Director of Data Governance (Office: Nashville, TN)
Job Summary
Job Description
The Director of Data Governance & Strategy within Philips’ Data Strategy & Analytics (DS&A) organization will lead the development, implementation, and enforcement of enterprise-wide data governance frameworks for the North America Region. This role ensures ethical, secure, and compliant data use, enabling advanced analytics, insights, and AI/ML capabilities. Responsibilities include defining and executing data governance strategies, ensuring compliance with global regulations like HIPAA and GDPR, overseeing governance for AI/analytics data use, and leading risk assessments on data privacy. The role also involves collaborating with business units, managing metadata, and promoting a data-driven culture.
Must have:
- Define and execute data governance strategies.
- Develop and enforce policies for compliance with global regulations like HIPAA and GDPR.
- Oversee governance mechanisms for data use in AI/analytics.
- Lead risk assessments on data privacy and ethical use.
- Collaborate with business units and technology teams.
- Oversee metadata management for transparency.
- Lead the data governance team.
- Promote a data-driven culture across Philips.
- Build relationships with stakeholders.
- 10+ years in data governance, AI/ML, healthcare, regulated industries, or equivalent.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Data Governance, or a related field.
- Proven track record leading enterprise data governance or stewardship initiatives at scale.
- Strong knowledge of data lifecycle management, healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM), and regulated environments.
- Deep understanding of ethical/responsible AI frameworks, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to successfully perform minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements.
Perks:
- annual incentive bonus
- sales commission
- long-term incentives
- generous PTO
- 401k (up to 7% match)
- HSA (with company contribution)
- stock purchase plan
- education reimbursement
5 skills required
Job Details
The Director of Data Governance & Strategy within the Data Strategy & Analytics (DS&A) organization will be responsible for leading the development, implementation, and enforcement of enterprise-wide data governance frameworks on behalf of the North America Region. This role ensures the ethical, secure, and compliant use of data, while enabling advanced analytics, insights, and AI/ML capabilities across business domains. The position requires strategic leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and deep expertise in regulated data environments to drive business impact and trust in data.
Your role:
- Define and execute data governance strategies ensuring alignment with business priorities, driving adoption of global frameworks for data management, and establishing enterprise-wide standards balancing compliance and innovation.
- Develop and enforce policies for compliance with global regulations like HIPAA and GDPR, oversee governance mechanisms for data use in AI/analytics, and lead risk assessments on data privacy and ethical use.
- Collaborate with business units and technology teams to integrate data stewardship in analytics and AI/ML, oversee metadata management for transparency, and represent DS&A in external industry panels.
- Lead the data governance team, promote a data-driven culture, and build relationships with stakeholders to drive enterprise-wide adoption of responsible data practices.
You're the right fit if:
- 10+ years in data governance, AI/ML, healthcare, regulated industries, or equivalent.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, Data Governance, or a related field.
- Proven track record leading enterprise data governance or stewardship initiatives at scale.
- Strong knowledge of data lifecycle management, healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, DICOM), and regulated environments.
- Deep understanding of ethical/responsible AI frameworks, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
- You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.
This is an office role.
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About The Company
At Philips, we believe that every human matters. As a global health-tech leader, we focus on improving people’s health and wellbeing through meaningful innovation. The people who work here share our passion and are motivated to bring this purpose to life.For more than 130 years, we have been creating technologies and innovations that improve people's lives and support healthcare practitioners. Headquartered in the Netherlands and operating in more than 100 countries globally, we focus our advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights on Precision Diagnosis, Image Guided Therapy, Enterprise Informatics, Monitoring/ Connected Care, Sleep & Respiratory Care and Personal Health.Together, we deliver better care for more people because we believe that every human matters.
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