Specialist, Asset Management (Digital Asset Librarian – AEM Assets)

Job Description

Specialist, Asset Management (Digital Asset Librarian – AEM Assets)

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 organization 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 company’s 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.

About Digital Human Health (DHH) 

Digital Human Health (DHH) connects technology, data, and people to enable and accelerate Human Health business across global markets. DHH supports commercial and medical teams by delivering customer-centric digital platforms, data capabilities, and technology-enabled operating models that enable flexible go-to-market approaches, actionable insights, and personalized customer experiences in a regulated environment. 

Within DHH, the Content Creation and Storage capability builds and governs the digital asset management foundation to enable findable, reusable, and compliant content at scale. 

Role Purpose: 

Serve as the operational steward of the digital asset library within AEM Assets and the broader Adobe ecosystem—owning day-to-day governance, metadata quality, rights/compliance hygiene, and user enablement to ensure the DAM is reliable and adoption-ready. 

Scope of Ownership & Adjacent Responsibilities 

• Own library operations for ingestion, organization, tagging, lifecycle management, and ongoing audits.
• Enforce metadata/taxonomy/naming standards; drive continuous improvement of findability and data quality. 
• Partner with AEM DAM Developer and Business Analyst to evolve governance standards and workflow automation opportunities. 
• Enable users through documentation, training, and onboarding of new collections/brands. 

Key Responsibilities 

Asset Governance & Library Operations 

• Manage day-to-day AEM Assets library operations including ingestion, organization, tagging, and lifecycle management.
• Enforce metadata standards, taxonomy conventions, and naming conventions across asset types. 
• Conduct regular audits to identify gaps, inconsistencies, duplicates, and expired/rights-limited content. 
• Manage asset expiration, archival, and retirement workflows aligned with rights management and compliance. 

Metadata & Taxonomy Stewardship 

• Apply and maintain metadata schemas and controlled vocabulary taxonomies across the asset library.
• Collaborate during DAM foundation phase to provide practitioner input on taxonomy design and metadata usability. 
• Escalate metadata quality issues and recommend improvements to governance standards. 
• Support tagging/classification of AI-generated assets aligned with disclosure standards (including C2PA and custom metadata flags). 

User Support & Enablement 

• Serve as primary point of contact for DAM users for access, search, and usage questions.
• Develop and maintain user guides, training materials, and onboarding resources for AEM Assets and Content Hub. 
• Conduct training sessions on DAM workflows, search best practices, and governance standards. 
• Support onboarding of new asset collections, brands, or business units onto the DAM platform. 

Rights & Compliance Management 

• Track and manage asset usage rights, licensing terms, and expiration dates.
• Flag restricted/limited-rights assets and ensure appropriate access controls are applied. 
• Support governance for MLR-related asset usage, including approved claims content and content fragments. 

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement 

• Partner with AEM DAM Developer to identify pain points addressable via workflow automation/configuration improvements.
• Provide practitioner feedback for roadmap prioritization based on operational experience. 
• Monitor adoption metrics and user feedback to improve findability, usability, and governance. 

What Success Looks Like 

• High metadata quality and consistent taxonomy adoption across assets.
• Improved asset findability and reduced duplication/incorrect reuse. 
• Rights/compliance hygiene with timely archival/retirement and correct access controls. 
• Stronger user adoption through effective onboarding and training. 

Qualifications & Experience 

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in Library/Information Science, Digital Media, or related field preferred. 

Experience 

• 4–5+ years of relevant experience in digital asset management, content operations, or library/information management.
• Hands-on experience operating a DAM platform (AEM Assets or equivalent). 
• Strong understanding of metadata standards, taxonomy design, and controlled vocabulary management. 
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience developing user-facing documentation and conducting training. 

Preferred / Nice to Have 

• Direct experience with Adobe Experience Manager Assets or Content Hub.
• Familiarity with digital rights management (DRM) and asset licensing workflows. 
• Exposure to regulated content environments (e.g., MLR workflows). 
• Understanding of AI-generated content standards (C2PA / Content Credentials) and Creative Cloud tooling from an operations perspective. 

Key Competencies 

• Governance mindset and data quality rigor
• Service orientation and stakeholder empathy 
• Operational excellence with continuous improvement focus 
• Comfort working in a platform that is actively being built and evolved 

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Required Skills:

Asset Management, Benefits Management, Management System Development, Product Management, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs

Preferred Skills:

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Job Posting End Date:

06/8/2026

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