Job Description

Senior Manager - AI and Data Governance

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Körber is the home for passionate people who innovate, collaborate, and love what they do. Entrepreneurial spirit is our joint DNA. We develop future technologies and support talents to deploy their skills and reach their full potential. Together, we aim to be the first to do the right thing at the right time.

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We are seeking an experienced professional to manage and lead the customer maintenance organization. The role requires strong expertise in maintenance contracts, customer relations, and quality management, with the ability to drive operational excellence, ensure contractual compliance, and maintain customer satisfaction.

About Körber

Körber is a global technology group with deep industrial expertise and a strong innovation agenda. We operate across three Business Areas - Pharma, Supply Chain, and Technologies - delivering high-tech machinery, software, digital, and service solutions that are critical to our customers’ success. Within the Group Innovation function, we define and drive the central innovation and technology roadmap for the Group. Our focus is on advancing strategic technology topics, enabling cross-business collaboration, and creating scalable innovation programs that support long-term, sustainable growth.

Your Role in our Team

The Head of AI & Data Governance has a dual mandate:

Operational: Embed Governance into the Körber Data and AI Ecosystem

You will make AI and Data Governance practical, implementable, and naturally adoptable across Körber. Governance must not operate as a parallel compliance layer, but be directly integrated into our Data Platform ecosystem, tooling (e.g., Azure, Databricks), and development lifecycle. You will translate regulatory requirements into implementable platform standards and enable domains to adopt governance through built-in workflows, guardrails, and tooling.

Strategic: Establish Federated AI & Data Governance Across the Group

You will design and position AI & Data Governance as a central, scalable discipline within Körber. This includes defining operating models, roles, standards, and a federated governance setup aligned with Legal, IT, and Business, ensuring governance scales sustainably with AI adoption and our enterprise data approach.

• Integrate AI & Data Governance standards into the Körber Data Platform ecosystem and development lifecycle.
• Translate EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, GDPR and related frameworks into implementable technical and procedural standards.
• Support ongoing ML/AI and data initiatives with practical governance guidance and collaborate closely with Data Platform engineers.
• Establish and moderate a Körber-wide AI & Data Governance Working Group, enabling a federated model where domains retain ownership but operate under shared standards.
• Work closely with Legal, IT Security, Compliance, and Business stakeholders to operate governance requirements.
• Provide strategic positioning of AI and Data Governance in the Körber Group and establish AI and Data Governance as a central and impactful discipline.
• Establish and lead the AI and Data governance team as required.

Your profile :

• 7-16 years of experience in AI governance, data governance, risk management, or related domains.
• Proven experience embedding governance into technical platforms or development lifecycles.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML systems, including generative AI and model lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience translating regulatory requirements (EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, GDPR) into operational standards.
• Experience working across Legal, IT, and Business stakeholders, acting as translator between regulatory, technical, and business perspectives.
• Experience operating in federated or data mesh environments is a strong plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure ecosystem and Databricks preferred.
• Fluent in verbal and written English, knowledge of German is a plus.

Your benefits ::

• Competitive compensation package.
• Opportunities for professional growth within a global organization.
• A work environment that values collaboration, efficiency, and commitment.
• Continuous learning and development opportunities.

Please apply exclusively via the “Apply now” button. We value diversity and therefore welcome all applicants - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity, and any other protected status

Can you find yourself in this profile? Then you are right at Körber. We are looking forward to getting to know you

Please reach out on pallavi.choudhary@koerber.com