AD, Data Governance Lead

About the role

The AD, Data Governance Lead is accountable for designing, setting up and running the enterprise data governance program. The role establishes the governance operating model, including the Executive Council and core functional sub-committees, defines data lifecycle controls, builds performance scorecards and works with IT, Compliance, Legal and Privacy to embed sustainable, auditable data controls. The position is based at the East Hanover, NJ site and cannot be worked remotely; it requires about 10% travel.

Key responsibilities

• Stand up and co-chair the Executive Council and coordinate all sub-committees
• Develop charters, terms of reference, meeting cadences, agendas and decision tracking
• Align governance priorities with enterprise strategy and risk appetite
• Establish a federated data ownership and stewardship model across domains
• Partner with IT, Compliance, Legal and Privacy to develop, validate and operationalize controls
• Develop, document and maintain control frameworks at each lifecycle stage
• Build Data Management Lifecycle Scorecards covering quality, coverage, compliance and maturity
• Define governance KPIs/KRIs such as data quality scores, classification coverage, access-review completion, issue MTTR and policy adoption
• Deliver executive dashboards and periodic DCAM maturity assessments

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, Finance or a related field
• Minimum 8+ years in data governance, BI governance or commercial analytics in a regulated industry, preferably pharma or life sciences
• Experience running a cross-functional governance council or working group with real decision authority
• Influence without authority across IT, Legal, Compliance and Privacy
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, as the role lives in meetings with functional VPs

Required skills

• Deep knowledge of governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM), privacy regulations and control design
• Experience with governance and catalog tooling such as OpenMetadata and Collibra
• Analytical rigor for scorecard and metric design and maturity assessment

What we offer

• Expected salary of $145,600 to $270,400 per year, with a performance-based cash incentive and possible annual equity awards
• Benefits including health, life and disability insurance, a 401(k) with company contribution and match, and a time-off package