Director, Computational Governance

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Does this inspire you and feel like a fit Then we would love to have you join us!

Job Summary

The Director Computational Governance is responsible for designing implementing and scaling Genmabs Enterprise Data Governance program through platform-native automated and measurable controls with Unity Catalog serving as the backbone for access control lineage classification auditability and governance metrics.

This role owns the translation of governance and regulatory intent into enforceable technical capabilities embedded within Genmabs cloud lakehouse architecture. Rather than creating policy frameworks or manual processes this role builds and operates computational governance using Unity Catalog policy-as-code and automation.

The role provides enterprise-level stewardship of data governance and master data practices ensuring that governance scales consistently across domains while enabling Data Product Leads to own delivery adoption and value realization within their domains.

Work arrangement:This role offers flexibility to work away from the office for 20%40% of a typical schedule. Employees may use this work schedule in increments of single days or multiple consecutive days provided it does not exceed 40% within a 60-day period and is approved by the hiring manager.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Governance Implementation

• Own the implementation of Genmabs computational governance model translating policy intent into standardized automated and auditable controls.
• Implement governance across access control data classification lineage retention and data quality enforcement using platform-native capabilities.
• Ensure governance is embedded in data platforms rather than implemented through manual processes or centralized approvals.

Platform & Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical authority for enterprise data governance within the lakehouse architecture with deep hands-on understanding of Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Design and standardize governance patterns leveraging Unity Catalog for centralized access control classification lineage and auditability.
• Partner with the Data Platform team to evolve Unity Catalogbased governance capabilities aligned to enterprise strategy and regulatory expectations.
• Implement governance using native platform features wherever possible minimizing bespoke or manual solutions.

Enterprise Data Management & MDM Oversight

• Provide enterprise-level oversight of Master Data Management (MDM) practices across domains ensuring consistency alignment and interoperability of mastering approaches while respecting domain ownership.
• Coordinate with Data Product Leads responsible for domain MDM implementations (e.g. Site Vendor Product mastering) to align matching rules survivorship logic identifiers and reference data standards.
• Establish enterprise principles and guardrails for master data including golden record concepts cross-domain identifiers and integration patterns.
• Partner with platform teams to ensure master data outputs are governed through Unity Catalog including lineage access control and auditability.

Governance Metrics & Transparency

• Define and own enterprise data governance metrics including coverage effectiveness and exception trends.
• Ensure governance metrics are system-generated and used to drive continuous improvement across domains.

Stewardship Enablement & Community Leadership

• Lead enable and educate the community of business data stewards across Genmab on best practices associated with the computational governance strategy.
• Establish clear guidance playbooks and enablement materials for stewards on how to appropriately use and audit role-based access control (RBAC) onboard new data assets and apply governance standards during ingestion.
• Partner with Data Platform and Data Product teams to ensure stewards understand and can effectively leverage enterprise onboarding ingestion observability export and data quality frameworks.
• Promote consistent stewardship practices across domains ensuring governance intent is applied uniformly without creating manual review bottlenecks.

Federated Governance Enablement

• Partner with Data Product Delivery teams to translate enterprise standards into enforceable controls.
• Provide guidance and guardrails to ensure governance patterns are consistently applied across domains without centralizing delivery responsibility.

Privacy Security & Audit Partnership

• Partner with Global Data Privacy Office to operationalize regulatory and data protection intent through technical controls.
• Work with Information Security to align governance with security requirements.
  Support audits by providing system-generated evidence of governance enforcement and master data controls.

Innovation & Automation

• Lead innovation using automation and machine learning to scale metadata capture classification and governance coverage.
• Continuously evaluate new platform capabilities to reduce manual governance effort.

Qualifications & Experience

• 10 years of experience in data platforms data governance data engineering MDM or related technical leadership roles.
• Hands-on experience implementing governance and MDM through modern cloud data platforms.
• Proven ability to translate policy and master data intent into enforceable technical controls.
• Experience coordinating federated MDM implementations across multiple business domains.
• Experience leading enablement efforts for data stewards or similar federated governance communities.
• Experience scaling governance without large centralized teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Databricks Unity Catalog for access control lineage classification and auditability.
• Experience overseeing or implementing Master Data Management (MDM) solutions and matching strategies in complex enterprises.
• Experience designing or operating data ingestion observability and data quality frameworks.
• Experience partnering effectively with Data Product Leads and business data stewards.
• Familiarity with regulated environments such as biotech pharma or healthcare.

Success Metrics

• Governance Coverage: Increasing percentage of enterprise data governed through automated controls.
• MDM Alignment: Consistent and trusted master data outcomes across domains.
• Governance Effectiveness: Consistent auditable enforcement of access quality lineage and master data controls.
• Stewardship Adoption: High adoption of standard RBAC ingestion and observability practices by data stewards.
• Audit Readiness: Governance and MDM evidence is readily available and system-generated.
• Scalability: Governance and MDM scale with data growth without proportional headcount increases.

For US based candidates the proposed salary band for this position is as follows:

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors including your skills qualifications experience and location. Also certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation such as discretionary bonuses and long-term incentives.

When you join Genmab youre joining a culture that supports your physical financial social and emotional wellness. Within the first year regular full-time U.S. employees are eligible for:

• 401(k) Plan: 100% match on the first 6% of contributions

• Health Benefits: Two medical plan options (including HDHP with HSA) dental and vision insurance

• Voluntary Plans: Critical illness accident and hospital indemnity insurance

• Time Off: Paid vacation sick leave holidays and 12 weeks of discretionary paid parental leave

• Support Resources: Access to child and adult backup care family support programs financial wellness tools and emotional well-being support

• Additional Perks: Commuter benefits tuition reimbursement and a Lifestyle Spending Account for wellness and personal expenses

About You

• You are genuinely passionate about our purpose

• You bring precision and excellence to all that you do

• You believe in our rooted-in-science approach to problem-solving

• You are a generous collaborator who can work in teams with a broad spectrum of backgrounds

• You take pride in enabling the best work of others on the team

• You can grapple with the unknown and be innovative

• You have experience working in a fast-growing dynamic company (or a strong desire to)

• You work hard and are not afraid to have a little fun while you do so!

Locations

Genmab maximizes the efficiency of an agile working environment when possible for the betterment of employee work-life balance. Our offices are crafted as open community-based spaces that work to connect employees while being immersed in our powerful laboratories. Whether youre in one of our office spaces or working remotely we thrive on connecting with each other to innovate.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years its hard-working innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational quantitative and data sciences resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers antibody-drug conjugates next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030 Genmabs vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999 Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen Denmark with international presence across North America Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information please visit and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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