Director, Data Governance Lead (Clinical Research)

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Policies, 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.