Data Governance Lead for Healthcare Data & AI

The Cigna Group; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking a Senior Data Governance professional to lead data governance, quality, and metadata initiatives across health data domains. You will partner with business and technology teams to codify terms, lineage, and stewardship, leveraging Collibra or similar platforms.

Responsibilities include advancing governance programs, building quality dashboards, and enabling responsible AI governance. The role emphasizes collaboration, scalable processes, and clear documentation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, metadata management, or a related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience with large-scale healthcare data (claims, pharmacy, eligibility, provider, or clinical data).
• Advanced SQL skills for data analysis, quality investigation, and automated validation.
• Experience with Python for data analysis, automation, monitoring, or governance workflows.
• Experience with Databricks or a comparable cloud analytics platform.
• Experience implementing or administering data governance platforms such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or similar.
• Knowledge of data stewardship, metadata management, glossary, data lineage, policy governance, and data quality practices.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Advance enterprise data governance initiatives to improve data trust, transparency, ownership, and accountability.
• Partner with stakeholders to define and govern business terms, metadata, critical data elements, data lineage, and ownership.
• Administer and enhance governance platforms (e.g., Collibra) to strengthen cataloging and workflows.
• Operationalize governance processes for stewardship, issue management, data classification, and controls.
• Build data quality monitoring and automated validation solutions using SQL, Python, Databricks, and cloud platforms.
• Identify root causes of data quality issues with data teams and implement sustainable solutions.
• Define governance standards, policies, and practical guidance for teams.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Databricks

Collibra

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Databricks

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking a Senior Data Governance professional to lead data governance, quality, and metadata initiatives across health data domains. You will partner with business and technology teams to codify terms, lineage, and stewardship, leveraging Collibra or similar platforms.

Responsibilities include advancing governance programs, building quality dashboards, and enabling responsible AI governance. The role emphasizes collaboration, scalable processes, and clear documentation.