GENERAL SUMMARY

The Manager of Data Governance is critical for The Specialty Alliance’s ongoing efforts to enhance data trust, integrity, and reliability at an enterprise-level. This role will act as the administrator for our Cloudera environment, and will be required to collaborate with the Manager of Analytics and Manager of Data Engineering on datasets and their business use cases in order to deliver the organization’s Data-as-a-Service platform. The role will involve developing and communicating data governance policies with senior- and executive-leadership and establishing sustainable governance processes across all areas of business operations.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTION/COMPETENCIES 

The responsibilities and duties described in this job description are intended to provide a general overview of the position. Duties may vary depending on the specific needs of the affiliate or location you are working at and/or state requirements. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Define and execute the enterprise data governance roadmap, aligning with organizational and technology strategy.
• Drive adoption of governance standards across business and clinical domains, ensuring enterprise-wide compliance and accountability.
• Serve as the executive-facing leader for data governance, providing updates, metrics, and risk visibility to senior leadership.
• Ensuring that data is accurate, reliable, and maintained to high standards throughout its lifecycle.
• Harmonizing conflicting data sources and centralizing them into a consolidated source of truth to improve data trust and accuracy.
• Leading and mentoring the data management team, facilitating communications across multiple committees, and engaging with data consumers to build a community that supports governance practices and policies.
• Performing data analytics to examine and interpret raw data, answering questions, and finding trends to improve customer relations and organizational efficiency.
• Performing data engineering responsibilities as necessary to support or enhance the results of the data engineering team.
• Acting as the organization's data security and compliance expert, ensuring that data practices adhere to internal policies and external regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Employees shall adhere to high standards of ethical conduct and will comply with and assist in complying with all applicable laws and regulations. This will include and not be limited to following the Solaris Health Code of Conduct and all Solaris Health and Affiliated Practice policies and procedures; maintaining the confidentiality of patients' protected health information in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); immediately reporting any suspected concerns and/or violations to a supervisor and/or the Compliance Department; and the timely completion the Annual Compliance Training.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSURES OR REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS

• N/A

KNOWLEDGE | SKILLS | ABILITIES

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively using two-way channels of communication with openness and active listening.
• Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to deal with UML (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.).
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Demonstrate ability to build strong relationships and trust at every level of the institution.
• Prioritize, escalate, and exercise sound judgment in balancing the needs of the organization.
• Advanced computer skills with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in Information Science, Data Management, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field. Equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree in these disciplines will also be considered.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience in ETL, data engineering, and data architecture.
• 5+ years of SQL experience with enterprise data (SQL Server, Oracle, DataBricks, SnowFlake).
• 5+ years of healthcare industry experience strongly preferred.
• 3+ years of experience working in a collaboration platform such as Team Foundation Server (TFS), DevOps, Jira or similar strongly preferred.

REQUIRED TRAVEL

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Carrying Weight Frequency

1-25 lbs. Frequent from 34% to 66%

26-50 lbs. Occasionally from 2% to 33%

Pushing/Pulling Frequency

1-25 lbs. Seldom, up to 2%

100 + lbs. Seldom, up to 2%

Lifting - Height, Weight Frequency

Floor to Chest, 1 -25 lbs. Occasional: from 2% to 33%

Floor to Chest, 26-50 lbs. Seldom: up to 2%

Floor to Waist, 1-25 lbs. Occasional: from 2% to 33%

Floor to Waist, 26-50 lbs. Seldom: up to 2%