Data Governance Lead

Humana

3d • $117,600 - $161,700 • Remote

About The Position

The primary responsibility of the Data Governance Lead at Humana Military is focused on Data Quality. This responsibility is to implement and advance data quality best practices using enterprise governance frameworks. Additionally, the Lead must align those practices to the unique operational, business, and data governance framework needs of Humana Military. This role serves as a key partner across business and technology teams. It helps ensure data is accurate, consistent, reliable, and fit for use. This data supports informed decision-making, operational performance, and compliance expectations. In this remote Lead position, you will report to the Director of Enterprise Data Governance. You will be supporting the tools, processes, and data stewards needed to identify, monitor, and remediate data quality issues across the organization. You will help establish data quality standards, measure and report on data quality performance, guide issue resolution efforts, and drive collaboration among stakeholders to address root causes and strengthen upstream and downstream processes. You will also support process improvement by enabling greater visibility into data issues and helping teams embed stronger quality controls into business operations.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required for this position due to Department of Defense Contract.
• Successfully receive interim approval for government security clearance (NBIS - National Background Investigation Service).
• 7 years of experience in data governance, data quality, or data management roles.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data lineage, business glossary, and data catalog concepts.
• Experience profiling and analyzing data to identify trends, anomalies, risks, gaps, and opportunities for data quality improvement.
• Experience developing data quality scorecards, metrics, and dashboards.
• Technical fluency with SQL, data profiling techniques, data mapping and interpretation of data lineage and transformation logic.
• Experience supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, regulatory, operational, cloud modernization, or AI readiness initiatives through trusted and governed data practices.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree
• 10 years in healthcare, business, or financial services
• Experience with healthcare data (claims, clinical, service operations)
• Experience with data quality platforms such as Ataccama, Collibra, Big Eye, Alation, Informatica, or Microsoft Purview
• Experience with data visualization

Responsibilities

• Implement and advance data quality best practices using enterprise governance frameworks.
• Align data quality practices to the unique operational, business, and data governance framework needs of Humana Military.
• Support the tools, processes, and data stewards needed to identify, monitor, and remediate data quality issues across the organization.
• Establish data quality standards, measure and report on data quality performance.
• Guide issue resolution efforts and drive collaboration among stakeholders to address root causes and strengthen upstream and downstream processes.
• Support process improvement by enabling greater visibility into data issues and helping teams embed stronger quality controls into business operations.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision benefits
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• time off (including paid time off, company and personal holidays, volunteer time off, paid parental and caregiver leave)
• short-term and long-term disability
• life insurance
• bonus incentive plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree