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Director, Data Governance

Englewood, CO

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$185K/yr - $250K/yr

15+ years exp

EchoStar builds solutions that help families and communities stay connected. We are seeking a Director of Governance to establish and lead a hands-on governance function that ensures trust, transparency, and accountability in our AI/GenAI programs.

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No H1B

Responsibilities

Define and execute a 12-18 month governance roadmap, starting with AI/GenAI programs

Develop standards for model documentation, monitoring, explainability, life cycle management, and core governance principles (bias, transparency, fairness, accountability and privacy)

Monitor and ensure compliance with AI laws and regulations, partnering with other EchoStar teams

Manage AI-related risks and controls, maintaining the risk register and performing monitoring of key controls

Support training programs to build awareness of AI, including best practices, risks, ethical considerations and compliance

Define metadata requirements and governance controls within AI/GenAI platforms

Build mechanisms for governance-in-delivery (e.g., checklists, automated gates, and embedded analysts)

Partner with InfoSec, Legal, Compliance teams and business stakeholders to align without duplication of effort

Establish governance KPIs and communicate progress to executives

Stand up data governance function: ownership, stewardship, cataloging, access/entitlement models (Unity Catalog, Snowflake), retention policies

Stand up analytics governance function: quality standards, certified dashboards, lineage, explainability of KPIs

Scale governance analysts into a shared service embedded across AI, data, and analytics delivery squads

Develop knowledge base and training frameworks for business teams, IT teams and both Data Users and Stewards

Collaborate with the Enterprise Architecture team to embed governance within the systems and across the enterprise

Qualification

AI GovernanceData GovernanceAnalytics GovernanceGovernance FrameworksMetadata ManagementTechnical DeliveryCommunication SkillsStrategic Mindset

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related technical field

15+ years of experience leading data platform and business intelligence organizations with a focus on AI-driven innovation or automation-driven process improvements

Proven experience designing and implementing governance frameworks (AI, data, or analytics)

Hands-on ability to draft policies, configure catalog/lineage tools, and partner with technical delivery teams

Strong communication and facilitation skills; able to bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders

Strategic mindset with the ability to execute pragmatically

Familiarity with AI/ML lifecycle, metadata management, and analytics governance practices