Associate Director, Metadata Management & Data Governance

Salary: $160-180k

Location: Hybrid. At least 1 day per week onsite in Boston

Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Analytics, Business, Engineering). Master's degree is preferred.
• 10 years of experience in data governance and metadata management, analytics and AI, data science, software engineering, and/or related roles.
• 3 years of experience in biomedical, healthcare, healthtech, life sciences, or other highly regulated industries.
• Extensive hands-on skills in enterprise data catalog platforms such as Informatica, Collibra, Alation, Atlan, Ataccama, or others, including building workflows, managing curation/enrichment, setting governance/controls, building dashboards, and educating users on how to navigate and use.
• 3 years of direct people management experience.
• Demonstrated data platform experience with hands-on expertise in data engineering, data warehouse management, data modeling, and/or data product creation.

Day to day:

Insight Global is looking to hire an Associate Director of Metadata Management & Data Governance for one of their healthcare clients in Boston, MA.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Strategy and Vision Development:

• Engages with a variety of users across the Institute to capture a deep understanding of goals and requirements for metadata management from all perspectives.
• In collaboration with the Director, partner with the Strategy & Architecture team, technical stakeholders across Informatics & Analytics, and end user groups across Research, Clinical Operations, and Business Functions to develop a comprehensive metadata management strategy and vision that aligns with organizational goals, user needs, and I&A data strategy.
• Designs a solution architecture that brings together technical and enriched metadata enabling consumption of linked metadata by all user personas and technical integrations.
• Evaluates our current metadata technology stack against the strategy and user needs.
• Leads robust evaluation and proof-of-concept engagements with new vendors that may better serve our strategy for capabilities with metadata integration, data cataloging and enrichment, data quality, access control plane, and data marketplace requirements.
• Explores opportunities to leverage emerging AI solutions, both within our existing platforms and from new vendors, to simplify metadata management processes and tools.
• Develops a comprehensive program roadmap and workstream project plans to enable and operationalize strategic transformation.

2. Data Catalog and Governance Platform Implementation and Management:

• Builds and maintains a comprehensive metadata catalog covering data from source to consumption, helping all users discover, understand, access, trust, and use data and analytics assets to drive impact for the Institute.
• Leads critical workstreams and coordinate working groups, including planning, executing tasks, managing timelines and risks, and communications.
• Designs and implements a framework and workflows for metadata enrichment and glossary content curation that enable employees throughout the Institute to appropriately take responsibility for their data.
• Ensures a usable platform for all stakeholder personas, including conducting user interviews, training sessions, and establishing clear communication channels.

3. Process and Policy Development and Documentation

• Establishes, documents, and maintains data governance processes and policies in partnership with the Director and stakeholders across functions including Informatics & Analytics, Legal, Compliance, departmental leaders, and various governance committees. These will include data enrichment, asset curation, access controls, data ownership and stewardship, data observability and quality, and compliance.
• Conducts pilots of new approaches with stakeholders to optimize processes for efficiency and value.
• Oversees continuous improvement in data governance strategies and practices while monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness and impact value of data governance initiatives.
• Drives and holds accountable necessary review processes with data owners and stewards to ensure completeness and approval of glossary content.
• Reports progress, roadblocks, and value generation of this program to leadership.

4. Stakeholder and User Community Engagement

• Builds and maintains strong relationships with stakeholders across persona types and Institute functions, ensuring their needs and expectations are met, and driving change management.
• Develops an engaged community of practice for metadata management with representation across persona types where best practices are shared, questions are answered, and support and training are delivered.
• Drives product management and stakeholder engagement interactions, including resolving vendor issues and ensuring smooth communication channels.