Hospital Health Data Governance Lead

Alignerr; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Remote; USD 83,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Alignerr is seeking a Hospital Health Data Governance Lead to shape how AI training uses hospital health data. This fully remote hourly contract role supports governance standards, data quality, and regulatory alignment across clinical, IT, and compliance teams.

You will enable accurate, trusted data for patient care, analytics, and AI model development, applying HIPAA expertise and cross-functional collaboration to close gaps and drive scalable data governance in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare data governance, clinical data management, or health information operations.
• Familiar with HIPAA and healthcare privacy/compliance.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with clinical, IT, compliance, and leadership.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to assess complex data environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce governance standards for health records that are accurate, consistent, and secure.
• Collaborate across clinical, IT, compliance, and leadership to align data policies and workflows.
• Enable high-quality health data for patient care, regulatory reporting, analytics, and operational decisions.
• Evaluate data management practices in the context of AI model training and clinical data operations.
• Identify gaps in data quality, integrity, and compliance and recommend actionable solutions.
• Apply expertise to real-world healthcare data challenges influencing AI development.

Skills

Healthcare data governance

Clinical data management

HIPAA compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

Data quality assessment

AI training governance

Job description

Hospital Health Data Governance Lead (AI Training)

About The Role

What if your expertise in healthcare data governance could directly shape how AI understands, interprets, and works with some of the most critical data in the world? We're looking for experienced Hospital Health Data Governance Leads to help define the standards, frameworks, and controls that ensure hospital health data is accurate, trusted, compliant, and ready for the AI systems of tomorrow.

This is a fully remote, flexible contract role built for seasoned healthcare data professionals who know how to navigate the complex intersection of clinical operations, IT, compliance, and data quality.

• Organization: Alignerr
• Type: Hourly Contract
• Location: Remote
• Commitment: 10–40 hours/week

What You'll Do

• Define and enforce governance standards that ensure hospital health records are accurate, consistent, and secure
• Work across clinical, IT, compliance, and leadership functions to align data policies and workflows
• Enable governed, high-quality health data to support patient care, regulatory reporting, analytics, and operational decision-making
• Evaluate and improve data management practices in the context of AI model training and clinical data operations
• Identify gaps in data quality, integrity, and compliance — and recommend actionable solutions
• Apply your expertise to real-world healthcare data challenges that directly influence cutting-edge AI development

Who You Are

• Experienced in healthcare data governance, clinical data management, or health information operations
• Deeply familiar with healthcare privacy, compliance, and regulatory frameworks — particularly HIPAA
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with clinical, technical, and administrative stakeholders
• Systematic and detail-oriented, with the ability to assess complex data environments clearly and confidently
• Comfortable working independently in a remote, asynchronous environment

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with data annotation, data quality evaluation, or AI training workflows
• Background in health informatics, clinical informatics, or electronic health record (EHR) systems
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK or equivalent
• Experience in hospital operations, clinical compliance, or health IT consulting

Why Join Us

• Work at the cutting edge of healthcare AI alongside leading research labs and model teams
• Fully remote and flexible — structure your work around your schedule
• Freelance autonomy with meaningful, substantive project-based work
• Apply your deep domain expertise to problems that matter at a large scale
• Exposure to large-scale health data systems and AI model development pipelines
• Potential for ongoing work and contract extension as new projects launch