Associate Director - Enterprise Data Governance

FMC Corporation is a global leader in agricultural sciences, driven by our purpose: Innovation for Agriculture. Solutions for the Planet. We are passionate about the power of science to solve agriculture’s biggest challenges. With one of the most productive and diversified pipelines in the industry, FMC is delivering cutting-edge and next-generation crop protection technologies – including Dodhylex™ active, Isoflex™ active, rimisoxafen, and fluindapyr – to help farmers increase the productivity and resilience of their land. Our employees are at the heart of this innovation. We’re looking for bold thinkers and collaborative doers. At FMC, your ideas matter. From day one, you’ll contribute to meaningful work that drives progress in agriculture, supported by a culture that values integrity, safety, respect, and results. Join us in advancing the future of agriculture. Together, we’re building a more resilient planet – one innovation at a time.

We are seeking a strategic and forward-looking leader to establish, scale, and sustain enterprise data governance capabilities that enable FMC to manage data, metadata, and information assets as strategic business resources. This leader will define the operating model, governance processes, stewardship framework, technology capabilities, and organizational accountability required to deliver trusted, reusable, AI-ready and business-owned data across Integrated Supply Chain, Commercial, R&D, Finance, Procurement, Regulatory, and Manufacturing.

This role serves as the enterprise leader responsible for establishing data governance practices that enable business transformation, advanced analytics, generative AI, and agentic AI capabiltiies. Partnering closely with business and Digital leaders, the Director will modernize data governance practices, improve data quality and transparency, and establish the trusted data foundation required to support operational excellence, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decision making.

This role reports to the Chief Digital Officer. Success in this role requires strong cross-functional leadership, the ability to influence without authority, and a pragmatic approach to balancing governance discipline with business agility. The leader will embed governance into business processes and decision-making, ensuring data is managed as a business asset that drives measurable value.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and evolve the enterprise data governance strategy, operating model, decision rights, and accountability framework necessary to manage data as a strategic business asset.
• Partner with business leaders to establish ownership, stewardship, and lifecycle management across critical data domains, including master data, transactional data, metadata, and unstructured data, ensuring clear accountability and sustainable governance practices. 
• Define and implement enterprise standards for data quality, metadata, lineage, reference data, data classification, and controls to ensure trusted, secure, and consistent information across business processes, digital platforms, analytics environments, and AI applications. 
• Establish and lead data governance council, stewardship discipline, and decision-making responsible for policy adoption, issue escalation, prioritization, risk mitigation, and cross-functional alignment on data-related decisions. 
• Modernize enterprise data governance capabilities through effective use of SAP MDG and supporting technologies, workflows, and automation. 
• Collaborate with AI governance, risk, compliance, privacy, and cybersecurity teams to define policies, controls, monitoring requirements, and governance practices that support responsible use of data in AI models, copilots, and AI agents.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Analytics leaders, Process Owners, and Digital teams to prioritize and deliver data governance capabilities that drive measurable business outcomes and increase data reuse across the enterprise. 
• Develop and execute a roadmap for enterprise data governance capabilities, balancing foundational investments with emerging business needs, regulatory requirements, and digital transformation priorities. 
• Lead organizational change, communications, stewardship enablement, and governance adoption efforts that embed data accountability, governance awareness, and responsible AI practices into day-to-day operations. 
• Measure and communicate the business value of data governance through improvements in data quality, process efficiency, compliance, decision-making, AI-readiness, and delivery of digital, analytics, and AI initiatives. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management,  Supply Chain Management, or equivalent educational experience.

• 10+ years of experience in information technology, data management, or digital transformation roles, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of defining and scaling enterprise data governance programs in complex organizations.
• Experience implementing federated data governance operating models that balance centralized standards with distributed business ownership.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks for data products, AI-ready data assets, semantic layers, business glossaries, data marketplaces, metadata management, or enterprise data catalog capabilities.
• Experience supporting AI, machine learning, generative AI, or agentic initiatives through data governance capabilities.
• Experience governing structured and unstructured data, including documents, knowledge repositories, and content used within AI and analytics ecosystems.
• Demonstrated success influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority in complex global organizations.

• Extensive experience with SAP Master Data, including strong knowledge of SAP best practices; S/4HANA experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of modern data and analytics ecosystems, including cloud data platforms, metadata, lineage, data quality, BI, analytics, AI/ML, GenAI. 
• Experience connecting operational data governance to analytical use cases, data products, business outcomes, and benefits realization. 
• Deep understanding of end-to-end business processes across supply chain, commercial, finance, and manufacturing.
• Ability to translate complex data issues into clear executive choices, investment priorities, policies, and practical operating mechanisms. 
• Demonstrated ability to lead global teams and influence senior business, digital, risk, and technology stakeholders in a multinational, matrixed organization. 
• Strong change leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills. 
• Ability to manage budgets, prioritize investments, govern partners, and balance delivery speed with enterprise risk. 

FMC is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Employment decisions at FMC are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications. We value diversity and strive to ensure that our hiring and employment practices support a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.