Associate Director, R&D Data Governance

BeOne continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

As Associate Director of R&D Data Governance, you will spearhead governance framework execution, guide data stewards, operationalize policies and controls, and deliver governed data products. Partnering with research, clinical, safety, regulatory, and other R&D teams, you will ensure data quality and compliance, streamline processes, and leverage AI/GenAI innovations to elevate data practices and contribute to generating value across the drug-development lifecycle.

Essential Functions of the job:

• Governance Framework Implementation

  • Roll out and maintain data governance policies, standards, and SOPs across R&D domains.

  • Translate governance standards into measurable business outcomes, define target KPIs (e.g., reduced time-to-insight, improved decision accuracy), align with R&D objectives, and drive execution roadmaps.
     

• Data Stewardship Leadership

  • Lead and mentor the data steward team—assign stewardship domains, define workflows, and report progress.

  • Convene regular steward forums to share best practices, resolve data issues, and reinforce governance disciplines.
     

• Capability Deployment & Enablement

  • Drive deployment of data governance tools (metadata catalog, data lineage, access controls) and integrate them into the enterprise data platform.

  • Develop user enablement materials such as training modules, quick-reference guides, and drop-in support sessions, to accelerate self-service adoption.
     

• Business Enablement & Data Products

  • Partner with R&D business owners to define and deliver governed data products (for clinical trials efficiency, portfolio insights, resource optimization and more) that support strategic insights and operational efficiency.

  • Establish data product SLAs, usage metrics, and feedback loops to continuously enhance data product value and adoption.
     

• Data Quality & Compliance

  • Monitor data quality metrics (completeness, accuracy, timeliness) in partnership with data engineering; coordinate remediation plans.

  • Support audit and regulatory inspections by providing documentation of governance controls and evidencing corrective-action closure.

• Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Serve as governance liaison for clinical operations, safety, regulatory, and biostatistics teams—translate functional requirements into stewardship tasks and system configurations.

  • Escalate emerging data risks and propose operational enhancements to minimize downstream impact.
     

• AI & Automation Enablement

  • Identify and evaluate opportunities to leverage emerging AI/GenAI technologies for automating governance workflows (e.g., metadata tagging, data quality checks) and accelerating data stewardship tasks.

  • Collaborate with AI/ML teams to pilot proof-of-concepts, assess ROI, and scale successful AI-driven governance solutions.
     

• Continuous Improvement & Value Measurement

  • Collect user feedback and governance health-check results to identify process optimizations.

  • Track and report on stewardship adoption, tool utilization, data-product usage, and business value metrics (e.g., time saved, decision-cycle reduction) against established targets.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

No
 

Computer Skills:

• Microsoft Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)

Qualifications:   

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Data Management, Information Systems, or related field required

• 8+ years’ experience in data stewardship, governance, or data management; ideally within Pharma R&D

• Proven track record defining and operationalizing governance frameworks and leading cross-functional teams

• Deep expertise in R&D data domains, FAIR principles, relevant regulatory requirements and data standards

• Hands-on experience leveraging data governance and management platforms (e.g. Informatica CDGC for cataloging and lineage, Informatica CDQ for data quality, Informatica marketplace, Reltio for master data management, Databricks for data product development and sharing, and tools for policy-driven access controls)

• Strong leadership, mentoring, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, project-management, and communication abilities

• Ability to champion data-driven culture and demonstrate the business value of governed data products

Travel: 

Minimal

Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Driving Excellence, Bold Ingenuity and Collaborative Spirit, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

BeOne is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeOne Medicines Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. BeOne does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable federal, state or local laws, applicants who require reasonable accommodation in the job application process may contact accommodationsus@beonemed.com.