Product MDM Lead

About the role

The Product MDM Lead defines, governs and evolves enterprise Product Master Data Management capabilities and standards, making sure product master data is trusted, harmonized and fit for purpose across business processes, regulatory use cases, analytics, AI-enabled solutions and enterprise integrations. The role leads Product MDM governance, hierarchy and lifecycle management, data quality, and the expansion of mastering into Molecules and Competitor Products, and plays a key part in migrating the Product Hub to Informatica IDMC and moving Product MDM toward intelligent, exception-based management.

Key responsibilities

• Define Product Master Data standards and requirements, including for Products, Molecules, Competitor Products and hierarchies, and maintain the canonical data model, rules and ownership
• Make metadata, lineage and traceability AI-ready, and lead data quality, cleanup and remediation with root-cause fixes, quality rules, KPIs and exception management
• Govern the Product lifecycle, hierarchies and taxonomies, and expand mastering to Molecules and Competitor Products
• Lead the Product Hub modernization and migration to Informatica IDMC, including design, testing, UAT, cutover and acceptance criteria
• Establish Product Master as the authoritative source, define integration standards and data contracts, and track adoption and retire local repositories
• Build an AI and automation roadmap, automate stewardship tasks, and use generative and agentic AI with responsible AI controls and human oversight
• Set up Product governance forums, decision rights and escalation points, and drive the shift to exception-based stewardship

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Data Management, Computer Science or a related field
• Significant experience in MDM, Product Data Management or Data Governance
• Strong knowledge of matching, survivorship, golden records and stewardship
• Strong stakeholder management and change-management skills
• Preferred: pharma or life sciences experience, IDMP knowledge, experience leading harmonization or migration programs, and experience applying AI or intelligent automation to MDM in production

Required skills

• Master Data Management (MDM) and Product Data Management (PDM)
• Enterprise MDM platform experience, ideally Informatica IDMC
• Data governance, data quality and data transformation
• Preferred: Artificial Intelligence, ISO IDMP, regulated industries

What we offer

• Global projects in an international environment, with professional growth opportunities
• Pension and Canadian medical insurance contributions
• 5 weeks annual leave, 5 sick days, 15 days of paid certified sick leave, 40 paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks of parental contribution
• Tax-free cafeteria benefits, multisport card, Vodafone, Raiffeisen Bank and Foodora discounts
• Up-to-date laptop and iPhone, parking, showers and refreshments
• Visa sponsorship available; hybrid work arrangement