Modern Cloud Data Strategy Lead

Prominence Advisors is actively seeking a Modern Cloud Data Strategy Lead to join our team.
Who We Are

Prominence is a healthcare and life sciences technology and consulting firm dedicated to helping leading organizations do more with their data. With deep expertise across the full ecosystem - spanning providers, payers, and life sciences - we turn complex data into actionable insight.

We deliver a full spectrum of services, including advisory, analytics, optimization, and IT staffing. Our work helps organizations operate more efficiently, improve patient outcomes, and deliver measurable financial impact through smarter use of data. Recognized as a 2x Best in KLAS organization, we partner with more than 120 health systems and 40 life sciences organizations, including 7 of the top 10 U.S. News & World Report-ranked institutions.

Through our life sciences brands, Tegra Analytics and WLH Consulting & Learning Solutions, we extend these capabilities to pharmaceutical and biotech organizations - combining data, consulting, and learning to advance commercial excellence.

By connecting strategy, data, and execution, we help organizations translate data into clarity, strategy into action, and vision into measurable results. At our core, we are a people-first, values-driven organization that believes strong teams and trusted partnerships are what ultimately make healthcare and life sciences smarter.

Job Summary

Prominence Advisors is seeking a deeply experienced data strategy leader to serve as the people-and-process counterpart to our Cloud Platform technical leadership. This is a blank-canvas engagement - you will define the governance framework, build the program, and set the standard for how healthcare organizations navigate modern cloud data transformation at the human level.

This role is not focused on technical architecture. Instead, it is centered on building the organizational structures, accountability models, and governance processes required to ensure long-term success. You will partner closely with cloud platform leaders while owning the strategy and execution of governance, stakeholder alignment, and operating model design.
What You Will Own

• Lead this dimension of the engagement for Prominence clients.
• Partner directly with a Cloud Platform Leader who handles architectural and engineering workstreams, while you own everything related to people, process, operating model, and governance.
• Design and stand up a modern cloud data governance program from the ground up - no template provided, no prior playbook to inherit
• Define and operationalize data ownership, stewardship structures, and accountability frameworks across client organizations
• Lead stakeholder alignment across clinical, operational, IT, legal, and executive leadership - translating technical realities into language that drives organizational decision-making
• Develop policies, standards, and operating procedures for data access, quality, classification, lineage, and lifecycle management in a cloud environment
• Establish a data governance council or equivalent governing body, including charter, cadence, roles, and escalation paths
• Partner closely with the Cloud Platform Leader to ensure that technical design decisions have corresponding process and accountability structures
• Lead change management strategy: assess organizational readiness, design adoption plans, and build the internal capability needed to sustain programs post-engagement
• Advise on data literacy initiatives that close the gap between platform investment and actual usage
• Define success metrics for governance maturity and track progress against them
• Contribute to Prominence's internal methodology, codifying learnings from client engagements into repeatable frameworks for the practice

Requirements
Required Experience

• 15+ years of progressive experience in data strategy, data governance, or enterprise information management - with at least five years in a senior leadership or principal consultant capacity
• Demonstrated track record of establishing a data governance program at an organization where no formal program previously existed - you have done this, not just advised on it
• Deep experience in healthcare IT, including familiarity with clinical and operational data domains, regulatory considerations (HIPAA, HITRUST, etc.), and the complexity of health system data ecosystems
• Proven ability to operate without a defined playbook - comfortable with ambiguity, able to structure work from first principles, and confident setting direction in novel environments
• Experience working alongside technical cloud platform teams, with the credibility to engage substantively on architecture decisions and the judgment to redirect technical scope when governance implications are overlooked
• Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence skills - able to move C-suite conversations, align competing constituencies, and drive decisions that stick
• Experience leading or embedding within consulting engagements, not just internal programs

Strongly Preferred

• Familiarity with governance tooling relevant to healthcare data environments (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, or equivalent)
• Exposure to cloud-native data platforms and their embedded governance tools - Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP - at a conceptual and process level sufficient to govern them effectively
• Experience with Epic's analytics ecosystem and the governance implications of self-service reporting environments
• Familiarity with data mesh, data product, or federated governance models in large enterprise settings
• Prior experience in a CDAIO, CDO, or VP of Data role at a health system or health-adjacent organization

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Professional: Demonstrates strong leadership, integrity, and the ability to build trust with executive stakeholders and client teams.
• Strategic: Able to define vision, structure programs, and translate complex concepts into actionable governance frameworks.
• Organized: Effectively manages multiple workstreams and stakeholder groups across complex engagements.
• Self-Motivated: Comfortable operating independently in ambiguous environments and driving outcomes without predefined structure.
• Adaptable: Thrives in dynamic consulting environments and adjusts approach based on client needs.
• Communication: Exceptional ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences, including executive leadership.
• Influential: Skilled at aligning cross-functional stakeholders and driving consensus across competing priorities.
• Team-Oriented: Collaborative mindset with a focus on mentoring clients and contributing to internal team growth.

Physical and Medical Standards

Must be able to sit or stand at a computer and work independently.


Additional Expectations

• Flexible working across time zones to accommodate customer schedules
• Estimated travel to customer sites: quarterly + biannual company meetings

Benefits

Prominence is dedicated to hiring the best and brightest minds in healthcare and maintaining a culture that rewards our employees for following their passion. We are excited to offer the following benefits for this position:

• Competitive Salaried and Hybrid Compensation Plans
• Health Care Plan (Medical, HSAs, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Dependent & Health Savings Accounts
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick & Public Holidays)
• Training & Development Fund
• Work From Home
• Charitable Giving to Causes You Believe In

Employment Eligibility

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

The world's most talented professionals come from every background. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Prominence will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

If you are smart and good at what you do, come as you are. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Partnership Eligibility

Our partnerships are extremely important to us. This online application is not intended for anyone who is currently under a non-compete agreement or has an arrangement that precludes employment at Prominence. We appreciate your help in respecting our partners.

Interested in learning more? Apply below to connect with our Talent team about immediate openings and future consulting projects.