HeadofDataGovernance,AnonymizationandQuality

**Job Description Summary** Location: Basel, Switzerland #LI-Hybrid 3 days/week in office Internal job title: Head of Data Governance, Anonymization and Quality, Data42 About the Role: Data42 is Novartis’ enterprise data and AI platform, bringing together clinical, research, and real world data to power advanced analytics and accelerate the discovery and development of innovative medicines. As part of the Data42 leadership team, the Head of Data Governance, Anonymization and Quality will establish and enforce data governance frameworks, standards, and controls to ensure data integrity, regulatory compliance, and the delivery of high-quality, trusted information across the organization. You are a driven, self-motivated leader, who will help us. In addition, the role is responsible for the anonymization of patient data to enable secondary research while safeguarding privacy and compliance requirements. This role acts as the Deputy EDO and co-leads the Biomedical Research (BR) Governance Board in partnership with the Head of Data / EDO to drive effective data governance and decision-making. **Job Description** **Key Responsibilities:** * Define and implement data governance policies and standards for BR, ensuring consistency, integrity, and compliance across the organization * Partner with the Head of Data and Platform to embed data governance principles into technology solutions, including “data governance as code” * Lead the anonymization of Novartis patient-level data to enable compliant secondary research use on Data42 * Collaborate closely with the Head of Data on enterprise data management (EDM) activities * Support the execution of the BR data strategy by ensuring alignment with business and data governance requirements * Monitor and continuously improve data governance and data quality practices across BR, driving accountability and measurable outcomes * Ensure ongoing audit readiness by maintaining robust controls, documentation, and compliance processes * Ser