Sr. Data Governance Architect - Raleigh, NC

At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
 

Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
 

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together.

Job Description
 

At Gilead our pursuit of a healthier world for all people has yielded a cure for hepatitis C, revolutionary improvements in HIV treatment and prevention as well as advancements in therapies for viral and inflammatory diseases and certain cancers.

We set and achieve bold ambitions in our fight against the world’s most devastating diseases, united in our commitment to confronting the largest public health challenges of our day and improving the lives of patients for generations to come. As a Senior Data Governance Architect , at Gilead you will ...

Key Responsibilities:

Governance Enablement & Stewardship 

• Partner with business domains to establish data ownership and stewardship for enterprise data products 

• Facilitate governance workshops to identify critical data elements and governance requirements 

• Establish stewardship communities responsible for maintaining trusted data assets 

• Define stewardship responsibilities for metadata completeness, data quality, and data classification 

Metadata, Data Quality & Classification 

• Establish metadata principles, data quality framework, and API standards that enable consistent governance across different data systems  

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define businessfriendly data quality rules  

• Ensure governance definitions are documented within governance platforms  

• Partner with domain teams to classify sensitive data such as personal data, sensitive personal data, healthrelated information, and HR sensitive data  

• Ensure data products contain sufficient metadata and business context to support analytics and AIdriven use cases 

Collaboration & Operationalization 

• Collaborate with Governance Capabilities and Governance Integration teams to operationalize governance practices 

Role Summary:

The Senior Data Governance Architect is responsible for designing and enabling enterprise data governance practices that ensure data products are trusted, well-described, and aligned with organizational policies and regulatory requirements. This role works closely with business domains and platform teams to define governance requirements, establish governance standards, and ensure enter