Director Data Trust and Enablement

Surescripts, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid work model

Job summary

Surescripts, LLC is seeking a Director of Data Trust and Enablement to lead governance across the Enterprise Data Platform. You will steward data policy, catalog, data quality standards, and compliance, while building a community of data stewards and driving platform-enabled governance.

You will partner with Architecture, Semantic Intelligence, and Data Product Delivery to embed trust, certification, and data quality into product development and operational practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in data governance or data management, with enterprise leadership experience.
• Philosophy of governance as enablement, with proven programs increasing velocity and data trust.
• Hands-on experience with Collibra or comparable enterprise data catalog, including workflow design and policy management.
• Familiarity with DAMA‑DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent frameworks, and ability to apply concepts practically.
• Experience defining and managing critical data element programs and governance workflows.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA and healthcare data compliance requirements.
• Experience leading teams of governance professionals and data stewards.

Responsibilities

• Redefine governance at Surescripts and shift from policy enforcement to platform enablement.
• Design a Trust & Enablement function that accelerates work.
• Own the data catalog and business glossary and manage Collibra environment.
• Ensure certified, trusted data assets are discoverable and understandable.
• Drive adoption of the catalog as the authoritative reference for data assets.
• Define and manage the data certification program and workflows.
• Lead the Critical Data Element program with stakeholder input.
• Develop and enforce data policies for accessed, shared, and retained data, HIPAA aligned.
• Represent data governance in enterprise reporting and roadmap discussions.
• Collaborate with Architecture, Semantic Intelligence, and Data Product Delivery teams to embed trust checkpoints into product lifecycle.
• Build and lead a data stewardship community across domains.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Collibra

Data catalog

Policy management

HIPAA knowledge

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data quality

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Business

Tools

Collibra

Data catalog

Job description

Surescripts serves the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. We deliver insights at critical points of care for better decisions — from streamlining prior authorizations to delivering comprehensive medication histories to facilitating messages between providers.

Job Summary

The Director of Data Trust and Enablement leads the governance function within our Enterprise Data Platform organization. This role is responsible for stewarding data policy, catalog, data quality standards, and compliance, but it is built on a philosophy that governance is an enabler, not a gate. The role reports to the VP of Enterprise Data Platform and leads a team that owns the data catalog, business glossary, stewardship workflows, data policy, certification standards, and the critical data element program that underpins Surescripts’ ability to commercialize and externalize data products.

Responsibilities

• Redefine what governance means at Surescripts and lead the cultural and operational shift from governance as policy enforcement to governance as platform capability.
• Design a Trust & Enablement function that teams want to engage with because it makes their work faster, cleaner, and more impactful.
• Own the data catalog and business glossary, and lead the strategy and operation of Surescripts’ Collibra environment.
• Ensure that certified, trusted data assets are discoverable, described, and understood by technical and business consumers alike.
• Drive adoption of the catalog as the authoritative reference for what data exists, what it means, and whether it can be trusted.
• Define and manage the data certification program, establishing the standards by which a data asset earns certified status and the workflow through which it gets there.
• Leverage Enterprise Data Platform teams to automate certification pathways and ensure that certification is meaningful.
• Lead the Critical Data Element program, identifying, defining, and governing critical data elements that matter most to Surescripts: patient identity, provider identity, drug reference data, transaction records, in partnership with business stakeholders and the Architecture and Semantic Intelligence team.
• Own data policy and compliance, developing and enforcing data policies that govern how data is accessed, used, shared, and retained, while navigating HIPAA and other regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the internal authority on what is permissible with Surescripts data, including externalization to partners and exposure to machine and AI consumers.
• Build and lead the stewardship community, establishing a network of data stewards across business and technical domains and equipping them with the tools, processes, and support needed to take genuine ownership of data.
• Partner across the platform—working closely with Architecture and Semantic Intelligence to ensure canonical model definitions are reflected in the business glossary, partnering with Data Product Delivery to embed trust and certification checkpoints into the product development lifecycle, and supporting the Unified Data Fabric team with domain-level data quality standards and SLA definitions.
• Represent Trust & Enablement in stakeholder reporting, translating governance metrics into a narrative that connects to business outcomes.
• Contribute to platform strategy as a senior leader in the Enterprise Data Platform leadership team, bringing the perspective of the data foundation into roadmap planning, organizational decisions, and executive reporting through the VP of Enterprise Data Platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or a closely related discipline, with at least 3 years leading a governance or stewardship function at an enterprise level.
• A demonstrated philosophy of governance as enablement, with a track record of building governance programs that increase team velocity and data trust simultaneously.
• Hands‑on experience with Collibra or a comparable enterprise data catalog platform, including stewardship workflow design, business glossary management, lineage configuration, and policy management.
• Deep familiarity with data governance frameworks such as DAMA‑DMBOK, DCAM, or equivalent, and the ability to adapt framework concepts into a practical operating model.
• Experience defining and managing critical data element programs, including business definition ownership, certification workflows, and cross‑functional stewardship.
• Strong understanding of HIPAA and healthcare data compliance requirements.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, or similarly regulated industry is strongly preferred.
• Ability to operate effectively across both technical and business audiences, translating between engineering rigor and business language without losing either audience.
• Experience building and leading teams, including hiring and developing governance professionals and data stewards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, financial services, or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience implementing platform capabilities supporting synthetic data, data observability, metadata management, and data trust frameworks.

Work Model

Surescripts embraces flexibility through its Flexible Hybrid Work model for most positions. This model allows employees to work virtually while still utilizing our offices as collaboration centers. With alignment and agreement from your leadership, you can come and go from the office as needed.

Legal Information

To be considered for employment, applicants must have a valid U.S. work authorization allowing work without restrictions with Surescripts in the U.S. At this time, we are unable to provide support or sponsorship for immigration benefits such as work visas. Additionally, we do not participate in academic training programs or work‑study programs through an academic institution that requires employer endorsement of F‑1/CPT or F‑1/STEM.

Surescripts is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affidavit Action employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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