Associate Director, ServiceNow Operational Data Process Architect

Job Description

The Opportunity 

• 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.  

Our Technology Centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our companys’ IT operating model, Tech Centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.  

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers.  

Role Overview 

The Associate Director, CMDB & Data Architect will be responsible for the strategic architecture, design, implementation, governance, and optimization of the Configuration Management Database (CMDB) and foundation data practices within the ServiceNow platform. This role will support our ServiceNow Value Team function and collaborate closely with various teams across the IT organization to ensure the effective management and utilization of data assets. The incumbent will lead initiatives to enhance data quality, integrity, and accessibility, enabling the delivery of high-quality IT services throughout the organization.

The position will interact with several levels in the organization and will be critical in establishing good relationships with numerous operational areas and with other global functions.

What will you do in this role 

• Develop and maintain a robust data architecture framework supporting the CMDB and ServiceNow Platform, aligning with organizational goals and best practices.
• Establish and enforce governance policies and standards for CMDB data management, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and internal policies.
• Identify and implement process improvements related to data management and CMDB practices, including data modeling, taxonomy development, and data lifecycle management.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to define data requirements, establish data quality metrics, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Analyze, design, and develop solutions and implementation plans based on current versus future state architectures that align with business needs.
• Lead the definition and implementation of high-level requirements, principles, and models that guide solution decisions.
• Conduct architecture evaluations and collaborate with delivery squads to develop solution architectures that fit business needs.
• Analyze current solution architecture to detect deficiencies and recommend improvements.
• Define data products to meet enterprise requirements for IT data domain assets, collaborate with IT sub-domain leads to ensure data products are correctly categorized, and develop data roadmaps for future state requirements.
• Ensure data quality needs are met, including metadata in the data catalog.
• Communicate changes to data subscribers and constituents.
• Develop and monitor KPIs and metrics to assess the health and performance of the CMDB and data architecture, providing regular updates to leadership.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation, including policies, procedures, and training materials, to support effective data management practices.
• Engage with process owners, product managers, and senior leadership to communicate data architecture strategies and advocate for necessary investments.
   

What should you have 

Required

• Proficiency with ServiceNow CMDB, Common Service Data Model (CSDM), Foundation Data, and data management best practices.
• MSc Degree or BSc Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience in data architecture, data management, or related fields.
• Strong project management skills with a proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive results.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a strong attention to detail.
• Experience with data modelling, data governance, and data quality management.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels.

Preferred

• Experience with additional ServiceNow capabilities (e.g., Hardware Asset Management, Software Asset Management, Operational Technology Management, Digital Portfolio Management, Discovery, Service Mapping, Service Graph Connectors).
• Knowledge of data visualization tools and techniques.

Who we are 

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.  

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Required Skills:

Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), Business Process Modeling, Data Management, Data Modeling, Data Science, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technical Advice

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

11/24/2025

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