Director Ecosystem Governance (gn) full-time/ part-time (hybrid)

What you can expect

Do you want to actively contribute to a company’s growth and help turn ambitious plans into reality? Then join our team!
As Director Ecosystem Governance (Data, AI, Open Platform), you can expect exciting challenges, an inspiring environment, and a work culture that brings flexibility and collaboration together – supported by our 60/40 model and modern offices in Ratingen as a hub for ideas.
As part of our team, you will take on the following responsibilities:

• 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 are the backbone of our Strategy and will bring Ecosystem life with your strong governance!
• 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.

What makes you stand out

• You bring deep expertise in designing, operating, and continuously improving governance frameworks across APIs, data products, AI, platform lifecycle management, and partner integrations.
• You have proven experience leading cross‑functional governance bodies, aligning diverse stakeholders across group companies as well as internal teams.
• 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 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.
• 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.

We are looking forward to your application and to applicants who enrich our diverse culture! Regardless of age, gender, origin and sexual identity and orientation. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if equally qualified. 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. Please talk to us about the flexibility you need during the application process.

Why DKV Mobility? Here are five good reasons...

At DKV Mobility, we are team players - because we are only successful together! #teamofteams
You should feel welcome with us from the very beginning!

We've been growing for about 90 years

How we do it? We keep adapting our products and business model to meet changing customer needs. That's how we stay mobile and master every challenge the future holds.

There are also many other good reasons to work at DKV Mobility. For example, we offer you comprehensive company health management, parent-child offices (from 2023) and support you in leasing your eBike through our partner Jobrad!

We attach great importance to work-life balance.

We stand for the compatibility of family and career! That's why we offer flexible working hours and family-friendly working time models. In addition, we rely on a balanced mix of on-site meetings and home office.

We support you in your development

We offer you optimal conditions to familiarize yourself so that you can quickly find your way around and become a part of the team! To further your personal development, we offer you access to a modern learning environment - independent of time and location. This way you can also face the challenges of tomorrow!

We are committed to a net-zero future

After reaching our Green Pledge climate target in 2023 by reducing carbon emissions in our own business operations by 50.4% compared to the base year 2019, we set ourselves ambitious net-zero climate targets. The targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. By 2050, DKV Mobility commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain from a 2022 base year. You want to take climate action? Follow us on our road to net-zero.

We are a certified employer

Our employees trust us. As an employer, we regularly receive awards from independent institutes, e.g. as Top Employer Germany and as Great Place to Work!