Manager of Data Governance

The Manager Data Governance is responsible for managing and advancing CBHs enterprise data governance program under the direction of the Senior Director of Data Analytics. The Manager establishes governance standards processes roles and accountability that promote trusted consistent high quality and appropriately used data across CBH by bridging business logic between operational systems and analytics/informatics environments.

This role leads data governance activities related to data ownership and stewardship data definitions and business rules metadata data quality reporting and analytics and semantic data governance including business and semantic data modeling. The Manager partners with Data Analytics Data Informatics CBHs Data Architect IT and business stakeholders to embed governance into business reporting analytics and technology processes. The Manager serves as a data governance subject matter expert while supervising and developing assigned staff.


Essential Functions:

Data Governance Program Management

• Manage the daily operation and continuous improvement of CBHs enterprise data governance program.
• Establish and maintain governance policies standards processes roles decision rights and accountability.
• Operationalize and execute the enterprise data governance roadmap and priorities established by the Sr. Director managing day-to-day documentation and tracking defined measures of program effectiveness.
• Identify and escalate governance risks gaps and unresolved issues.
• Facilitate governance committees and working groups and ensure decisions are documented and implemented.

Data Standards Semantic Governance & Quality

• Establish and maintain enterprise data definitions business rules metrics metadata lineage and related governance assets including business glossaries libraries and catalogues.
• Define and maintain lightweight business and semantic data models that establish relationships among key data elements business concepts measures and data domains.
• Promote consistent interpretation and use of data across operational regulatory reporting and analytics functions through common definitions business rules metrics and semantic models.
• Establish data quality standards and processes for identifying prioritizing and resolving data quality issues.
• Establish and maintain clear data ownership and stewardship practices including roles responsibilities and accountability.
• Partner with data owners stewards technical teams and business stakeholders to address data quality semantic and governance concerns.
• Partner with both the Data Architect and the Data Informatics team to ensure business and semantic data models align with technical data structures and organizational requirements.

Reporting Analytics & Change Management

• Ensure data governance requirements are incorporated into reporting analytics new systems integrations and business initiatives.
• Review significant changes to data elements metrics reporting logic business rules and business processes for governance and semantic implications.
• Promote consistent application of approved definitions business rules and metrics across reports dashboards analytic products and related processes.
• Develop data literacy training and guidance to support appropriate interpretation and use of CBH data.
• Communicate governance standards decisions risks and expectations to technical and non-technical audiences.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Build strong partnerships across Data Analytics Informatics IT Data Architecture and business functions.
• Facilitate resolution of competing definitions ownership quality semantic and data-use requirements.
• Influence stakeholders and establish accountability across the organization without relying solely on formal authority.
• Represent Data Governance in cross-functional initiatives and external and interagency data partnerships as appropriate.
• Supervise coach and develop assigned staff and ensure effective delivery of team priorities.

Position Requirements:

Education

• Bachelors degree in information systems Data Science Public Health Business Information Management or a related field required; Masters preferred.
• Equivalent combinations of education and relevant experience may be considered.

Knowledge Skills & Experience

• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in data governance data management analytics business analysis information management or a related field.
• Experience implementing data governance frameworks standards and processes.
• Experience with data stewardship data quality metadata business definitions business rules data lineage and semantic data concepts.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and supervising or developing staff.
• Working knowledge of data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK.
• Ability to read and interpret SQL and understand data structures reporting logic transformations and lineage.
• Understanding business and semantic data modeling concepts and the ability to translate business concepts into practical data structures and relationships.
• Strong project management facilitation communication problem-solving and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate complex data and business requirements into clear standards models and actionable guidance.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive accountability across organizational boundaries.
• Experience with data governance metadata data catalog business glossary semantic modeling or data quality tools preferred.
• Healthcare behavioral health Medicaid or public-sector data experience preferred.

Philadelphia Residency Requirement:

• The successful candidate must be a current Philadelphia resident or become a resident within six months of hire.

U.S. Authorization Requirement:

• CBH does not provide sponsorship for applicants requiring future work authorization. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

• We strive to promote and sustain a culture of diversity inclusion and belonging every day. CBH is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting hiring promotion or any other personnel action based on all qualified individuals. This is without regard to race ethnicity creed color religion national origin age sex/gender marital status gender identity sexual orientation gender identity or expression disability protected veteran status genetic information or any other characteristic protected individual genetic information or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function by applicable federal state or local law.

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