Premise Health

Healthcare Without Rival

Premise Health is the world's leading direct healthcare provider and one of the largest digital providers in the country, serving over 11 million eligible lives across more than 2,500 of the largest commercial and municipal employers in the U.S. Premise partners with its clients to offer fully connected care – in-person and in the digital environment. It operates more than 800 onsite and near-site wellness centers in 45 states and Guam, delivering care through the Digital Wellness Center and onsite, near-site, mobile, and event solutions. 

Premise delivers value by simplifying complexity and breaking down barriers to give diverse member populations access to convenient, integrated, high-quality care. We offer more than 30 products, delivering the breadth and depth of care required to serve organizations' total populations. The result is healthcare that meets the needs of members and their families, helping them live healthier while lowering costs for organizations. 

Premise offers a wide range of dynamic, purpose-driven career opportunities. We are currently looking for a Manager of Data Governance & MDM to join our team remotely.  

About the role:  The MDM & Data Governance Manager is the operational and strategic lead for our data-governance program and enterprise MDM hub, ensuring a single, trusted source of truth for patients, providers, facilities, and payors. Partnering with clinical, revenue-cycle, and analytics leaders, you will translate governance policy into scalable processes, drive MDM roadmap execution, and mentor a small team of data stewards and solution engineers.

The Manager, Data Governance reports to the Vice President, Data Governance

Essential Functions:

• Program Leadership & Strategy - Define and iterate the enterprise data-governance framework (policies, standards, operating model).  
• Maintain the MDM and data-quality roadmap aligned to organizational OKRs and regulatory needs.
• Team Management - Lead 4–6 FTEs covering data stewardship, quality engineering, and MDM configuration; foster a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.  
• Governance Operations - Organize the Data-Domain Councils; coordinate policy approvals, issue triage, and change-control. 
• Oversee metadata curation, data-quality scorecards, lineage, and business-glossary adoption (DCAM / DAMA).
• Solution Oversight & Delivery – Approval of conceptual, logical, and physical designs for new entities and match/merge schemas. 
• Guide CI/CD pipeline design, release management, and performance tuning in cloud & on-prem hubs.
• Risk, Compliance & Evangelism - Ensure HIPAA/HITRUST compliance, incident response, and audit readiness. 
• Establish and maintain comprehensive data governance policies, procedures, and standards aligned with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Define data ownership and stewardship roles, assigning clear accountability for data quality and compliance.
• Drive data-literacy campaigns and executive dashboards that demonstrate governance ROI.
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive data governance program and integrate it into organizational processes from strategic planning to tactical activities.
• Develop data quality metrics and monitoring processes to identify and address data issues proactively.
• Design and maintain the operational data model, ensuring data consistency and accuracy across different systems and applications.
• Collaborate with data architects and engineers to implement the data model within the organization's data infrastructure.
• Utilize data governance tools and methodologies to support Premise Health data management initiatives.
• Manage data lineage and mapping to track data flow and transformations across systems.
• Educate and train stakeholders on data governance policies, standards, and data quality expectations.
• Collaborate with business units to understand their data needs and align them with data governance principles.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration between technical teams and business users regarding data management practices.
• Conduct data quality assessments and audits to identify areas for improvement.
• Implement data cleansing and remediation processes to address data quality issues.
• Develop and execute data quality improvement initiatives across the organization.
• Participate in roadmap development for technology solutions supporting governance programs
• Measure and report the actual results of the governance strategy to its plan.
• Mentor and coach team members. Opportunities for direct report relationships exist in this role.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s in Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Informatics, or related field (Master’s or MBA a plus)
• 7 + years in data governance, data-quality, or MDM, including 3 + years formal people or project leadership.
• Demonstrated ownership of an enterprise-class MDM implementation preferably in a healthcare setting (patient, provider, customer, or product).
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (HL7 v2/v3, FHIR R4, ICD-10, CPT, NPI), HIPAA privacy/security, and value-based-care analytics.
• Proven success in coordinating with governance bodies, writing policies, and operationalizing stewardship workflows.
• Leading and mentoring an MDM team and maintaining relationships with Data Owners and Data Stewards.
• At least 3 years of managerial experience

Preferred Experience:

• Preferred Certifications: DAMA CDMP, DCAM, Informatica/Reltio/Profisee, or HITRUST
• Knowledge of emerging trends tools, methodologies and best practices in information technology and security (e.g., data catalogs, metadata management, data quality tools) Microsoft Purview preferred.
• Knowledge of software implementation and project management
• Knowledge of IT risk controls and compliance frameworks (e.g. SOC2, ISO 27001, NIST 800 series, ITIL)
• Hands-on with MDM platforms like Informatica 360, Reltio, IBM InfoSphere, Profisee, Semarchy, etc.
• Functional understanding of deploying data solutions on Azure or AWS; Git, CI/CD (Azure DevOps / Jenkins), containerization basics
• Experience with: SQL; data-modeling (ERwin, PowerDesigner); metadata/catalog (Collibra, Alation, Azure Purview); BI (Qlik, Power BI or Tableau)
• Knowledge of Information Security principles, policies, and practices; web application security; information controls and audit methodology for business systems and data processing environments
• Ability to evaluate governance ideas and requests from multiple sources and articulate a rationale for those that are worth pursuing.
• Influential communicator who translates technical topics into business value for clinicians & executives.
• Proven coach and mentor; committed to developing team skillsets and promoting data-centric culture.
• Organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable balancing strategic vision with hands-on execution.
• Ability to make and defend decisions related to economic trade-offs and prioritization.
• Ability to define and lead governance discovery and definition activities, develop business cases, and design conceptual solutions.
• Ability to document business, market or governance requirements and create functional design specifications.
• Ability to create written, graphic, and summary documents and presentations for internal and external use in communicating governance goals and objectives.
• Ability to understand and effectively communicate business needs that inform how data should be collected, managed, stored, and used and the business impacts that happen because of changes in data or because of not addressing data issues
• In depth knowledge of data management and governance best practices, data modeling, and database/data warehousing concepts
• Deep expertise for data domains (provider groups, practitioners, payers, members, etc.)
• Working knowledge of industry governance frameworks
• Strong working knowledge and application of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Ability to build consensus and motivate others to action.
• Ability to synthesize data into actionable information.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with executive, business and technical stakeholders using their terminology.
• Exceptional written, presentation and oral communication skills
• Ability to implement, scale, and optimize technology for governance programs
• Ability to work with teams and management on complex projects
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to learn and research new concepts, ideas, and technologies quickly
• Ability taking a concept from idea to completion

Work-life balance is at the foundation of how decisions are made and where Premise is headed. We can only help people get, stay, and be well if we do the same for ourselves. In addition to competitive pay, Premise offers benefits packages including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k), paid holidays and vacation time, a company-sponsored wellness program, and much more our talent acquisition team will be happy to share with you. 

Premise Health is an equal opportunity employer; we value inclusion, and we do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status.

For individuals living in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington; as well as, for individuals living in or reporting to New York State only, Premise Health is required to include an estimate of the salary and benefits for this role. While a number of factors influence salary, our estimated California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Washington, and New York compensation is $114,000 - $140,000 with eligible bonus opportunity. Please note, this is a general guideline and your experience qualifications, geographic location, and other factors will be taken into consideration. For more information regarding the benefits we offer, please visit our career site, jobs.premisehealth.com/benefits.