Senior Manager, Data & AI Governance Architecture

POSITION SUMMARY 

The Senior Manager of Data & AI Governance Architecture is a key leader within Sony HQ’s Digital Transformation (DX) division, operating as part of the Data Enablement function — a group chartered to advance Sony’s digital transformation by creating the discipline, trust, and accountability that make responsible data use scalable and sustainable. 

This role consolidates and architecturally formalizes governance expectations across various governance domains including privacy engineering, metadata and classification, access governance, platform architecture, data quality, and AI governance, translating them into enterprise standards, reusable design patterns, and policy-as-code requirements embedded in platforms and workflows. 

The Senior Manager partners with Platform Engineering, Systems Architecture, Legal/Privacy, Information Security, Product, PMO, and AI teams — along with Sony operating companies (OpCos) and business data producers — to design next-generation data and AI governance architectures and ensure adoption. This is a senior, high-impact role shaping Sony’s global data and AI landscape. 

1. Architect the Enterprise Data & AI Governance Framework 

• Design the unified data & AI governance architecture, integrating privacy, metadata, access, lineage, DQ, security, and AI governance. 

• Translate legal, privacy, security, and AI risks into operational control requirements aligned to enterprise data flow patterns. 

• Define reusable architecture patterns and guardrails for compliant data and AI product development. 

2. Develop Enterprise Standards, Guardrails & Lifecycle Controls 

• Create enterprise rules and standards for data classification, access control, AI model data usage, quality expectations, lineage, and lifecycle transitions. 

• Build lifecycle-aligned controls from data ingestion to deletion. 

• Drive adoption of standards across DX. 

3. Define Governance Ownership Models & Decision Paths 

• Define who is accountable for key governance decisions by establishing simple “who decides what” guidance so OpCos, product teams, and reviewers know how decisions flow. 

4. Operationalize Enterprise Governance Processes 

• Work closely with the Operational Governance & Integration team to ensure governance blueprints become implemented and repeatable. 

5. Establish and Report on Governance Maturity 

• Define maturity and success metrics; build clear scorecards to track progress. 

• Communicate the governance model and results in concise, executive-ready narratives. 

Honesty, trustworthiness and ethical conduct are material requirements for the responsibilities outlined above 

• 8–12+ years in data architecture, AI governance, privacy engineering, or enterprise data governance 

• Experience designing enterprise data/AI governance architectures or lifecycle control frameworks 

• Strong understanding of metadata systems, lineage, access governance, and data platform architecture 

• Experience partnering with Legal/Privacy on personal data controls 

• Strong experience writing technical governance standards and architectural guidelines 

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders across engineering, architecture, AI/ML, privacy, and OpCos 

• Strong systems thinking and ability to connect governance to technical and product realities 

Desirable 

• Experience in federated global organizations 

• Fluency in Japanese 

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