Senior Data Governance Manager

The Senior Data Governance Manager is a strategic leader within Catalight’s Enterprise Data & Analytics organization, responsible for establishing, operationalizing, and maturing enterprise-wide data governance capabilities across the organization’s healthcare, analytics, and AI/ML ecosystems. Reporting to the Director of Data & Analytics, this role serves as the primary authority for data governance, data stewardship, metadata management, data quality, and regulatory compliance related to HIPAA, PII, and PHI. This role works closely with the Senior Data Architect, Senior Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, Business Intelligence Analysts, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure data assets are secure, compliant, trustworthy, well-documented, and appropriately governed for operational reporting, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives.Enterprise Data Governance Leadership Establish, lead, and continuously mature Catalight’s enterprise data governance program, policies, standards, and operating model Define governance frameworks for data quality, metadata management, lineage, stewardship, access management, retention, and lifecycle management Develop governance roadmaps and maturity strategies aligned with Catalight’s analytics, AI/ML, and data democratization objectives Establish governance councils, stewardship programs, and cross-functional governance processes across business and technical teams Define and maintain enterprise standards for governed data usage across analytics and AI/ML workloads HIPAA, PII PHI Compliance Serve as the primary subject matter expert for HIPAA, PHI, PII, and healthcare data governance requirements within the Data & Analytics organization Define and enforce data classification, handling, retention, masking, and access control standards for sensitive healthcare data Partner with Security, Compliance, Legal, and Technology teams to ensure data governance practices align with regulatory and organizational requirements Support audit readiness, compliance reporting, risk assessments, and remediation efforts related to healthcare and regulated data Establish governance controls to ensure appropriate segregation and protection of sensitive and non-sensitive analytical environments Snowflake Governance & Data Platform Stewardship Lead governance strategy and standards for Catalight’s Snowflake data platform Define and maintain governance standards for Snowflake object naming, role-based access controls (RBAC), data sharing, metadata management, and data lifecycle processes Partner with the Senior Data Architect and Senior Data Engineer to ensure governance controls are operationalized within Snowflake pipelines, data models, and access patterns Support implementation and governance of medallion architecture, semantic layers, curated data products, and governed self-service analytics capabilities Monitor and improve data quality, consistency, lineage, and usability across enterprise Snowflake environments Metadata, Lineage & Data Stewardship Establish and maintain enterprise metadata standards, business glossaries, data dictionaries, and lineage documentation Define stewardship responsibilities and partner with business stakeholders to improve data ownership and accountability Enable governed self-service analytics and data discovery through standardized metadata and cataloging practices Drive enterprise adoption of data stewardship and governance best practices across technical and non-technical teams AI/ML Governance & Emerging Technology Enablement Metadata, Lineage & Data Stewardship Establish and maintain enterprise metadata standards, business glossaries, data dictionaries, and lineage documentation Define stewardship responsibilities and partner with business stakeholders to improve data ownership and accountability Enable governed self-service analytics and data discovery through standardized metadata and cataloging practices Drive enterprise adoption of data stewardship and governance best practices across technical and non-technical teams Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with the Senior Data Architect to align governance policies with enterprise data architecture standards Collaborate with the Senior Data Engineer to operationalize governance controls, monitoring, and quality validation within data pipelines Work closely with BI Analysts and business stakeholders to improve trust, usability, and consistency of enterprise reporting assets Communicate governance standards, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Contribute to enterprise analytics strategy, roadmap planning, and organizational data maturity initiatives Program Management & Continuous Improvement Define governance KPIs, maturity metrics, and adoption measurements Lead governance-related training, documentation, and organizational change management initiatives Establish repeatable governance workflows and operational processes that scale with organizational growth