Sr. Director, AI-Ready Data Governance
About The Position
At Veeam Software, we’re on a mission to become a truly AI-powered organization, and trusted data is at the core of that transformation. As the The Senior Director of AI‑Ready Data Governance owns the company‑wide mandate to ensure Veeam’s data is trusted, governed, and ready to power AI at scale. Building on core data management foundations, this role extends governance to AI agents, models, and sources of trust, ensuring AI products, insights, and decisions are safe, explainable, and reliable. Operating with visibility to the COO, CIO, and SVP leadership, this role ensures data governance is no longer a back‑office function, but a strategic enabler of Veeam’s ambition to become an AI‑powered company.
Requirements
- Proven experience leading data governance, data management, or data platform initiatives in a SaaS or enterprise environment
- Strong understanding of how data supports AI/ML systems and data-driven decision-making
- Experience building and scaling enterprise data governance frameworks
- Solid foundation in data quality, lineage, and metadata management
- Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution
- Experience working cross-functionally with both technical and business stakeholders
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization
Nice To Haves
- Experience working on or supporting AI-driven products or platforms
- Background in data architecture, data engineering, or analytics engineering
- Familiarity with AI governance, explainability, or responsible AI practices
- Experience in high-growth SaaS or cloud environments
- Advanced degree in a relevant field
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve enterprise data governance to ensure data is reliable, explainable, and fit for AI consumption, not just analytics or reporting.
- Establish clear standards for data definitions, ownership, quality, lineage, and access across core domains (e.g., Account, Customer, Product, ARR, Employee).
- Define and enforce clear data quality thresholds required before data can be used by AI systems, including accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency.
- Create explicit “AI‑approved” vs. “not AI‑ready” data classifications to remove ambiguity for AI and internal AI product teams.
- Certify authoritative datasets, metrics, and definitions that AI agents, models, and analytics must use.
- Actively reduce duplicate, unofficial, or unmanaged datasets that lead to conflicting answers, model drift, and loss of trust.
- Extend data governance beyond tables and dashboards to AI agents, features, and models, ensuring clarity on what data they use, how it is transformed, and where accountability sits.
- Maintain end‑to-end data lineage from source systems through transformations to AI outputs.
- Work closely with Data Science, AI, and Sales AI teams to embed governance into AI design and delivery, rather than bolting it on after the fact.
- Serve as the primary data governance partner to Security, Legal, Privacy, and Risk, ensuring AI data usage aligns with regulatory, contractual, and customer commitments.
- Treat AI data inputs as living assets, continuously monitoring for drift, degradation, misuse, or changing business context as AI adoption scales.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays, plus 4 extra global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
- AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
- Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
