Master Data Steward

Ipsen is a growing and dynamic specialty-driven biopharmaceutical company focussed on innovation and specialty care.

The patient is at the heart of everything we do, and we also care for our employees because they are the ambassadors who truly make a difference. We attract and develop bold, agile and entrepreneurial individuals who take full ownership of their decisions, leaders drawn by a purpose to make a direct impact through their work in people’s lives, all of which is underpinned by our _Ipsen Way of Being._

The role of Master Data Steward is to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of operations, processing and monitoring of various master data activities, performing validation and changes around Customer, Supplier & Material Master data objects. Striving for excellence through the continuous improvement of robust master data management process.

**Please note this role is offered on a 12m Fixed Term Contract**

**Key responsibilities**
- Complexity Management - Prioritise own workload in support of business requirements, contributing to problem solving, offering solutions based upon process knowledge, with an understanding of the impact of business integration and master data activities on business operations.
- Maintaining data, supporting the scheduling of periodic updates.
- Support the compliance against data business rules: ensuring that all documentation meets the standards which include the identification of how the information is being used and by who.
- Information sources: validating the legitimacy of the information sources, whether these are internal data providers or external data providers.
- Supporting the “user” community when collecting, collating, and triaging issues and problems with data.
- Prioritise issues as appropriate and in full communication with those individuals who may be impacted and with those responsible for remediation.
- Support the management of standard business definitions around data enforcing the use of key business terms for resolution and standardised definitions including compliance with naming conventions and standards.
- Data quality standards: help support the development of data quality standards applied to the data sets that are both used and produced.
- Authorising access and validation of data security by identifying, authenticating, and authorising information users. Authorising modifications to reference data and providing access to the metadata or data for the purposes of browsing.
- Support the ‘data life cycle’, through ensuring quality around the creation, modification, sharing, reuse, retention, and back up of data.

**What we’re looking for**
- Excellent communication skills
- Previous experience working with high volumes of data and various associated tools and platforms
- Well organised and adept at time management
- Demonstrable analytical and problem-solving skills
- Naturally meticulous

**Why Ipsen & Why Wrexham**
- We are a business that is experiencing exponential growth and change, therefore presenting a wide range of opportunities and challenges
- Major £multi-million investment in a New Drug Product Facility to increase the scale and capability of our Wrexham site, ultimately enhancing the products we develop for our customers
- A fantastic culture and working environment with many long-serving employees
- Huge commitment to Diversity & Inclusion - almost 50% of our top 160 leaders are women
- A genuine focus on the environment and sustainability - our Wrexham site is powered by 100% renewable electricity
- Competitive salaries and enhanced benefits package which includes annual bonus, generous pension scheme, wellness allowance and so much more.
- Awarded ‘Best Workplaces’ and ‘Best Workplaces for Wellbeing’ status in the Large Organisations category, as well as ‘Best Workplaces for Women’ in 2023.
- The pride of working for a company that directly impacts and changes lives for the better