Senior Data Governance & Quality Systems Lead

About the role

As the Sr. R&D Data Governance & QMS Manager, you will establish the data readiness, governance, and quality processes that form the foundation for scalable AI innovation across multiple programs worldwide. You will lead cross‑functional governance and QMS workstreams, ensuring datasets, partnerships, and platforms are compliant, reusable, and ready to support growth.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and improve the IGT Devices R&D data‑governance and QMS framework for software, AI, hardware‑generated, and experimental data, defining standards, decision rights, federated stewardship, metadata, lineage, and quality.
• Lead governance and QMS workstreams for hospitals, research sites, vendors, and cross‑business‑unit data arrangements, defining intended use, data rights, residency, cross‑border constraints, controls, approvals, and obligations.
• Embed approved requirements in data intake and processing, including de‑identification, access controls, data contracts, metadata, lineage, quality checks, release gates, regional or federated processing, retention, and deletion to enable compliant reuse for software and AI.
• Operate stewardship, training, metrics, controlled documentation, and audit readiness; coordinate evidence, remediation, and continuous improvement for audits and medical‑device inspections.

Required profile

• 5+ years (or 3+ with a master’s) leading data governance and QMS processes in medical devices, healthcare, life sciences, or another regulated environment, with experience in federated stewardship, controlled documentation, training, and audit/inspection readiness.
• Strong understanding and application of HIPAA and GDPR, including data residency, localization, cross‑border transfer, regional processing, de‑identification or anonymization, and re‑identification risk.
• Experience conducting dataset‑level privacy‑risk assessments and translating findings into documented release decisions, permitted uses, and technical controls.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in data management, informatics, engineering, computer science, quality, regulatory, privacy, or related field, or 9+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree; relevant certifications are a plus.

Required skills

• Data governance
• Quality Management Systems (QMS)
• Metadata management
• Data lineage
• De‑identification techniques
• Privacy‑risk assessment

What we offer

• Competitive salary range $129,000‑$205,000 plus potential annual incentive bonus and long‑term incentives.
• Comprehensive total rewards including generous PTO, 401(k) with up to 7% match, HSA contributions, stock purchase plan, and education reimbursement.