Manager, Metadata Specialist

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Hiring Remotely in Office, Machaze, Manica, MOZ
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Senior level
Biotech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Manages marketing metadata operations across brands and channels, including taxonomy, naming conventions, campaign tagging, quality assurance, governance, SLA adherence, documentation, and stakeholder coordination. The role identifies data and workflow issues, supports knowledge transition and training, oversees agency and vendor partners, and improves metadata processes for reporting and downstream systems. Power BI experience for dashboards and visualization is preferred.
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Job Description Summary

The Metadata Manager within the MarTech Product Management team will serve as a key operational contributor responsible for ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance of marketing metadata across brands and channels. This role ensures consistent application of metadata standards, supports campaign tagging needs, and maintains established processes aligned with governance expectations and SLAs.
This role will collaborate with marketing, brand teams, and operations partners to support metadata workflows, validate tagging structures, and help ensure a smooth transition of metadata operations as responsibilities move into our team. Strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and comfort working in global, multi‑stakeholder environments are essential.


 

Job Description

Location – Hyderabad #LI Hybrid 


Key Responsibilities:

  • Collect, validate, and document business and metadata requirements to support campaign onboarding and ongoing updates. 
  • Apply and maintain standardized taxonomy, naming conventions, and tagging structures across marketing programs. 
  • Perform quality assurance checks on metadata inputs and tagging deliverables to ensure completeness, accuracy, and adherence to governance standards. 
  • Ensure all operational tasks meet established SLAs and internal quality expectations. 
  • Identify metadata inconsistencies or gaps and coordinate with stakeholders to resolve issues. 
  • Support knowledge transition activities by documenting processes, workflows, and best practices as the metadata function is fully transitioned. 
  • Coordinate with agency, partner, and vendor teams to ensure alignment to metadata standards and operational guidelines. 
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (product, brand, analytics, operations) to ensure metadata supports reporting, insights, and downstream system needs. 
  • Maintain strong communication and relationships with internal teams and agency partners to drive smooth operations and timely deliverables. 
  • Provide operational oversight to partners, ensuring adherence to metadata quality expectations and process requirements. 
  • Identify opportunities to streamline metadata workflows, enhance efficiency, and improve quality; propose actionable solutions. 
  • Support training and onboarding for teams needing guidance on metadata processes and operational standards. 
  • Demonstrate strong negotiation, problem‑solving, and interpersonal skills while working across regions and time zones. 
  • Ensures delivery of efficient and high-quality deliverables.
  • Hands-on experience with Power BI for dashboard creation, data visualization, and reporting is a good-to-have skill.

Essential Requirements:

  • Minimum 5+ years of experience in marketing operations, campaign management, metadata governance, or related fields in Pharma or LifeSciences
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or in Computer engineering or other related field. 
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and operational skills, with proven attention to detail. 
  • Experience working with tagging/taxonomy frameworks, structured data, or marketing execution processes. 
  • Demonstrated ability to work with cross‑functional teams and manage operational workflows in a fast‑paced, multi‑market environment. 
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills. 
  • Power BI hands-on experience for reporting and visualization is preferred.
  • Track record of operational excellence, meeting SLAs, and improving processes. 
  • Marketing Strategy
  • Metadata Operations
  • Campaign Management

Certifications:


Certifications related to marketing operations, digital marketing, metadata management, or campaign governance are an advantage.


Languages:

  • Fluent English (both written and verbal) 


 

Skills Desired

Analytical Thinking, Brand Awareness, Business Analytics, Change Agility, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategies, Media Campaigns, Project Management, Project Planning, Sales, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Waterfall Model

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of experience in marketing operations, campaign management, metadata governance, or related fields in Pharma or Life Sciences
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Strong analytical, documentation, and operational skills with attention to detail
  • Experience with tagging or taxonomy frameworks, structured data, or marketing execution processes
  • Experience working cross-functionally and managing operational workflows in fast-paced, multi-market environments
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills
  • Power BI experience for reporting and data visualization
  • Track record of operational excellence, meeting SLAs, and improving processes
  • Fluent English, written and verbal
  • Certifications related to marketing operations, digital marketing, metadata management, or campaign governance

Novartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.

  • Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
  • Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
  • Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.

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The Company
HQ: Basel
110,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.

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