Program Manager – Data Governance, Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Role: Program Manager – Data Governance
Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)
Experience: 15+ years

What We Need

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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