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OfficeJob Description
This is a strategic enterprise leadership role responsible for modernizing how the company organizes, governs and activates information as a trusted business asset. The Senior Director, Enterprise Information Management & AI Governance will establish the information management, semantic governance and responsible AI governance capabilities required to make data findable, understandable, reusable, trusted and ready for analytics, automation and AI.
This leader will help the company move faster with practical guardrails. They will bring structure to complex information challenges, connect business and technical teams, and enable responsible innovation in a life sciences environment where trust, ethics and regulatory expectations matter.
- Lead the enterprise strategy and operating model for information management, data governance and AI governance.
- Define how enterprise information should be organized, governed and made AI-ready across business, scientific, operational and digital use cases.
- Establish a federated model that balances enterprise standards with divisional ownership, domain expertise and local execution.
- Build the next generation information foundation for trusted data and knowledge, connecting business definitions, domain context, metadata, lineage, unstructured content and organizational memory so people and AI systems can use information with the right meaning.
- Set practical standards for ownership, stewardship, data quality, permitted use, AI readiness and responsible reuse.
- Partner with the Data & AI Product Management Office so data and AI products are built on clear, trusted and responsibly governed information foundations.
- Coordinate with Legal, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Regulatory, Quality, Risk and business stakeholders to turn specialist requirements into usable governance patterns.
- Shape responsible AI governance through clear intake, risk tiering, review paths, guardrails, monitoring and escalation.
- Support enterprise AI governance initiatives such as AI Control Tower capabilities, agent guardrails, AI playbooks and responsible AI assessment automation.
- Develop executive reporting and maturity measures that show progress on data health, information readiness, AI readiness, adoption and business impact.
- Embed governance into the way teams work through partnership with architecture, platform, analytics, automation, AI and business teams.
- Lead stakeholder communication, change management and team development so governance is practical, scalable and connected to business outcomes.
Education
- Bachelor's degree required.
- An advanced degree in Information Management, Business, Technology, Data Science, Analytics, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline is preferred.
- Extensive experience leading enterprise information management, data governance, data strategy, data architecture, process transformation, AI governance or related transformation work in complex global organizations.
- Hands-on practitioner background in modern data and information disciplines such as metadata, lineage, data quality, stewardship, semantic modeling or enterprise data domains.
- Demonstrated success building governance models that improve speed, trust, reuse and accountability without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
- Experience applying continuous process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma or similar disciplines to simplify work, improve flow and drive measurable transformation preferred.
- Strong understanding of AI-ready data needs, including provenance, permitted use, transparency, explainability, monitoring and responsible AI governance.
- Experience operating in regulated, high-trust environments. Life sciences, healthcare, financial services or similarly complex industries preferred.
- Ability to turn complex governance concepts into practical workflows, decision rights, standards and adoption routines.
- Proven ability to influence senior executives, lead through a matrix and drive enterprise change.
- Highest personal and professional integrity with a strong commitment to ethical governance, responsible innovation and doing the right thing.
The successful candidate will bring real-world experience modernizing information management and governance in a complex enterprise. They will understand how data, process, technology, business context and risk intersect, and they will know how to create transformative outcomes using practical guardrails.
This leader will help the company make the innovation leap to an AI-forward organization, using modern practices to build competitive advantage across the breadth of our expertise in life sciences.
Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in North Carolina is $225,000.00–$289,000.00.This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:
A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree in Information Management, Business, Technology, Data Science, Analytics, Engineering, Life Sciences, or related discipline
- Extensive experience leading enterprise information management, data governance, data strategy, data architecture, or related transformation work in complex global organizations
- Hands-on practitioner background in metadata, lineage, data quality, stewardship, semantic modeling or enterprise data domains
- Proven success building governance models that improve speed, trust, reuse and accountability
- Experience applying continuous process improvement, Lean, Six Sigma or similar disciplines to simplify work and drive transformation
- Strong understanding of AI-ready data needs including provenance, permitted use, transparency, explainability, monitoring and responsible AI governance
- Experience operating in regulated, high-trust environments (life sciences, healthcare, financial services) or similar
- Ability to influence senior executives, lead through a matrix and drive enterprise change
- Highest personal and professional integrity with a commitment to ethical governance and responsible innovation
Thermo Fisher Scientific Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Thermo Fisher Scientific and has not been reviewed or approved by Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a strong company 401(k) match and an employee stock purchase plan that add meaningful long‑term value. Feedback suggests these features stand out among core financial benefits even when base pay feels average.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage offers multiple national medical options alongside dental and vision, with company‑paid life and disability coverage. This breadth is considered a solid foundation even if some costs may not be the lowest among peers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave, backup care, adoption assistance, and specialized family resources are available. Feedback suggests these supports are a notable plus for colleagues managing family and caregiving needs.
Thermo Fisher Scientific Insights
What We Do
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
Why Work With Us
You will join a company which every colleague has the opportunity to create possibilities, for oneself, for our customers and patients. There is no more exciting place to be than at the forefront of solving problems which help improve lives around the world. As a company, we are committed to supporting your career aspirations and your journey.
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