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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Clinical Data Governance Lead - **Company:** REMOTE USA, LLC - **Location:** Houston, TX, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $91,520.0 - $141,440.0 - **Contract:** Temporary to permanent - **Skills:** Clinical Data Management, Clinical Data Repository, Data Governance, Data Security, Data Sharing, Meta-Data Management, Metadata Repositories, SQL Databases, Collibra, Data Management - **Published:** June 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://mondo.gosnaphop.com/jobs/job/clinical-data-governance-lead-new-york-ny-10007-32452053/388a855c-68fe-11f1-a639-02420a6c7775 ## About the Role * 15 years of experience in data governance, data stewardship, or data management roles. * Strong pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or clinical research industry experience. * Experience governing secondary-use clinical research data. * Hands-on experience with Collibra, including business glossaries, data catalogs, metadata management, and governance workflows. * Experience supporting clinical development, clinical operations, or pharmaceutical R&D organizations. * Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder alignment experience. * Experience evaluating and governing access to clinical data assets. * Prior leadership or management experience, including oversight of offshore teams. * Deep understanding of clinical and pharmaceutical data domains. * Ability to engage, influence, and build consensus among senior leaders and subject matter experts. * Strong communication, presentation, and executive-facing skills. * Ability to balance governance requirements with business enablement objectives. * Experience improving governance processes, workflows, and operating models in evolving environments., * Experience with Master Data Management (MDM) for clinical entities including studies, sites, investigators, and products. * Experience with secondary-use data-sharing governance programs. * Life sciences degree or educational background. * Experience supporting enterprise data quality initiatives. * Experience implementing or scaling clinical data governance frameworks. * Familiarity with clinical trial data standards and regulatory requirements. Preferred Certifications: * Collibra Ranger Certification * Collibra Expert Certification * Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) * DAMA Data Governance Certification * Data Governance and Stewardship Professional (DGSP) ## Description Our client is seeking a Clinical Data Governance Lead to drive enterprise clinical data governance initiatives across a research and development organization. This individual will serve as the primary steward for clinical data governance processes, metadata management, business glossaries, data catalogs, and data-sharing practices throughout the clinical development lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines deep pharmaceutical and clinical data expertise with strong stakeholder management skills and hands-on experience driving governance adoption across business and technical teams. Day-to-Day Responsibilities: * Lead clinical data governance initiatives across the R&D organization. * Own and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata repositories, and data catalogs within Collibra. * Manage governance processes surrounding researcher requests for access to clinical data assets. * Evaluate data access requests and facilitate governance reviews, approvals, and stewardship activities. * Partner with clinical researchers to understand data needs and identify existing datasets that support research objectives. * Facilitate workshops and stakeholder meetings to define, align, and maintain clinical data definitions, standards, and governance practices. * Drive adoption of data governance processes across business and technical teams. * Conduct discovery sessions to identify data access challenges, governance gaps, and process inefficiencies. * Lead continuous improvement initiatives for intake, approval, stewardship, and data-sharing workflows. * Act as a liaison between business stakeholders, subject matter experts, researchers, and technology teams. * Support data quality initiatives and governance controls throughout the clinical development lifecycle. * Provide leadership, oversight, and potential mentorship to offshore governance resources. * Drive consensus among cross-functional stakeholders on data definitions, standards, and catalog management. ## Related Videos - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [Crypto-secure Data Management with In-Database Blockchain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/632-crypto-secure-data-management-with-in-database-blockchain) - [Smart City, Smart Mobility](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/954-smart-city-smart-mobility) - [Empowering Retail Through Applied Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/976-empowering-retail-through-applied-machine-learning) - [Data Governance in the Era of AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1622-data-governance-in-the-era-of-ai) - [Web-based Information Visualization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/84-web-based-information-visualization) ## Related Articles - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story)