Data Governance Manager

Veeva is a mission-driven organization that aspires to help our customers in Life Sciences and Regulated industries bring their products to market, faster. We are shaped by our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. Our teams develop transformative cloud software, services, consulting, and data to make our customers more efficient and effective in everything they do. Veeva is a work anywhere company. You can work at home, at a customer site, or in an office on any given day. As a **Public Benefit Corporation**, you will also work for a company focused on making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities.

**The Role**

If you have ever dreamed of working with an innovative data product, then you will be excited about this role. Veeva Systems is seeking to hire a Data Governance Manager for OpenData, Veeva’s best-in-class solution for Life Science’s reference data.

As a Data Governance Manager, you will be responsible for building, monitoring, and improving data governance of OpenData. You’ll be responsible for bringing data knowledge, creating and enforcing standards, and making sure a continuous foundation of data excellence is experienced in each European country’s database.

You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of Product Managers, Data Stewards, and Data Analysts to bring your vision to life. You will ensure that new governance features meet customer needs and are implemented with speed, focus, and impeccable Veeva quality standards.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a team of Life Sciences and technology A-players who are changing the way the industry thinks about data.

This is a Work Anywhere role, however, you have to be based in Spain and be eligible for employment in the European Union, as Veeva does not sponsor an employment visa for this opportunity.

**What You’ll Do**
- Unifying data governance vision across all European country databases by building data knowledge and defining business objectives
- Building and enhancing the OpenData data dictionary
- Managing country-specific data model requirements and ensuring that they satisfy global data governance standards - align across countries where needed
- Defining data management rules and business processes (flow charts)
- Defining/monitoring data life cycle and managing related metadata
- Based on the data life cycle, identify control points to ensure data integrity and continuity
- Defining the level of compliance of each metric of a specific data domain
- Defining/monitoring GDPR compliance processes
- Participating with projects that involve any of the data flows and processes under governance to ensure compliance with data management rules
- Participating in the evangelization of the data vision to external teams and customers
- Working with external partners and vendors that support OpenData’s governance processes

**Requirements**:

- 5+ years experience in a relevant data field (Data Governance, Data Management, Data Analytics)
- Basic understanding of data modeling, data profiling, data quality, and relational databases
- Basic SQL skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills are required to guarantee that projects comply with Data Governance/Data Management rules and standards
- Capable of mobilizing and convincing operational teams on data management improvement actions
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Highly organized, structured way of working and focus on data excellence and compliance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Comfortable collaborating with large, remote teams
- Highly motivated with a “can-do” attitude
- Fluent in English
- Bachelor’s Degree in Product Management, Data Science, Business, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent degree required

**Nice to Have**
- Experience working in the pharmaceutical, medical, or any closely related field
- Exposure to Salesforce CRM
- Exposure to BI tools (Tableau, Power BI)
- Customer-facing experience
- Master’s Degree in Product Management, Data Science, Business, Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent degree required

**Perks & Benefits**
- Opportunity to work in a diverse and international workspace
- Contribution to a pension fund
- Life insurance
- Allocations for continuous learning & development
- Health & wellness programs
- Veeva charitable giving program

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Veeva’s headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world.

Veeva is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and growing a diverse workforce. Diversity makes us stronger. It comes in many forms. Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, politics, sexual orientation, age, disability and life experience shape us all into unique individuals. We value people for the individuals they are and the contributions they can bring to our teams.