Data Governance Lead, Stewardship

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.

Key Accountabilities

• 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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in related field
• 7 years of work experience beyond degree

Skills and Abilities

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

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite, on average, 3 days per week. We are open to candidates located near one of the following office locations: Minnetonka, MN, or Madison, WI.

The full salary grade for this position is $88,800 - $152,300. While the full salary grade is provided, the typical hiring salary range for this role is expected to be between $88,800 - $133,245. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and/or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to compensation, Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica's compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Eligibility to work in the US: Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship for this role. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.