Data Lead - Customer Relationship Platform (Salesforce) Operations

### **Summary**

We are seeking a Customer Relationship Data \& Integration Specialist to support a global CRM transformation program transitioning from Veeva CRM to Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud.

This role will act as a critical bridge between country business teams, data owners, and technical teams, ensuring high\-quality data migration, accurate integration mapping, and seamless transition into the new CRM ecosystem.

The ideal candidate brings strong data management expertise, a functional understanding of commercial systems, and hands\-on experience in either Veeva CRM or Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud environments.

### **About the Role**

• *Key Responsibilities:**

• *Data Migration \& Country Data Readiness:**

Provide country\-specific data inputs and context to support CRM data migration, including identification and documentation of local data sources, ownership, and system dependencies. Ensure alignment between global and local data models by supporting data mapping, transformation logic, and validation of migration rules.

• *Data Quality \& Validation**

Validate business data requirements and ensure country data readiness for migration by identifying data quality issues, inconsistencies, and gaps across source systems. Collaborate with data teams to drive data cleansing, enrichment, and standardization, and establish country\-level checks to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance.

• *Commercial Systems Integration Support**

Provide clarity on the country\-specific commercial ecosystem, including marketing, consent, MDM, and analytics systems, and map data flows and integration touchpoints between CRM and upstream/downstream systems. Support integration design by highlighting local constraints and regulatory considerations, and coordinate with cross\-functional teams to ensure alignment of integration logic.

• *Post\-Migration Validation \& Hypercare Support**

Perform post\-migration data validation and reconciliation by reviewing migrated data against business expectations and ensuring accuracy and completeness. Identify, log, and track data defects, and collaborate with country and global teams during hyper care to resolve discrepancies and drive issue closure.

• *Essential Requirements:**

Strong Data Management expertise (data mapping, migration, validation, governance)

Experience with CRM platforms – either Veeva CRM or Salesforce Solid understanding of data lifecycle in CRM ecosystems

Good understanding of commercial platforms integrated with CRM

Strong understanding of pharma commercial operations / HCP engagement

models

Awareness of country\-specific regulatory and compliance considerations Strong stakeholder management across country and global teams

Ability to work in cross\-functional, multi\-geography environments

• *Desirable Requirements:**

Experience in CRM migration programs (Veeva or Salesforce highly preferred)

Familiarity with Salesforce Life Sciences Cloud data model

Exposure to data migration tools, ETL processes, or integration middleware

Experience working in global rollout programs across multiple countries

Strong Project Manager experience with strong consulting skills.

• *Why Novartis:** Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people\-and\-culture

• *Benefits and Rewards:** Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.

Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)

Division

International

Business Unit

Marketing

Location

India

Site

Hyderabad (Office)

Company / Legal Entity

IN10 (FCRS \= IN010\) Novartis Healthcare Private Limited

Functional Area

Marketing

Job Type

Full time

Employment Type

Regular

Shift Work

No

### **Accessibility and accommodation**

Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please send an e\-mail to diversityandincl.india@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.