Healthcare Data Quality Lead - Strategy & Delivery

Highmark Health; Iowa Center (IA); Remote; USD 73,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is hiring a Quality Lead to define data-testing strategy and oversee end-to-end quality activities in a healthcare data environment. The role centers on guiding technical teams without requiring day-to-day hands-on testing, and communicating business impacts to executives.

You will lead data validation across SQL/ETL processes, manage risk and defects, and drive release readiness within an Agile SDLC. A Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of leadership in data quality are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or substituted with equivalent experience.
• Experience leading and mentoring QA teams in SDLC environments.
• Healthcare data-domain knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strategy and oversight: Lead data testing strategy, planning, estimation, execution oversight, quality metrics, and reporting.
• Data validation: Oversee SQL and database validation, data integration, ETL, migration, and end-to-end data-flow testing.
• Test data and tools: Guide test data management and apply experience with test automation and data-validation tools.
• Healthcare expertise: Understand claims, membership, provider, and care management data.
• Risk and bug: Lead risk identification, mitigation, defect management, and root cause analysis.
• Delivery leadership: Drive quality across the SDLC, Agile delivery, and release readiness.
• Stakeholder leadership: Build client relationships, lead cross-functional collaboration, and communicate quality status and business impacts to executives.

Skills

Data testing strategy

Team leadership

Healthcare data knowledge

SQL

ETL

Test automation

Data validation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

Tools

Oracle

SQL Server

DB2

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Highmark Health is hiring a Quality Lead to define data-testing strategy and oversee end-to-end quality activities in a healthcare data environment. The role centers on guiding technical teams without requiring day-to-day hands-on testing, and communicating business impacts to executives.

You will lead data validation across SQL/ETL processes, manage risk and defects, and drive release readiness within an Agile SDLC. A Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of leadership in data quality are expected.