Role: Program Manager Data Governance Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid) Experience: 15+ years
What We Need
We are looking for a Program Manager with strong Data Governanceexperience who can manage a large enterprise data governance program, coordinate multiple teams, track program activities, and work with business and technical stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
Program Management
Manage the overall Data Governance program plan and roadmap.
Maintain the Jira project board, milestones, risks, and blockers.
Track progress and provide weekly updates to leadership.
Prepare monthly KPI/scorecard reports and presentations.
Organize Data Governance Council meetings, agendas, presentations, and action items.
Manage program communications, workshops, onboarding, and training schedules.
Data Domain Onboarding
Lead the onboarding of new data domains from start to finish.
Help identify and onboard Data Owners and Data Stewards.
Conduct data governance workshops and training.
Create a repeatable Data Domain Onboarding Playbook.
Track Data Owner and Steward onboarding progress.
Manage data issue tracking and escalation through Jira.
Data Policies & Governance
Create and maintain data governance policies and standards.
Maintain the policy register, versions, reviews, and renewals.
Work with Information Security on data classification and access governance.
Create governance playbooks for each data domain.
Define roles, responsibilities, data quality standards, glossary scope, and AI data governance processes.
Alation / Data Catalog Governance
Work with technical teams to configure and manage governance workflows in Alation.
Manage Business Glossary processes, including term creation, approval, and publishing.
Track data catalog coverage and identify gaps.
Ensure data issues are assigned and resolved by the appropriate Data Steward or DPO.
Support AI Data Governance, including model documentation, data lineage, and governance checklists.
Required Skills
15+ years overall experience.
7+ years of Data Management, Data Governance, or Enterprise Program Management experience.
Data Governance experience is mandatory.
Strong Healthcare / Health Plan / Payer experience.
Experience managing governance programs across multiple business domains.
CDMP certification required at hire, or commitment to obtain it within 12 months.
Strong knowledge of DAMA DMBOK2.
Hands-on experience with an Enterprise Data Catalog:
Alation
Collibra
Informatica Axon
Atlan
Strong experience writing data policies, governance documentation, and executive presentations.
Experience conducting workshops with both business and technical teams.
Strong stakeholder and program management skills.
Preferred Skills
Healthcare payer experience with HEDIS, Stars, Medicare Advantage, HIPAA.
Jira experience for Data Governance workflows.
Great Expectations or similar Data Quality tools.
Databricks Unity Catalog or similar data access governance platform.
CDMP Practitioner or Master-level certification.
Looking for someone who is:
Strong in Data Governance + Program Management
Experienced in Healthcare / Health Insurance
Hands-on with Alation or another Data Catalog
Comfortable working with Data Owners, Data Stewards, DQ teams, InfoSec, and executives
Strong in Jira, policies, governance workflows, and reporting
Able to manage both high-level program strategy and day-to-day execution
A strong communicator and documentation writer
Comfortable working in a new or evolving governance program