Senior Advisor, Data Management & Governance

What Data Management and Governance contributes to Cardinal Health

Data Management and Governance provides direction of data assets and is responsible for data strategy, quality, standards and service levels. Data management acquires, validates, standardizes, enriches, protects and publishes structured, third party and unstructured data for use by the business. Governance defines and implements policies, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of trusted data and statistical models to support regulatory and business goals.

The Senior Advisor, Data Management and Governance plays a key role in advancing enterprise-wide data governance capabilities, with a primary focus on critical finance and supplier data management initiatives. This individual contributor role operates within the Digital Solutions – Finance Digital Partner organization and serves as a subject matter expert in data management and governance. While not a formal people manager, the Senior Advisor will act as a team lead, providing guidance and mentorship to peers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Champion the implementation and adoption of the Data Governance Playbook.
• Collaborate with Data Owners, Stewards, and SMEs to define and achieve targets for data management maturity and data quality.
• Maintain accurate records of data ownership, prioritization, and criticality of key data elements.
• Ensure comprehensive metadata documentation and stewardship using Collibra.
• Develop and oversee current and future state data flow diagrams, identifying dependencies and integration points.
• Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure data compliance with internal and external standards.
• Support strategic projects such as the annual transfer pricing refresh, lighthouse initiatives, and other high priority use cases aligned with business goals.

Qualifications

• 8-12 years of experience, preferred
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• Data operations, data governance, or analytics experience preferred
• SAP or other ERP experience is needed
• Finance or Supplier related experience is preferred
• Demonstrated attention to detail
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills required
• Project management skills to plan, organize and execute work independently
• Knowledge of data management processes
• Ability to drive change and influence without direct authority.
• Skilled in understanding data structures and data elements
• Track record of driving data governance, data quality and data remediation
• Effectively handles and guides data modeling, data lineage and data usage decisions
• Ability to understand the business, high-level technical solutions and associated data creation and consumption

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
• Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
• Projects may have significant and long-term impact
• Provides solutions which may set precedent
• Independently determines method for completion of new projects
• Receives guidance on overall project objectives
• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $103,500 - $155,295

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 09/30/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

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Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.