Senior Data Governance & Enablement Leader

McKesson Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 122,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CoverMyMeds seeks a Senior Manager, Data Governance to lead a team delivering data governance and data quality controls. You will implement a data enablement framework, embedding policies, standards, and procedures across data quality, lineage, metadata, and cataloging.

You will partner with business and technology groups to embed governance into operations and drive measurable improvements. The role emphasizes leadership, change management, and the ability to influence without direct authority

Qualifications

• 9+ years of relevant experience and 1+ year in supervisory roles.
• Experience implementing data governance or data enablement programs.
• Knowledge of data quality, metadata, lineage, cataloging, and stewardship.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing without authority.
• Ability to translate governance policies into operational processes.
• Strong communication and change-management skills.
• Experience coordinating data quality issue remediation.
• Ability to prioritize and deliver practical data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team managing daily data governance and quality controls.
• Implement and maintain a data enablement framework with standards and policies.
• Operationalize governance across quality, metadata, lineage, cataloging, and data product controls.
• Partner with data officers, owners, EA, IT security, legal, compliance, and tech teams.
• Align analysts with business domains to build subject-matter expertise.
• Identify, assess, and remediate data quality issues with owners and tech teams.
• Define and monitor data enablement metrics and KPIs.
• Drive adoption by communicating value and cross-functional support.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and related policies.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data cataloging

Data stewardship

Leadership

Change management

Communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Alation

Collibra

IBM InfoSphere

Job description

CoverMyMeds seeks a Senior Manager, Data Governance to lead a team delivering data governance and data quality controls. You will implement a data enablement framework, embedding policies, standards, and procedures across data quality, lineage, metadata, and cataloging.

You will partner with business and technology groups to embed governance into operations and drive measurable improvements. The role emphasizes leadership, change management, and the ability to influence without direct authority