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Director Ecosystem Governance

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  • Level
    Lead
  • Job Field
    IT, Data, Security
  • Employment Type
    Part Time/Full Time
  • Contract Type
    Permanent employment
  • Location
    Ratingen
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Job Summary

    In this role, you design, operate, and improve governance frameworks for APIs and AI, lead cross-functional councils, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards and quality in digital ecosystems.

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    Your role in the team

    • As Director Ecosystem Governance (Data, AI, Open Platform), you can expect exciting challenges, an inspiring environment, and a work culture that combines flexibility and collaboration - supported by our 60/40 model and modern offices in Ratingen as a hub for ideas.
    • You design, operate, and continuously improve enterprise governance frameworks across APIs, data products, AI, platform lifecycle management, and partner integrations.
    • You lead cross-functional governance bodies, including the Data & AI Council, Data Governance Board, and Open Platform Governance, aligning diverse stakeholders across group companies and your own teams.
    • You define, enforce, and evolve enterprise standards and compliance frameworks, covering Data Mesh principles, API policies, AI guardrails, SLO and SLA rules, and regulatory requirements such as GDPR, DORA/NIS2, and the EU AI Act.
    • You govern the open platform ecosystem by overseeing partner onboarding, API integrity controls, interoperability standards, and contractual and technical guardrails.
    • You run federated data governance across decentralized domains, ensuring clear ownership structures, robust quality management, consistent metadata and lineage, and effective Data Mesh operating principles.
    • You apply responsible and agentic AI governance by addressing AI ethics, model lifecycle controls, safety mechanisms, and governance requirements for AI agents in operational environments.
    • You define, track, and continuously assure ecosystem maturity KPIs, including data adoption, API monetization, marketplace usage, and AI agent performance.
    • You bring a solid understanding of regulatory, security, and risk management topics, including platform security, access governance, risk controls, and regulatory frameworks shaping digital ecosystems.

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    Our expectations of you

    Qualifications

    • You bring deep expertise in designing, operating, and continuously improving governance frameworks across APIs, data products, AI, platform lifecycle management, and partner integrations.
    • You demonstrate strong capability in defining, enforcing, and evolving enterprise standards, including Data Mesh principles, API policies, AI guardrails, and SLO and SLA rules, while ensuring compliance with GDPR, DORA/NIS2, and the EU AI Act.
    • You have a strong understanding of Responsible AI and agentic AI governance, including AI ethics, model lifecycle controls, safety mechanisms, and governance requirements for AI agents in production environments.
    • You are capable of defining, tracking, and continuously assuring ecosystem maturity KPIs, such as data adoption, API monetization, marketplace usage, and AI agent performance.
    • You bring a solid working knowledge of regulatory, security, and risk management topics, including platform security, access governance, risk controls, and regulatory frameworks shaping digital ecosystems.

    Experience

    • You have proven experience leading cross-functional governance bodies, aligning diverse stakeholders across group companies as well as internal teams.
    • You possess solid experience in governing open platform ecosystems, including partner onboarding, API integrity controls, interoperability standards, and contractual and technical guardrails.
    • You are experienced in running federated data governance across decentralized domains, covering ownership models, quality management, metadata and lineage, and Data Mesh operating principles.

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    What we offer

    • This position can be full-time or part-time (min. 30h/week).
    • DKV Mobility is looking for the best talents and knows that these are not always available on a full-time basis.
    • Many of our employees work part-time or in flexible working models.

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    Benefits

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    Job Locations

    • Location Ratingen

      Nordrhein-Westfalen

      Germany

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    DKV Euro Service GmbH + Co KG

    DKV Euro Service GmbH + Co KG

    As a leading European mobility service provider, we devote ourselves to efficient mobility solutions for controlling commercial fleets. Our portfolio includes smart products and services around refueling, alternative propulsion options, toll handling, liquidity benefits and innovative connected services.

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  • Founding year
    1934
  • Company Type
    Established Company
  • Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
  • Industry
    Logistics, Transportation
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    Director Ecosystem Governance

    Location
    Ratingen
    Working Model
    Hybrid, Onsite
    Diversity
    Open for all genders
    English Only
    English only required

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