Design and implement finance, as well as finance-dependent data management and analytics to drive decision making.Oversee the management of financial reporting hierarchy.Monitor management reporting to ensure compliance with management financial reporting governance policies, processes, and controls.Required:Expertise with SAP – especially S/4 – data governance initiatives highly desired.Comprehensive knowledge and industry experience of finance systems, master data management (MDM), data and attributes.Proven success in developing and executing business vision or strategies.Demonstrated ability to make sound business decisions using good business judgment.Knowledge / Skills:Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, or related area. MBA a plus.Extensive experience with/in Master Data Governance – ideally in SAP.Excellent problem solving, and analytical abilities combined with advanced Excel spreadsheet skills.Gilead Core Values:Integrity (Doing What’s Right)Inclusion (Encouraging Diversity)Teamwork (Working Together)Excellence (Being Your Best)Accountability (Taking Personal Responsibility)Gilead Sciences, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. It is the policy of Gilead Sciences, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates to recruit, select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company.
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