Director, Data Governance Lead (Clinical Research)

Work Schedule

Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions

Office

Job Description

At Thermo Fisher’s PPD clinical research group (CRG), we’re using digital innovation, data science, and AI to reimagine how life-changing therapies reach patients. Our teams combine deep scientific expertise with advanced analytics, automation, and digital platforms to make research smarter, faster, and more connected.

We know that innovation happens when diverse minds meet. Our Digital Science, Data, and AI professionals collaborate closely with scientists, clinicians, and operational experts to solve real-world challenges in clinical research. Alongside our partnership with Open AI, you can be part of the collaboration that will help to improve the speed and success of drug development, enabling customers to get medicines to patients faster and more cost effectively.

You’ll join a culture that values experimentation, learning, and collaboration — where your ideas can help shape how we deliver life-saving solutions and improve global health outcomes. Whether you’re a data engineer, product manager, software developer, or AI scientist, you’ll find opportunities here to apply your skills to work that truly matters — improving global health outcomes. 

*Posting open until 7/15/26*

Director, Data Governance 
This role is responsible for establishing and leading CRG Digital’s enterprise data governance program to ensure that data across the organization is high quality, trusted, secure, compliant, and effectively leveraged to enable scientific, operational, and commercial decision making.

Reporting to the VP, Data Capabilities, you will define and execute the governance vision, priorities, and multi-year roadmap; operate the Data Governance Center of Excellence (CoE); and drive enterprise master data management (MDM) across key data domains. The role establishes and enforces policies, standards, controls, and stewardship models that ensure the quality, integrity, privacy, and compliance of CRG’s data assets.

The Director partners closely with key internal stakeholders to embed strong governance practices into day-to-day operations. Success in this role requires a blend of strategic leadership, technical depth, and exceptional stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities

CRG Data Governance Strategy & Leadership

• Define and execute CRG Digital’s data governance vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap.
• Establish governance priorities aligned to business objectives, regulatory requirements, and digital transformation initiatives.
• Build and lead the Data Governance Center of Excellence (CoE), including establishing governance forums, operating models, and engagement processes.
• Develop KPIs and maturity metrics to measure governance adoption, data quality, and business value realization.

Policy, Standards & Controls

• Establish and enforce enterprise data governance policies, processes, and standards ensuring data quality, integrity, security, and compliance.
• Translate high-level policy into practical rules, controls, and implementation frameworks.
• Codify and socialize best practices across divisions to drive consistency and scalability.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory, privacy, security, and audit requirements.

Master Data Management (MDM)

• Lead enterprise MDM strategy and execution across key data domains.
• Define data ownership, stewardship models, and governance workflows.
• Oversee data profiling, quality monitoring, issue remediation, and MDM logic.
• Partner with technology teams to ensure governance capabilities are embedded into platforms, tools, and architecture.

Organizational & Stakeholder Leadership

• Establish and evolve CRG Digital’s data governance organization and operating model.
• Partner with divisional data owners, IT, analytics, compliance, and business leadership to embed governance into core processes.
• Chair and lead CRG Data Governance CoE forums and cross-functional councils.
• Drive adoption through strong change management, communication, and executive engagement.

Risk, Compliance & Data Integrity

• Mitigate data risk through proactive governance controls and monitoring.
• Ensure data supports regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
• Identify and work to resolve systemic data quality and integrity issues impacting enterprise operations.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification (Advanced degree preferred)
• Previous experience in data governance, data manag