Data Governance Lead: Quality, Metadata & AI Stewardship

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Dental

401(k)

Life insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Leaves of absence

Job summary

The Cigna Group is seeking a data governance professional to advance enterprise data governance initiatives, drive metadata practices, and partner with business and technology teams. This role emphasizes data stewardship, quality, lineage, and responsible AI governance across cloud platforms and Collibra/Databricks.

You will build dashboards, define standards, and communicate governance metrics to leadership, while maintaining documentation and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, metadata management, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Advance enterprise data governance initiatives that improve data trust, transparency, ownership, and accountability.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define and govern business terms, technical metadata, critical data elements, data lineage, and ownership structures.
• Administer and enhance governance platforms such as Collibra to strengthen cataloging, metadata management, stewardship workflows, policy management, and adoption.
• Operationalize governance processes for data stewardship, issue management, data classification, and governance controls.
• Build and improve data quality monitoring and automated validation solutions using SQL, Python, Databricks, and cloud-based data platforms.
• Work with data engineering, analytics, and business teams to identify the root causes of data quality issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Define and communicate clear governance standards, policies, procedures, and practical guidance that teams can apply consistently.
• Develop governance metrics, dashboards, and leadership communications that show data quality health, risks, progress, and opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging capabilities, including agentic and generative AI, to increase governance automation and scale while supporting responsible AI practices.
• Facilitate governance working sessions, stewardship forums, and stakeholder discussions that build alignment, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain clear documentation for data definitions, validation methods, metadata standards, governance processes, and operating models.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and partners on data governance, metadata, data quality, and responsible AI governance.

Skills

Advanced SQL

Python

Databricks

data governance

data quality

metadata management

data lineage

stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, data science, business analytics, healthcare informatics, or a related field

Experience with enterprise metadata management program

HIPAA/PHI/PII familiarity

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

The Cigna Group is seeking a data governance professional to advance enterprise data governance initiatives, drive metadata practices, and partner with business and technology teams. This role emphasizes data stewardship, quality, lineage, and responsible AI governance across cloud platforms and Collibra/Databricks.

You will build dashboards, define standards, and communicate governance metrics to leadership, while maintaining documentation and cross-team collaboration.