Director of Data Governance, Quality & Enablement

Scorpion Therapeutics; Waltham (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay + bonus

Equity

Flexible PTO

Medical/dental/vision

Life/disability insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a strategic Data Governance leader to drive a multi-year roadmap, aligning governance with enterprise strategy and regulatory expectations. You will own the standards for data quality, lineage, metadata, and catalog across the data platform and partner with security, privacy, and IT compliance teams.

Experience in pharma/biotech data environments and SOX controls is highly valued, with a track record of embedding controls and enabling governed self-service for

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data governance/quality with 5+ years in leadership.
• Experience operationalizing enterprise governance frameworks (ownership, stewardship, policies, standards).
• Strong knowledge of data quality, metadata, cataloging, lineage, data products, and controls.
• Familiarity with governance frameworks (DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, NIST) and scalable practices.
• SOX/financial reporting controls experience; auditability and evidence handling.
• Pharma/biotech/life sciences experience preferred; data integrity knowledge desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the IT data governance roadmap aligned to enterprise strategy.
• Establish technical governance standards across the data platform.
• Implement scalable governance capabilities for data classification, ownership, metadata, lineage, quality, access, and lifecycle management.
• Operationalize Data Owner and Data Steward responsibilities.
• Embed governance and quality into data pipelines and data products.
• Lead metadata, catalog, and lineage implementation; establish metadata standards.

Skills

Data governance

Leadership

Data quality

Metadata management

Data lineage

Data catalog

Cloud governance

SOX/compliance

Pharma/biotech

Security/privacy

Agile

Tools

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Informatica

Power BI

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Scorpion Therapeutics seeks a strategic Data Governance leader to drive a multi-year roadmap, aligning governance with enterprise strategy and regulatory expectations. You will own the standards for data quality, lineage, metadata, and catalog across the data platform and partner with security, privacy, and IT compliance teams.

Experience in pharma/biotech data environments and SOX controls is highly valued, with a track record of embedding controls and enabling governed self-service for