Business Data Steward

We Are Teva

We’re Teva, a leading innovative biopharmaceutical company, enabled by a world-class generics business. Whether it’s innovating in the fields of neuroscience and immunology or delivering high-quality medicine worldwide, we’re dedicated to addressing patients’ needs now and in the future. Here, you will be part of a high-performing, inclusive culture that values fresh thinking and collaboration. You'll have the room to grow, the flexibility to balance life with work, and the opportunity to better health worldwide, together.

Our Team, Your Impact

The EU Commercial Business Data Steward ensures the business meaning, quality, ownership and operational reliability of data across Commercial EU. The role translates corporate data management governance standards into practical EU Commercial execution and connects business domains, local markets, the EU Commercial Data Lake, Data Quality and IT.

The role combines three pillars: Data Governance Standards, Data Foundation Stewardship, and centralized EU Data Operations. It establishes clear accountability, maintains trusted and harmonized data, resolves data issues, enables business adoption and coordinates repeatable data-management activities centrally while engaging markets where local context is required.

How You’ll Spend Your Day

Core Accountabilities

• Establish ownership, accountability and standards for Commercial EU data foundation.
• Create a common data language across EU markets and domains.
• Oversee harmonized master and reference values.
• Ensure trusted, business-ready data through proactive quality management.
• Provide operational governance and coordinated issue resolution.
• Enable adoption, AI readiness and measurable value realization.
• Centralize repeatable data-management execution while preserving necessary market expertise.

Data Governance

• Establish business accountability, data ownership and data-quality ownership for assigned domains and assets.
• Coordinate the governance of Critical Data Elements, standards, decision rights and escalation paths.
• Translate enterprise policies and methodologies into practical EU Commercial governance processes.
• Manage governance forums, stakeholder onboarding, training and reporting on governance maturity.

Metadata & Business Glossary

• Develop and maintain business metadata, glossary terms, definitions, classifications and ownership information.
• Connect business terms and Critical Data Elements to datasets, fields and data products in the data catalog and data marketplace.
• Ensure metadata remains complete, accurate and searchable throughout the asset lifecycle.

Reference Data & Business Enablement

• Govern reference values, hierarchies, lookup tables and mappings across EU markets and domains.
• Coordinate controlled maintenance, approvals, versioning and impact assessments for reference-data changes.
• Harmonize definitions and mappings centrally while involving markets where local knowledge is required.
• Ensure governed data is understandable, discoverable and reusable for reporting, analytics, data products and AI.

Data Quality & Issue Management

• Define and monitor business-driven data-quality rules for critical and business-relevant data.
• Assess and prioritize quality exceptions and data issues based on impact, criticality and recurrence.
• Coordinate remediation across markets, source owners, Data Quality, IT, vendors and Data Lake operations.
• Track issues through validation and closure, communicate relevant limitations and escalate unresolved or recurring risks.

Your Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in data management, information management, business informatics, technology, life sciences, or another relevant discipline.
• 5+ years of experience working with data in a business-domain, analytics, data-management, governance or operations context.
• Practical experience with metadata, data quality, reference or master data, data issue management, data products or data operations.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders and driving outcomes without direct authority.
• Experience in a multi-market or international environment; commercial or pharmaceutical data experience is an advantage.
• Familiarity with data catalogs, governance and quality tooling; Informatica Cloud and Databricks experience are advantages.
• Strong understanding of metadata, business glossary, lineage, Critical Data Elements, data-quality dimensions, reference data and data products.
• Ability to translate between business, market and technical language and make complex data topics actionable.
• Structured analytical mindset with strong attention to detail, prioritization and problem-solving skills.
• Strong facilitation, stakeholder-management and written communication skills.
• Ability to balance EU harmonization with justified local-market requirements.
• Operational discipline in maintaining decisions, mappings, issues, controls and handovers.
• Continuous-improvement mindset with a focus on automation, reuse and scalable execution.

How We’ll Take Care of You

At Teva, better health starts from within, and that includes you. From day one, you’ll be supported with benefits designed to help you thrive in and out of work. This includes generous annual leave, reward plans, flexible working schedules (dependent on role), access to tailored health support, and meaningful ways to give back to the community. When it comes to your career, you’ll be encouraged to explore, evolve, and shape your path. Twist, our one-stop shop for career development platform, gives you access to a wide range of possibilities, from learning programs and short-term projects to opportunities for internal growth. Here, you’ll be part of a culture that empowers you to reach your goals and prioritize your wellbeing every step of the way.

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Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.