Senior Data Governance Specialist

Senior Data Governance Specialist at Lonza to define, implement, and oversee governance for transactional data. You will establish governance rules, ensure lifecycle integrity, and enable governance reporting via Power BI. You’ll collaborate with Global Process Owners, business stakeholders, and technical teams to align data rules with compliance and processes. This role shapes data governance across SAP objects and supports data quality improvements at scale. Join a mission-driven environment focused on life sciences and data-driven decision making.

• agile career and dynamic working culture
• inclusive and ethical workplace
• local benefits tailored to location
• global benefits access

• Define, document, and govern business rules for transactional data across processes and SAP objects
• Develop and maintain governance frameworks, lifecycle rules, ownership models, and control points
• Collaborate with Global Process Owners and technical teams to validate rules and governance requirements
• Propose and implement lifecycle management rules aligned with governance and compliance
• Translate business rules into data models, reporting logic, and data quality monitoring outputs
• Monitor data quality trends and coordinate remediation with stakeholders
• Support complete lifecycle management of transactional data (open, active, inactive, closed, retained, exception-managed)

• Strong understanding of data governance principles for transactional data
• Experience defining and implementing data quality, lifecycle management, and governance controls
• Knowledge of SAP transactional data concepts and their relationship to processes and reporting
• Experience with Power BI or similar dashboards for governance and data quality reporting
• Ability to translate business requirements into reporting logic, data models, and validation rules
• Experience monitoring data quality and coordinating remediation with stakeholders

• Cross-functional collaboration
• Analytical mindset
• Communication and stakeholder management
• Problem solving and proactivity
• Power BI
• SAP transactional data concepts