Associate Director, Data Semantic Governance

Influence senior stakeholders by clearly articulating how data governance and business architecture drive enterprise value. Represent the data governance function in executive forums, governance councils, and strategic working groups, while fostering cross-functional alignment around shared standards, stewardship expectations, and future-state data capabilities. Provide strategic oversight into initiatives, partners, and vendors supporting enterprise data governance priorities, and support investment decisions by connecting governance capabilities to enterprise outcomes and long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or master's degree in information systems, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in data governance, business data architecture, or data management, acting as the bridge between business strategy and IT execution.
• Deep expertise with data governance and cataloging platforms (e.g., Alation, Collibra) and Master Data Management (MDM) platforms (e.g., Reltio, Informatica).
• Advanced knowledge of conceptual and logical data modeling, business glossaries, data lineage, and semantic layer design.
• Strong proficiency in SQL for data profiling, querying, and quality assessment.
• Solid understanding of cloud data ecosystems (Snowflake, AWS, Azure) to effectively partner with and guide BTS engineering teams.
• Proven ability to author enterprise data standards and drive adherence across diverse business units and analytics users.
• Prior experience in the Pharma/Life Sciences industry is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication and technical translation skills; able to distill complex architectural concepts into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information

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• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.​

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