
Manager, Data Platform & Products - Data Engineering - Compliance Specialist
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
- Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
- Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.
- Engage with IT practitioners and acts as a consultant for the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Compliance Risk Profile, Digital SDLC, Good Documentation Practices and the IT Control Requirements Set including the adoption of agile ways of working.
- Provide compliance advice to IT colleagues regarding the practical application of the SDLC for product teams.
- Support efforts to streamline SDLC documentation through standardization, automation and process design
- Advance Agile SDLC competency and drive good practices for product teams
- Work across product teams and initiatives as subject matter expert on the SDLC and IT compliance controls
- Drive lifecycle changes in the Data assets & Data products
- Write and review SDLC documentation according to our company's standards
- Assist in collecting information for Change Control and addressing impact changes for application releases.
- Ensures that the IT organization operates and complies with established policies/procedures.
- Supports audit/inspection readiness and participates in the timely review and Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) response.
- Monitors IT compliance indicators, evaluates impacts and ensures non-compliance incidents are communicated and actioned.
- Oversees policies, SOPs, supporting documents and associated materials to ensure seamless integration with other processes.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Law, or other relevant field.
- 3+ years of experience in technology compliance, risk management, or a related field.
- Strong knowledge of data protection laws and regulations (e.g., GDPR, Annex 11,..) and data integrity practices.
- Understanding of System Development Life Cycle, good engineering practice, and computer validation.
- Experience with GMP regulations a significant benefit.
- Experience with Process design and optimization is a significant benefit.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to convey risk findings and recommendations.
- Ability to communicate complex compliance issues to non-technical stakeholders in both spoken and written form.
- Meticulous attention to detail to ensure accurate risk assessments and reporting.
- Understanding of relevant regulations and compliance standards.
- Ability to manage risk-related projects and coordinate with various teams.
- Strong organizational skills to handle multiple tasks and priorities effectively.
- Ability to work as a part of a team.
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