Data Governance Lead

Conduent

About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Data Architect / Data Governance Lead to support and evolve a large-scale Medicaid Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) environment. This role is responsible for enterprise data architecture, data modeling, metadata management, lineage, business glossary ownership, and governance processes, with a strong emphasis on administering and expanding our Dataedo metadata repository. The ideal candidate combines strong technical architecture expertise with hands-on metadata governance experience and can work effectively with business stakeholders, analysts, ETL developers, DBAs, and project leadership. This position plays a critical role in ensuring trusted, well-documented, scalable, and compliant data assets that support operational reporting, analytics, regulatory reporting, and strategic decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
7+ years of experience in data warehousing / enterprise data management.
5+ years in a Data Architect, Senior Data Modeler, or similar leadership role.
Hands-on experience with metadata management tools, preferably Dataedo.
Strong experience with relational databases such as Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or similar.
Strong SQL skills.
Experience designing enterprise data models, dimensional models, and integration layers.
Experience documenting lineage and source-to-target mappings.
Experience working in regulated environments requiring strong controls and documentation.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Medicaid, healthcare, MMIS/MES, payer, or public sector data environments.
Experience with ETL tools such as Informatica, SSIS, IICS, Talend, or similar.
Experience with BI/reporting tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Cognos, or Business Objects.
Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Azure, AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, or Google Cloud.
Knowledge of HIPAA, PHI handling, and healthcare data governance.
Experience leading data governance councils or metadata programs.

Responsibilities

Design and maintain conceptual, logical, and physical data models for the Medicaid EDW.
Define architecture standards for ODS, integration, dimensional, and reporting layers.
Lead source system onboarding into the EDW, including claims, eligibility, provider, encounters, finance, and other Medicaid domains.
Review new initiatives for data impacts, scalability, integration patterns, and downstream reporting implications.
Recommend improvements to warehouse performance, data structures, and overall platform architecture.
Administer and enhance the enterprise Dataedo platform.
Maintain data dictionaries, table/column definitions, business glossary, lineage, and stewardship assignments.
Build and govern source-to-target mapping documentation.
Ensure metadata standards are followed across projects and support teams.
Publish user-friendly documentation portals for business and technical users.
Establish governance processes for definitions, ownership, approvals, and change management.
Maintain end-to-end lineage from source systems through ETL pipelines to reporting assets.
Support impact analysis for schema changes, source changes, and reporting requests.
Partner with data owners and SMEs to standardize KPI and metric definitions.
Support reporting and traceability requirements for Medicaid operations and regulatory reporting.
Help ensure data assets meet privacy, security, and compliance requirements including HIPAA.
Assist with audit requests requiring data lineage, documentation, and control evidence.
Partner with ETL developers, BI teams, analysts, QA teams, DBAs, and business stakeholders.
Mentor technical staff on modeling standards, documentation expectations, and governance practices.
Participate in roadmap planning, release planning, and architecture reviews.