Associate Director, Data Steward

At Genmab, we’re committed to building extra[not]ordinary futures together, by developing antibody products and pioneering, knock-your-socks-off therapies that change the lives of patients and the future of cancer treatment and serious diseases. From our people who are caring, candid, and impact-driven to our business, which is innovative and rooted in science, we believe that being proudly unique, determined to be our best, and authentic is essential to fulfilling our purpose.

Role

As a Data Steward, you will be the primary authority on data governance within our research organization. Your mission is to build and maintain a robust data governance framework for our research data lake, forming the foundation for knowledge building, digitization, and AI/ML initiatives. You will work closely with data science, IT, and development teams, ensuring seamless dataflow in laboratory e-systems and alignment with global data governance standards. A key aspect of this role involves working with a variety of primary data types from assays like flow cytometry, genomics, and cytokine, as well as complementary data types such as cell lines and samples. A solid understanding of scientific principles and data types in these areas is essential for success in this role.

Join us to make a significant impact in data governance and support the advancement of Genmab’s cutting-edge research and knock-your-socks-off innovative antibody medicine!
 

Responsibilities

• Data Governance Implementation: Apply and enforce data governance policies, guidelines, and standards to ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
• Advocacy and Collaboration: Promote the adoption of data governance standards across the organization. Collaborate with data owners, data scientists, system administrators, and IT professionals.
• Data Management Coordination: Handle Data Interface Agreements, ensuring effective coordination between data owners and consumers. Maintain comprehensive metadata definitions and ontologies.
• Data Quality and Training: Ensure high data quality through regular assessments and organize training sessions for stakeholders to ensure accurate data capture and usage.
• Incident Management: Manage incidents, changes, and requests related to data, and maintain an inventory of all data sources.
• Digital Archiving: Facilitate the digital archiving of data, especially from external sources, ensuring seamless data flow within laboratory e-systems.
   

Requirements
 

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in life science, engineering, computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or equivalent. Wet lab experience is a plus.
• Experience: knowledge of6-8 years of experience in designing and maintaining a data governance framework, with a focus on modern data warehousing. Minimum of 3 years in Pharmaceutical GxP.
• Technical Skills: Hands-on experience with data preparation and governance tools (Alteryx, Trifacta, Collibra, Reltio), analytical tools/platforms (Databricks, Informatica IICS, AWS Glue and Lambda, Snowflake). Expert knowledge of data architectures.
• Data Modeling: Strong understanding of data modeling, especially in life sciences, and the ability to collaborate with data engineers to translate models into technical data repositories.
• Complementary Data Knowledge: Familiarity with data attributes for cell lines, samples, and other complementary data types.
• Communication and Leadership: Effective communication skills, experience in Agile delivery management and DevOps principles, leading cross-functional teams, and providing oversight to external service providers.
• Interpersonal Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, a commitment to continuous learning, and a coaching mindset.

About You

• You are passionate about our purpose and genuinely care about our mission to transform the lives of patients through innovative cancer treatment
• You bring rigor and excellence to all that you do. You are a fierce believer in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving
• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with diverse backgrounds
• You are determined to do and be your best and take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team
• You are not afraid to grapple with the unknown and be innovative
• You have experience working in a fast-growing, dynamic company (or a strong desire to)
• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so

Locations

Genmab leverages the effectiveness of an agile working environment, when possible, for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are designed as open, community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Whether you’re in one of our collaboratively designed office spaces or working remotely, we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose guiding its unstoppable team to strive towards improving the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For more than 20 years, its passionate, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and leveraged translational research and data sciences, which has resulted in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators, effector function enhanced antibodies and antibody-drug conjugates. To help develop and deliver novel antibody therapies to patients, Genmab has formed 20+ strategic partnerships with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO™) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with locations in Utrecht, the Netherlands, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. and Tokyo, Japan. 
 

Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

We are committed to fostering workplace diversity at all levels of the company and we believe it is essential for our continued success. No applicant shall be discriminated against or treated unfairly because of their race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. Learn more about our commitments on our website. 

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Please note that if you are applying for a position in the Netherlands, Genmab’s policy for all permanently budgeted hires in NL is initially to offer a fixed-term employment contract for a year, if the employee performs well and if the business conditions do not change, renewal for an indefinite term may be considered after the fixed-term employment contract.