Commercial Data Governance Leader (Associate Director)

Vertex US Distribution; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 237,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertex US Distribution seeks an Associate Director, Commercial Data Governance to lead the management and continual improvement of data governance across the commercial organization. You will establish standards, policies, and accountability to improve quality, accessibility, security, and responsible use of commercial data.

You will partner with business stakeholders, define data elements, govern data catalogs, and drive data-quality rules and remediation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, information systems, data management, computer science, or life sciences.
• Typically 8+ years of experience in data governance or related fields.
• Experience building data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Experience supporting commercial data in regulated industries.
• Strong understanding of data quality, metadata, and data lineage concepts.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial data governance strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
• Define and maintain data governance policies, standards, and controls for commercial data.
• Establish data ownership, stewardship, and accountability across assets.
• Partner with data owners to define critical data elements and metadata.
• Develop and monitor data quality rules, scorecards, and remediation plans.
• Facilitate governance forums to drive alignment and decision-making.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and other teams to meet regulatory requirements.
• Oversee documentation of data catalogs, glossaries, and data standards.
• Identify data risks and opportunities for process improvement.
• Support adoption of data governance tools and training across the organization.
• Define and track KPIs for data quality and governance maturity.

Skills

Data governance frameworks and models

Data quality management

Data catalog and metadata

Master data management

Commercial data domains

Governance platforms (Collibra/Alation

Data analysis and reporting (SQL/Excel

CRM platforms (Veeva/Salesforce)

Data privacy and security

Agile project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Vertex US Distribution seeks an Associate Director, Commercial Data Governance to lead the management and continual improvement of data governance across the commercial organization. You will establish standards, policies, and accountability to improve quality, accessibility, security, and responsible use of commercial data.

You will partner with business stakeholders, define data elements, govern data catalogs, and drive data-quality rules and remediation.