Elanco · 4 hours ago
R&D Consultant: Data Standards and Strategy
Lake County, IN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expElanco is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services for animals. The R&D Consultant will develop and maintain data governance frameworks and standards to ensure data quality and usability for advanced analytics and AI/ML initiatives.
ManufacturingPetSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Lead the design, implementation, and maintenance of the electronic data governance program, including establishing frameworks, policies, and guidelines, ensuring alignment with Elanco's values, corporate policies, regulatory requirements, and the needs of AI/ML initiatives
Drive the design, implementation, and operationalization of metadata management strategies, including data catalogs and data dictionaries, to ensure consistent metadata, lineage, and quality for use in platforms like Databricks and Power BI
Champion cross-functional collaboration with business stakeholders (R&D, IT, and Quality Assurance) to strategically align data governance objectives with practical data needs, ensuring seamless integration with existing data management procedures and proactively identifying new ways of working suitable for advanced analytics and AI/ML
Lead the development and delivery of comprehensive training materials to promote data literacy and foster a data-driven culture across the organization, with a focus on enabling data utilization for AI/ML
Oversee the implementation, tracking, and strategic direction of data quality monitoring and cleaning processes, including establishing and refining metrics/KPIs to proactively identify, monitor, and address data quality, accessibility, bias mitigation, and overall program maturity, reporting performance and risks to leadership
Qualification
Required
Education: Bachelors in data science or similar
Experience: 8+ years of experience in data governance, AI/ML governance, data product management, or risk/compliance in data-centric organizations
Ability to translate between technical requirements and stakeholder business needs
Preferred
Data experience in animal health or pharmaceutical industry, particularly understanding types of data and how they are used in these industries
Strong understanding of data governance tools, frameworks and AI risk management models
Familiarity with regulations including GDPR, CCPA, and emerging AI legislation
Hands-on experience with data and AI tooling (ex. Databricks, Power BI, etc)
Familiarity with metadata, data lineage, access controls, and master data strategies
Proven leadership experience driving cross-functional influence across technical stakeholders and business leaders
Company
Elanco
Elanco is an animal health company that manufactures and markets a diverse range of products to promote animal health and well-being.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$252.86MKey Investors
AncoraBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2023-12-30Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2018-09-19IPO
2017-05-24Grant· $2.86M
Leadership Team
Dave Kinard
Executive Vice President Human Resources, Corporate Affairs & Administration
Jennifer Black
Senior Director, Global Indirect Procurement
Recent News
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