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# Associate Director, Enterprise Context & Data Foundations

- **Company:** CareerCircle
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,400.0 - $224,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Clinical Data Management, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Integrity, Data Security, Graph Database, HR Analytics, Knowledge Management, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Power BI, DataOps, Requirements Management, Tableau (Software), Transaction Data, Enterprise Data Management, Data Strategy, Data Layers, Information Technology, Data Management, Data Pipelines, Workday
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careercircle.com/jobs/all/all/usa/pa/north-wales/227bc4dd-2303-4395-bda2-49e5b61cc14f

## About the Role

Taxonomy
Usability
Leadership
Automation
Governance
Innovation
Compassion
Ontologies
Scalability
Data Access
AI Adoption
Communication
Data Analysis
Data Strategy
Decision Making
Data Governance
Data Management
Knowledge Graph
Asset Management
Business Metrics, * 8+ years leading data, analytics, business intelligence, product, or business transformation initiatives.

 * Experience working across business and technology organizations.
 * Strong understanding of enterprise data, analytics, and AI ecosystems.
 * Proven ability to drive cross-functional alignment and influence senior stakeholders.
 * Experience translating business objectives into scalable data and AI capabilities.
 * Strong communication, facilitation, and organizational leadership skills.

Preferred

 * Experience with data products, metadata management, governance, or knowledge management.
 * Familiarity with semantic layers, metrics frameworks, business glossaries, knowledge graphs, ontologies, or AI enablement platforms.
 * Experience supporting AI, Copilot, or agentic solution adoption.
 * Understanding of modern data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and enterprise data ecosystems.

Required Skills:
Asset Management, Asset Management, Benefits Management, Business Alignment, Business Decisions, Business Metrics, Business Models, Business Workflow Analysis, Data Access, Data Assessment, Data Management, Data Stewardship, Data Strategies, Enterprise Data Management, Knowledge Management, Management System Development, Partner Ecosystem Strategy, Product Management, Product Marketing, Requirements Management, Stakeholder Relationship Management, Strategic Planning, System Designs, Technology Alignment, Transactional Data {+ 1 more}, Valid Driving License, DataOps
Planning
Teamwork
Power BI
Accruals
Refining
Budgeting
Invoicing
Dashboard
Timelines
Composure
Pipelines
Operations
Leadership
Management
Automation
Mentorship
Governance
Innovation
Resilience
Algorithms
Compassion
Resourcing
Negotiation
Forecasting
Coordinating
Disabilities
Communication
Data Analysis
Collaboration
Business Case
Accountability
Change Control
Prioritization
Data Integrity
Reconciliation
Data Pipelines
Clinical Trials
Decision Making
Quality Control
Talent Strategy
Data Management
Cost Management
Decision Models
English Language
Telephone Skills
People Analytics
Change Management
Resource Planning
Impact Assessment
Capacity Planning
Value Realization
Influencing Skills
Financial Planning
Quality Management
Business Decisions
Root Cause Analysis
Business Priorities
Process Engineering
Succession Planning
Resource Deployment
Contingent Workforce
Portfolio Management
Resource Utilization
Regulatory Compliance
Strategic Partnership
Financial Forecasting
Cost Benefit Analysis
Performance Management
Information Technology
Operational Efficiency
Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Clinical Development
Clinical Data Management
Organizational Processes
Business Continuity Planning
Ethical Standards And Conduct
Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
Influencing Without Authority
Continuous Improvement Process
Milestones (Project Management)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA), DataOps
Planning
Teamwork
Power BI
Accruals
Refining
Budgeting
Invoicing
Dashboard
Timelines
Composure
Pipelines
Operations
Leadership
Management
Automation
Mentorship
Governance
Innovation
Resilience
Algorithms
Compassion
Resourcing
Negotiation
Forecasting
Coordinating
Disabilities
Communication
Data Analysis
Collaboration
Business Case
Accountability
Change Control
Prioritization
Data Integrity
Reconciliation
Data Pipelines
Clinical Trials
Decision Making
Quality Control
Talent Strategy
Data Management
Cost Management
Decision Models
English Language
Telephone Skills
People Analytics
Change Management
Resource Planning
Impact Assessment
Capacity Planning
Value Realization
Influencing Skills
Financial Planning
Quality Management
Business Decisions
Root Cause Analysis
Business Priorities
Process Engineering
Succession Planning
Resource Deployment
Contingent Workforce
Portfolio Management
Resource Utilization
Regulatory Compliance
Strategic Partnership
Financial Forecasting
Cost Benefit Analysis
Performance Management
Information Technology
Operational Efficiency
Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Clinical Development
Clinical Data Management
Organizational Processes
Business Continuity Planning
Ethical Standards And Conduct
Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
Influencing Without Authority
Continuous Improvement Process
Milestones (Project Management)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Corrective And Preventive Action (CAPA)
Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)

## Description

Transaction Data
Data Sovereignty
Product Marketing
Business Concepts
Influencing Skills
Strategic Planning
Product Management
Workday (Software)
Business Valuation
Business Analytics
Business Alignment
Leadership Studies
Business Decisions
Workflow Management
Business Objectives
Metadata Management
Benefits Management
Knowledge Management
Contingent Workforce
Technology Alignment
Technology Ecosystems
Business Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Relationship Management
Requirements Management
Business Transformation
Organizational Leadership
Business Workflow Analysis
Business Process Automation
Influencing Without Authority, The Associate Director, Enterprise Context & Data Foundations role is responsible for accelerating business value from enterprise data by establishing the semantic, contextual, and business foundations that enable analytics, AI, Copilots, and agentic products at scale.

This leader serves as the bridge between business stakeholders, product teams, and technology organizations, ensuring data is organized, contextualized, and governed in a way that enables trusted decision-making and AI-powered business outcomes.

The role focuses on defining business meaning, reusable context, semantic models, business rules, metadata, taxonomies, ontologies, and knowledge assets that power agentic solutions across the enterprise. Engineering teams provide the technical implementation while this leader drives vision, priorities, adoption, and business alignment., Enterprise Context Strategy

 * Define and execute the strategy for Enterprise Context and Data Foundations.
 * Establish a scalable framework for business context, semantic models, business definitions, metrics, taxonomies, and knowledge assets.
 * Drive the evolution from foundational data assets to AI-ready contextualized data products.
 * Partner with business and product leaders to identify opportunities where context can accelerate insights, automation, and decision-making.

Agentic Business Enablement

 * Enable enterprise adoption of AI, Copilot, and agentic solutions through trusted business context.
 * Partner with business teams to understand workflows, decision points, and information needs.
 * Identify opportunities where agents can reduce manual effort, improve productivity, and accelerate business outcomes.
 * Ensure agentic solutions are grounded in trusted business definitions, metrics, policies, and relationships.

Semantic & Context Foundations

 * Lead the creation and governance of semantic models, business metrics, dimensions, and reusable business concepts.
 * Establish enterprise standards for business metadata, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and context assets.
 * Drive consistency in critical business definitions across domains and products.
 * Partner with domain teams to build reusable context that can be leveraged across analytics, applications, and AI solutions.

Data Product & Business Adoption

 * Partner with Data Product Owners to ensure foundational data products are discoverable, trusted, and consumable.
 * Drive adoption of enterprise data assets across business functions.
 * Measure utilization, business value, and AI readiness of data products.
 * Champion a product mindset focused on usability, enablement, and measurable business outcomes.

Cross-Functional Leadership

 * Work across business, analytics, product management, architecture, governance, and engineering teams.
 * Facilitate alignment around business meaning, data ownership, and context standards.
 * Influence enterprise-wide practices without direct ownership of all participating teams.
 * Build and lead a community of stakeholders focused on context, knowledge management, and AI enablement.

Agentic Workforce Transformation

 * Accelerate productivity through skills, agents, and process automation.
 * Enable teams to adopt agentic ways of working that improve speed, quality, and scale.
 * Establish reusable patterns for AI and agent adoption across the organization., Taxonomy
Usability
Leadership
Automation
Governance
Innovation
Compassion
Ontologies
Scalability
Data Access
AI Adoption
Communication
Data Analysis
Data Strategy
Decision Making
Data Governance
Data Management
Knowledge Graph
Asset Management
Business Metrics
Telephone Skills
Transaction Data
Data Sovereignty
Product Marketing
Business Concepts
Influencing Skills
Strategic Planning
Product Management
Workday (Software)
Business Valuation
Business Analytics
Business Alignment
Leadership Studies
Business Decisions
Workflow Management
Business Objectives
Metadata Management
Benefits Management
Knowledge Management
Contingent Workforce
Technology Alignment
Technology Ecosystems
Business Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence
Relationship Management
Requirements Management
Business Transformation
Organizational Leadership
Business Workflow Analysis
Business Process Automation
Influencing Without Authority
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