Content Strategy Analyst, Taxonomies & Data Curation

About Norstella

Norstella is a premier global life sciences data and AI solutions provider, committed to enhancing patient access to critical therapies. We support pharmaceutical and biotech companies through every phase of drug development, from discovery to patient care. Our core mission is to empower clients to accelerate therapies to market more efficiently, ultimately improving patient lives.

Norstella integrates market-leading brands – Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, Skipta, and The Dedham Group – to deliver essential insights leveraging AI for strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We assist our clients in accelerating drug development, assessing competition, making data-driven financial decisions, recruiting clinical trial patients, and overcoming therapy access barriers.

Serving most pharmaceutical and biotech companies globally, along with regulators like the FDA and payers, Norstella provides proprietary data that fuels AI-driven workflows. Our investments in AI are revolutionizing data consumption and decision-making, disrupting outdated processes, and fostering a more efficient, innovative, and patient-responsive industry.

Job Description

This position is an integral part of the Content Strategy team within Norstella Content Operations. The Content Strategy Analyst, Taxonomies & Data Curation plays a crucial role in shaping the strategic direction of transformational programs and projects. This involves addressing key business priorities in close collaboration with various cross-functional units, including technology, product, and services, with a strong focus on:

• Optimization: Championing operational efficiency across content processes.
• Utilization: Maximizing data utility and identifying opportunities to leverage Norstella data throughout the business to generate value.
• Thought Partnership: Leading data strategy initiatives and fostering client engagement.

To ensure our data delivers maximum value for clients, the Ontology Team, which this role supports, is deeply involved in cross-company efforts. This includes developing and applying consistent standards for our diverse datasets. In this capacity, the Analyst will work closely with other Ontology team members to support the team’s roadmap and other critical business requirements. A key aspect will be assisting with the mapping of Norstella data to external third-party standards, in adherence to best practices and established in-house protocols.

Responsibilities

• Mapping healthcare related data elements to standard terminologies.
• Organising data elements hierarchically into structured taxonomies.
• Reviewing dictionary updates and implementing appropriate revisions to mapping.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive data mapping documentation.
• Conducting data discovery in conjunction with taxonomy development.
• Explaining the context of classifications to colleagues across different teams.
• Working closely with product, content, and data engineering colleagues on query resolution and standards development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree, preferably in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Medical Sciences, or an equivalent relevant field.
• 3+ years’ experience, ideally within biopharma intelligence, business research, or a life sciences consulting domain.
• A solid understanding of how life science data is published, captured, and processed to translate real-world events into structured content.
• A clear understanding of the drug development lifecycle and associated processes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including SharePoint, Excel, and PowerPoint, along with experience using Monday.com, LucidChart, Jira, and Confluence.

Our Guiding Principles for success at Norstella

• 01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
• 02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
• 03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
• 04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
• 05: Humility, Gratitude, Learning

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Provident Fund
• Reimbursement of Certification Expenses
• Gratuity
• 24x7 Health Desk

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe in respecting and valuing differences, enabling everyone to thrive at work and in their personal lives, and fostering pride in their contributions. All employment decisions are based on an individual’s abilities, skills, performance, behavior, and business needs. Norstella upholds a zero-tolerance policy against any form of discrimination, abuse, or harassment.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds, regardless of identity or path. If this job description ignites your passion and excitement, we are eager to hear from you.

All legitimate Norstella roles are posted on norstella.com/careers. Please exercise caution if approached by third-parties about roles not listed on our official job board. Norstella will never request payment during recruitment. Report suspicious postings to ApplicationHelp@norstella.com.

Key skills/competency

• Taxonomy development
• Data curation
• Life sciences data
• Healthcare terminology
• Data mapping
• Content strategy
• Jira/Confluence
• Operational efficiency
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Data standardization