Analyst, Metadata Management

About Apotex Inc.

Job Summary

As part of the Enterprise Data Office team, the Analyst, Metadata Management (“MtM”) role is responsible for discovery and understanding of relevant information such as business, technical and operational metadata. As well as correctly establishing and maintaining our metadata, ensuring that metadata is properly created, stored and maintained so that inconsistencies and redundancies are minimized.
In this role, you will be a significant contributor to the full implementation of Apotex’s data management practices. In conjunction with business leaders, develops and makes recommendations around, and ensures the implementation of, consistent and harmonized policies, procedures and professional standards of performance for the Enterprise MtM program.

Job Responsibilities
Make recommendations about the design, development and operationalization of all policies, processes, procedures, standards and technology solutions used to correctly define, integrate, manage and share reliable metadata.
Recommend and implement business metadata which includes Data Dictionary: business terms and definitions, business rules and constraints.
Recommend and implement technical metadata which includes establishing data lineage and source to target mapping.
Establish well-modelled operational metadata and create an execution schedule, escalation process and statistics: load start, end, duration, record count, error count for all data objects.
Provide metadata support through the standardization of terminology and updating of system records (EDC, Axon).
Formulate, collaborate, and follow-up with Global Information Services (GIS) as well as vendors as necessary to implement metadata requirements in systems, or to communicate the requirements correctly to third parties.
Provide training on any new metadata artifact templates and standards.
Provide single point of contact for metadata entry and downloads and any Metadata Repository issues while working closely with Informatica System Analyst to ensure MtM processes get implemented into the tool.
Make recommendations on creating a data retention policy and proper maintenance along with metadata repository design and its development efforts.
Test new metadata processes, workflows, and procedures, providing related support and user training to data stewards and business users.
Job Requirements
Hands-on working experience with Data Governance, Data Catalog and Metadata Management.
Background and experience working with data taxonomies and ontologies.
Practical experience with EDC and Axon (Informatica), including business glossaries, dashboards, policies, search, maps.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Technology or equivalent education.
Strong business understanding of data and metadata.
Familiar with Metadata Management methodologies and practices.
Working knowledge of practices and technology in areas such as Business Intelligence, data models, business glossary, and master data domain management.
Strong analytical skills with excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
Ability to resolve conflicts and build consensus.

**Demonstrate Behaviours that exhibit our organizational Values**: Collaboration, Courage, Perseverance, and Passion.

At Apotex, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible work environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported.

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