Job Description
Job DescriptionProgram OperationsOwn the program plan: maintain the Jira project board, track milestones against the 24-month roadmap, flag risks and blockers to the DGO Lead weeklyPrepare the monthly Council scorecard pack: pull the KPI metrics, draft the narrative, identify escalations, and present the supporting slide — DGO Lead presents, DG Program Lead owns the contentCoordinate the monthly DG Council: agenda, pre-reads, domain escalations, policy review items, and action trackingOwn the program communications calendar: all-hands kickoff, domain workshop scheduling, steward onboarding, literacy curriculum assignmentDomain Onboarding & Governance ActivationLead the Data domain pilot end-to-end: Data Owner designation, Steward onboarding, Alation orientation, domain workshop delivery (co-facilitated with Literacy Academy), DQ dimension workshop with the DQ EngineerBuild the domain onboarding playbook from the pilot — the repeatable template used for all other remaining domains in PhasesDrive Data Owner designation across all data domains: coordinate with each domain product owner, manage the designation form process in Jira, track completion against the 30-day Council commitmentOnboard Data Stewards to Alation: coordinate Alation Academy enrollment, run the Steward orientation session, track the 6-week curation ramp for each new StewardManage the data issue intake process: own the P1/P2/P3 Jira queue, ensure SLA adherence is tracked for program KPI, maintain and follow escalate process.Policy & StandardsDraft all program domains data policies for DGO Lead review and Council approval — starting with the key foundational policies.Maintain the policy register: version control, review schedule, annual renewal coordinationOwn the data classification policy: work with InfoSec to ensure Alation sensitivity tags align to the Unity Catalog RBAC tiersAuthor the domain governance playbooks: per-domain documentation of Data Owner, Steward, DPO, DQ thresholds, glossary scope, and AI data governance checklist processAlation Governance LayerWork with the Alation Catalog Engineer to configure the governance workflow in Alation: approval chains, steward assignment, policy publication, DQ Certificate issuance processOwn the business glossary governance: term proposal workflow, approval routing, publication standardsMonitor Alation catalog coverage monthly: track program KPI (catalog coverage %) across all domains, identify gaps, and assign remediation to the relevant Steward or DPOCoordinate AI data governance in Alation: ensure model cards are registered, lineage is documented from source to model input, and the AI data governance checklist is completed for each active AI use case
QualificationsRequiredCDMP (Certified Data Management Professional) required at hire or firm commitment to certify within 12 months — DAMA DMBOK2 proficiency is the practitioner foundation for this role7+ years in data management, data governance, or enterprise program managementHands-on experience with an enterprise data catalog (Alation strongly preferred; Collibra or Informatica Axon, Atlan acceptable)Demonstrated experience running a governance program across multiple business domains — not just one departmentStrong written communication: able to write data policies, governance playbooks, and executive briefing materials that are clear, precise, and stakeholder-appropriateExperience facilitating workshops with business and technical stakeholders — able to run a DQ dimension workshop with a domain VP and a team of engineers in the same roomPreferredHealth plan or healthcare payor experience — HEDIS, Stars, Medicare Advantage, HIPAAExperience with Jira for governance workflow management (not just engineering sprint tracking)Familiarity with Great Expectations or equivalent DQ frameworkExperience with Databricks Unity Catalog or equivalent data access governance layerCDMP Practitioner or Master level
Key CompetenciesSystematic thinker — able to see the full data domain program and still execute the day-to-day pilot detail simultaneouslyClear writer — governance only works if the policies and playbooks are understood; this person writes so non-data people get itFollows through — the single biggest failure mode in governance programs is well-designed commitments that nobody tracks; this role exists to prevent thatComfortable with ambiguity — this program is new; the DG Program Lead regularly encounters situations the playbook doesn't yet cover