Director, Data Governance

Whoop
Boston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 190,000 - 230,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Executive communication","Organizational leadership","Cross-functional alignment","Team leadership","Player-coach mindset"]

Build and lead WHOOP’s new Data Governance pillar within the DAA organization. Define governance strategy, operating model, and roadmap across data ownership, contracts, event taxonomy, cataloging/discovery, access policies, data quality standards, and privacy/compliance. Partner with Data Platform & Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, Product, GRC, Legal, and InfoSec to operationalize enforceable standards, measure adoption and data health, and champion AI-powered monitoring to keep sensitive data trustworthy by default.

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Director, Data Governance

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Job Summary

Build and lead WHOOP’s new Data Governance pillar within the DAA organization. Define governance strategy, operating model, and roadmap across data ownership, contracts, event taxonomy, cataloging/discovery, access policies, data quality standards, and privacy/compliance. Partner with Data Platform & Engineering, Analytics, Data Science, Product, GRC, Legal, and InfoSec to operationalize enforceable standards, measure adoption and data health, and champion AI-powered monitoring to keep sensitive data trustworthy by default.
Location: Boston
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and lead data governance strategy, operating model, and roadmap for data ownership, contracts, event taxonomy, cataloging, access policy, data quality standards, and privacy/compliance aligned to DAA strategy.
  • •Build, lead, and coach a small senior team while partnering closely with staff technical leaders across the organization.
  • •Establish formal data ownership models with engineering and business stakeholders, and define data contract standards including schema stability, SLA adherence, and breaking-change management.
  • •Own governance for event taxonomy and standardize event definition, naming, and instrumentation across product and engineering platforms.
  • •Set data quality standards (freshness, validation, monitoring), partner for incident response expectations, and champion AI-powered approaches to monitor data health and compliance risks.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 190,000 - 230,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years in data, engineering, or data governance roles, including strong governance and data quality background, plus at least 4 years leading and building teams.
  • •Hands-on experience building data governance programs/frameworks, ideally in high-growth environments where governance wasn’t yet formalized.
  • •Strong familiarity with modern data stack tooling including Snowflake, dbt, Airflow/orchestration, and data catalog/lineage tools.
  • •Working knowledge of healthcare regulations (HIPAA), or ability to develop deep expertise quickly given WHOOP’s regulated healthcare expansion.
  • •Experience implementing data quality frameworks with automated monitoring/alerting and designing access control in cloud data platforms (e.g., Snowflake RBAC, row-level security, dynamic data masking).
Experience:10+ yearsData governanceData platformData qualityRegulated healthcareHealthcare data
Skills:Executive communicationOrganizational leadershipCross-functional alignmentTeam leadershipPlayer-coach mindset
Tech Stack:SnowflakeDbtAirflowData catalogData lineageSnowflake RBACRow-level securityDynamic data masking

Company Brief

Whoop
Whoop designs and sells a subscription-based wearable fitness tracker and analytics platform that monitors recovery, strain, and sleep to optimize athletic performance and daily health for consumers and professional athletes.
Industry: Wearables
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2012
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