Senior Data Governance Manager

Role Description

The Senior Data Governance Manager is a strategic leader within Catalight’s Enterprise Data & Analytics organization, responsible for establishing, operationalizing, and maturing enterprise-wide data governance capabilities across the organization’s healthcare, analytics, and AI/ML ecosystems. Reporting to the Director of Data & Analytics, this role serves as the primary authority for data governance, data stewardship, metadata management, data quality, and regulatory compliance related to HIPAA, PII, and PHI.

• Establish, lead, and continuously mature Catalight’s enterprise data governance program, policies, standards, and operating model.
• Define governance frameworks for data quality, metadata management, lineage, stewardship, access management, retention, and lifecycle management.
• Develop governance roadmaps and maturity strategies aligned with Catalight’s analytics, AI/ML, and data democratization objectives.
• Establish governance councils, stewardship programs, and cross-functional governance processes across business and technical teams.
• Define and maintain enterprise standards for governed data usage across analytics and AI/ML workloads.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or a related field preferred; or 8+ years of relevant experience in data governance, data management, analytics governance, or related disciplines in lieu of a degree.
• Demonstrated experience leading or implementing enterprise data governance programs in regulated environments.
• Strong expertise in HIPAA, PHI, PII, healthcare data privacy, and data compliance practices.
• Hands-on experience governing cloud-based data platforms, preferably Snowflake.
• Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, stewardship models, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience supporting governance for analytics, business intelligence, and AI/ML ecosystems.
• Familiarity with governance and cataloging platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or similar tools preferred.
• Strong SQL and analytical data literacy skills.
• Experience collaborating with technical engineering teams and business stakeholders in cross-functional environments.
• Experience supporting healthcare, behavioral health, payer/provider, or regulated healthcare ecosystems preferred.

Requirements

• Must be able to communicate effectively within the work environment, read and write using the primary language within the workplace.
• Visual and auditory ability to work with clients, staff and others in the workplace continuously.
• Frequent speaking and listening (25-75%) to clients, staff, and others in the workplace.

Benefits

• Seeks to understand the underlying needs, desires, and values of colleagues.
• Proactively builds spaces for others to engage in learning and community.
• Appreciates and demonstrates collaboration across teams.
• Serves as a role model, bringing our core values to life in your work.
• Work in an exciting, fast paced high energy environment while effectively multitasking and managing day-to-day responsibilities without supervision.
• Personable; able to work comfortably with individuals at all levels within the organization.
• Excellent verbal and writing communication skills; frequent proofreading and checking documents for accuracy.
• Knowledge of multiple historically excluded groups with knowledge in I/DD (intellectual and developmental disability) communities.
• Interest in working with and elevating employee needs.
• Approaches work with a growth mindset, welcome feedback, and understand that humans all have biases and are imperfect as a baseline.
• Experience working and communicating with families.
• Sensitivity to working with an ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse population.
• Navigates ambiguity with an excitement for problem solving.
• Effectively manages programs from visioning to implementation + impact measure.
• Commitment to meet agreed upon deadlines on time or ahead of schedule.
• Transparent on action, pursuits, and outcomes.
• A commitment to the values of the organization while demonstrating good judgment, flexibility, patience and discretion when dealing with confidential and sensitive matters.
• Willingness and commitment to self-reflection and re-thinking.
• Ability to understand your physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing needs with a willingness to co-create boundaries that allow you to sustainably show up and honor your humanity.
• Capacity to contribute to and help cultivate effective + sustainable wellbeing driven spaces.
• Commitment to managing a remote schedule that aligns with PST business hours, ensuring your availability supports a healthy team rhythm and effective cross-functional partnership.

Conditions of Employment

• Ability to obtain and maintain criminal record clearance through the Department of Justice (DOJ).
• Ability to obtain and maintain clearance through the Office of Inspector General.
• Must attend any required training.

Time Type

Full time

Compensation

$110,000.00 - $150,000.00 Annually

The statements contained in this job description reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job. It should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas as deemed fit for the organization.

Catalight is an equal opportunity employer.