Data Governance Lead, Stewardship

Medica • Minnetonka, MN

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Medica is a nonprofit health plan with more than a million members that serves communities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, and beyond. We deliver personalized health care experiences and partner closely with providers to ensure members are genuinely cared for. We're a team that owns our work with accountability, makes data-driven decisions, embraces continuous learning, and celebrates collaboration — because success is a team sport. It's our mission to be there in the moments that matter most for our members and employees. Join us in creating a community of connected care, where coordinated, quality service is the norm and every member feels valued. The Data Governance Lead – Stewardship is a key contributor to the definition, implementation and evolution of Medica’s stewardship strategy and model, with a primary focus on the Data Catalog Program. This role helps build, mature and support data governance, stewardship and quality programs, leveraging technical expertise and leadership skills to drive adoption and integration of governance practices across the organization. The Lead acts as Stewardship Lead for the data catalog, ensuring consistency, alignment, and continuous improvement. Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field
• 7 years of work experience beyond degree
• Proven experience in building and maturing data governance and stewardship programs
• Strong technical data skills; experience with data catalog tools and governance frameworks
• Leadership experience with the ability to persuade and influence across the organization
• Health insurance data knowledge preferred; aptitude and curiosity to learn Medica’s data required

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with AI applications in data governance is a plus
• Familiarity or experience with data quality programs preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as Stewardship Lead for the data catalog, defining standards, processes, and role expectations
• Build and mature data governance and quality programs, leveraging technical expertise and leadership skills
• Onboard and support Business Curators and Domain Knowledge Partners; monitor stewardship activity for consistency
• Develop and maintain stewardship dashboards, reporting on progress and catalog quality metrics
• Facilitate alignment between stewardship activities and enterprise governance goals, participate in the Data Governance Stewardship Council
• Gather feedback on stewardship processes and implement improvements
• Create and oversee the implementation of a data steward communication and support plan
• Influence adoption of governance practices through communication, technology enablement, and integration into development workflows
• Explore and leverage AI capabilities and automation opportunities to enhance governance and quality programs

Benefits

• competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees