Manager, Master Data Management

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine•Raritan, NJ

1d•$105,000 - $181,700

About The Position

The Manager, Master Data Management defines, governs, and maintains master data assets for Innovative Medicine Quality Management & Digital to ensure accuracy, consistency, integrity, and compliance across business processes and digital platforms. The role connects business functions with technology teams, establishes a governance framework, drives data-quality initiatives, and ensures master data supports operational excellence, analytics, regulatory compliance, and business decision-making. The manager provides leadership for product, supplier, equipment, organization, and reference-data domains. The role aligns data standards, processes, and governance practices across functions and geographies to create a trusted source of truth and help business stakeholders maximize the value of Innovative Medicine data assets. The position leads master data governance and quality management, manages master data through its lifecycle, partners with business and technology stakeholders, supports compliance and audits, advances process improvement and automation, and leads data stewards and other data professionals. The anticipated U.S. base pay range is $105,000–$181,700. Candidates hired outside the United States receive compensation and benefits in accordance with their local market.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Proven ability in data management, master data management, data governance, or related disciplines.
Demonstrated experience implementing master data management programs.
Experience handling multifunctional stakeholders in global organizations.
Experience working with data warehouses and cloud data platforms.
Experience with master data management platforms such as SAP MDG, Informatica MDM, Reltio, Profisee, or equivalent.
Knowledge of data governance and metadata platforms such as Collibra or Alation.
Knowledge of data-quality management and profiling tools.
Knowledge of SQL and data modeling.
Understanding of data integration, APIs, and cloud platforms.
Knowledge of reporting and visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
Strategic thinking, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent communication and presentation skills, business-process understanding, and a continuous-improvement attitude.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Coaching.
Compliance management and controls compliance.
Performance measurement.
Process improvements and process optimization.
Quality control, quality standards, and quality validation.
Regulatory compliance.
Researching.
Stakeholder engagement.
Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).

Responsibilities

Define and implement the Innovative Medicine Quality Management & Digital master data management strategy and roadmap.
Establish and maintain data governance processes, standards, policies, and controls; define ownership, stewardship, and accountability for master data domains.
Chair governance forums, facilitate decisions about data standards and priorities, and align with enterprise governance frameworks and operating models across Innovative Medicine.
Monitor and clean datasets; define data-quality metrics, business rules, and monitoring processes; identify, remediate, and prevent data-quality issues.
Establish data-quality dashboards and critical metrics, drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and partner with business and technology teams to improve data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness.
Manage master data across its lifecycle, from creation through retirement, including creation, validation, approval, synchronization, and maintenance.
Manage reference data and hierarchies across systems and coordinate data cleansing, deduplication, harmonization, and enrichment.
Ensure master data is integrated across enterprise applications and analytical platforms.
Collaborate with process owners, functional leaders, data stewards, and IT teams to understand requirements and translate business needs into standards and governance solutions.
Drive adoption of data-management guidelines through training and organizational change activities; act as the escalation point for data issues and governance decisions.
Ensure compliance with corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and data privacy standards; support internal and external audits relating to data governance and integrity.
Promote relevant industry standards, including DAMA-DMBOK, ISO 8000, GDPR, and GxP requirements where applicable; maintain documentation, lineage, metadata, and auditability for key data assets.
Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization; evaluate and implement MDM tools and integration workflows; drive continuous improvement and data maturity.
Develop and track metrics demonstrating the effectiveness of master data management capabilities.
Lead and mentor data stewards, business SMEs, and data management professionals; foster data ownership, accountability, and quality.
Influence senior stakeholders, build alignment across business domains, and drive enterprise-wide adoption of data standards and governance practices.