Data Governance & Stewardship Leader (Hybrid)

Biopharma Careers; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 94,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Johnson & Johnson’s JJMT Electrophysiology team in Irvine, CA is hiring a Data Governance and Stewardship Lead. The hybrid role involves shaping data usage policies, access controls, and governance programs for diverse data assets to support patient safety and product development.

You will partner with business, IT, and compliance teams to implement scalable governance, drive audits, develop metrics, and mentor junior staff in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in data science, CS, IS, engineering or life sciences.
• 3+ years in data governance in a regulated environment.
• Experience with cloud-based governance tooling and data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize data usage policies, access controls, and data stewardship.
• Design and develop data governance programs, policies, and controls.
• Embed data usage standards across enterprise data and tech landscape.
• Lead audit workflows to verify governance and track metrics.
• Present status and risks to internal and external partners.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality

Data Analysis

Data Security

Analytical Reasoning

Advanced Analytics

Communication

Data Privacy Standards

Data Management

Database Management

Problem Solving

Execution Focus

Report Writing

Privacy-Enhancing Computation (PEC)

Information Security Risk Management

Data Catalog

Metadata Management

Data Lineage

Workflow Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in data science / CS / IS / Engineering / Life Sciences / Biomedical Engineering

Tools

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Data catalog

Metadata management

Data lineage

Workflow automation

Dashboarding

Job description

Johnson & Johnson’s JJMT Electrophysiology team in Irvine, CA is hiring a Data Governance and Stewardship Lead. The hybrid role involves shaping data usage policies, access controls, and governance programs for diverse data assets to support patient safety and product development.

You will partner with business, IT, and compliance teams to implement scalable governance, drive audits, develop metrics, and mentor junior staff in a regulated environment.