Associate Director, Data Reporting Analyst

Novartis • East Hanover, NJ

3d • $152,600 - $283,400 • Hybrid

About The Position

Novartis is seeking an Associate Director, Reporting who is passionate about transforming complex data into clear, actionable intelligence that drives business decisions. In this highly visible role, you will lead the development of executive-ready reporting, dashboards, and scorecards that provide a comprehensive view of data quality, governance, compliance, and operational performance across critical data domains. By partnering with cross-functional stakeholders and leveraging modern data and metadata platforms, you will help shape a culture of trust, transparency, and data-driven decision making that supports our mission to reimagine medicine and improve patients' lives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics, Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Finance, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data quality reporting, governance reporting, compliance reporting, BI, analytics, or enterprise data management.
• Strong BI skills using Power BI, Tableau, Looker, Qlik, or similar tools.
• Strong SQL skills for sourcing, validation, reconciliation, and analysis.
• Experience with DQ metrics such as completeness, accuracy, timeliness, validity, anomaly detection, and DQ scoring.
• Familiarity with catalog and governance platforms such as Collate, OpenMetadata, Collibra, Alation, Atlan, or similar.
• Experience building executive-level dashboards, scorecards, and board-ready materials.
• Understanding of compliance, audit, privacy, remediation tracking, and governance reporting.
• Pharma compliance or commercial data experience, including HIPAA, OIG, Sunshine Act, HCP, Rx, consent, IQVIA, or Veeva, preferred.
• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, attention to detail, and vendor management skills.

Nice To Haves

• Pharma compliance or commercial data experience, including HIPAA, OIG, Sunshine Act, HCP, Rx, consent, IQVIA, or Veeva, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain reporting solutions for data quality, governance, compliance, and operational performance.
• Create executive-ready dashboards, scorecards, and reporting packages that support strategic decision-making.
• Integrate metadata, governance, and quality metrics into comprehensive reporting frameworks.
• Partner with stakeholders to align reporting definitions, metrics, thresholds, and performance measures.
• Establish reporting processes for incident tracking, remediation monitoring, and compliance oversight.
• Lead external vendor partners supporting dashboard development, reporting automation, and analytics enhancements.
• Validate reporting outputs to ensure accuracy, consistency, traceability, and data integrity.
• Manage reporting schedules, documentation, inventories, change controls, and issue resolution activities.
• Automate recurring reporting processes to increase efficiency and reduce manual effort.
• Identify and escalate reporting risks, data issues, and compliance concerns to leadership.

Benefits

• health, life and disability benefits
• a 401(k) with company contribution and match
• a variety of other benefits
• a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager