RTI International

Director, Data Governance

RTI International

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: North Carolina • United States

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Design, implement, and evolve RTI’s enterprise data governance framework, including data ownership, stewardship, metadata standards, data quality, lineage, classification, access, and lifecycle management.
  • Establish and operationalize Responsible AI principles, policies, and guardrails aligned with ethical, legal, and regulatory expectations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, FIPS, sponsor and contractual requirements).
  • Ensure governance is embedded across data, analytics, and AI workflows in partnership with Legal, Privacy, Security, IT, Labs, and Research leadership.
  • Develop and own RTI’s enterprise data governance strategy, ensuring alignment with ODAS priorities, RTI’s mission, and institute-wide strategic pillars.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the VP of Data & AI Strategy, ODAS leadership, and senior stakeholders on data risk, AI ethics, and enterprise readiness.
  • Define and steward the federated governance operating model, including decision rights, RASCI, governance bodies, and escalation paths.
  • Translate governance requirements into practical, usable standards, playbooks, templates, and guidance that enable data science, analytics, and AI delivery.
  • Lead and mature the stewardship operating model, including effective assignment, onboarding, enablement, and coordination of Data Owners, Domain Stewards, and Enterprise Data Stewards.
  • Drive institute-wide adoption through structured change management, communication, training, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Champion a culture of data literacy, transparency, accountability, and responsible data and AI use.
  • Define, track, and communicate governance KPIs, maturity metrics, and dashboards (e.g., data quality, adoption, compliance, reuse).

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, analytics, AI, or regulated environments.
  • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise or federated data governance programs.
  • Strong understanding of metadata management, data quality, data lifecycle management, cataloging, access management, regulatory compliance, and responsible AI.
  • Proven ability to influence senior leaders and operate effectively in matrixed, decentralized organizations.
  • Excellent executive communication, facilitation, and change leadership skills.
  • Bias toward action with the ability to balance long-term strategy and near-term delivery.
  • Preferred Qualifications: Experience with governance platforms such as Collibra, Atlan, Alation, or similar tools.
  • Experience in scientific, academic, public sector, or highly regulated research environments.
  • Experience with secondary-use governance, research data ecosystems, or data marketplaces.
  • Experience leading and developing multidisciplinary teams.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
data governancedata managementanalyticsAImetadata managementdata qualitydata lifecycle managementaccess managementregulatory complianceresponsible AI
Soft Skills
executive communicationfacilitationchange leadershipinfluencecollaborationstakeholder engagementdata literacytransparencyaccountabilitybias toward action