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AD, Data Governance Lead
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation · 🇺🇸 East Hanover
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid sponsored hires in similar roles23 certified filings for “Director, Forecasting-CV” (Data Scientists) in NJ: $170k–$170k, median $170k. Most were filed at wage level IV (83%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here ($145,600.00) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 75 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 31 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description Summary #LI-Hybrid This position will be located at East Hanover, NJ site and will not have the ability to be located remotely. This position will require 10% travel as defined by the business (domestic and/ or international). Job description summary The AD, Data Governance Lead is accountable for designing, standing up, and operating the enterprise data governance program. This individual establishes the governance operating model- including the Executive Council and core functional sub-committees- de-fines data lifecycle controls, builds performance scorecards, and partners cross-functionally with IT, Compliance, Legal, and Privacy to embed sustainable, auditable da-ta controls across the organization. Job Description Key Responsibilities: • Stand up and co-chair the Executive Council and coordinate all sub-committees. • Develop charters, terms of reference, meeting cadences, agendas, and decision-tracking. • Drive alignment of governance priorities with enterprise strategy and risk appetite. • Establish federated data ownership and stewardship model across domains. • Partner with IT, Compliance, Legal, and Privacy to fully develop, validate, and operationalize required controls. • Develop, document, and maintain control frameworks at each lifecycle stage. • Collaborate with data owners and enforce governance standards across the end-to-end data lifecycle. • Build Data Management Lifecycle Scorecards measuring quality, coverage, compliance, and maturity. • Define Governance KPIs/KRIs (e.g., data quality scores, classification coverage %, access-review completion, issue MTTR, policy adoption). • Deliver executive dashboards and periodic DCAM maturity assessments. Essential Requirements: • Education: Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Finance, or a related field. • Strong facilitation and stakeholder-management skills — this role lives in meetings with functional VPs. • Minimum 8+ years in Data governance, BI governance, or commercial analytics in a regulated industry. Preferably in pharma or life sciences industries. • Extensive Experience running a cross-functional governance council or working group with real decision authority. • Influence without authority across IT, Legal, Compliance, and Privacy. • Deep knowledge of governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM), privacy regulations, and control design. • Experience with governance/catalog tooling (e.g., OpenMetadata, Collibra). • Analytical rigor for scorecard/metric design and maturity assessment. Novartis Compensation Summary: The salary for this position is expected to range between $145,600.00 and $270,400.00 per year. The final salary offered is determined based on factors like, but not limited to, relevant skills and experience, and upon joining Novartis will be reviewed periodically. Novartis may change the published salary range based on company and market factors. Your compensation will include a performance-based cash incentive and, depending on the level of the role, eligibility to be considered for annual equity awards. US-based eligible employees will receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes health, life and disability benefits, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a variety of other benefits. In addition, employees are eligible for a generous time off package including vacation, personal days, holidays and other leaves. EEO Statement: The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran stat