Job Responsibilities:
• Review current DCH Enterprise Data Management Strategy (EDMS) and supporting supplements to update and/or improve as necessary
• Establish a data governance implementation roadmap to support the DCH EDMS and established strategic priorities
• Roll out an enterprise data governance framework with a focus on realizing business value within six months
• Identify organizational behavior modifications required to support the implementation of the data governance framework
• Assist with the facilitation of organizational behavior modifications required to support the implementation of the data governance framework
• Ensure each data governance role is clear of its responsibilities and is held accountable for performing their data governance duties
• Work with each data governance role to ensure functional and non-functional requirements are well understood, incorporated into planning activities, and operationalized across the enterprise
• Identify gaps in resource needs and data governance activities and make recommendations to fill gaps
• Establish and govern data governance activities to ensure they meet desired outcome
• Develop and maintain an inventory of Data Governance assets
• Facilitate the development and implementation of standards and polices which support each data management knowledge area, per the Data Management Book of Knowledge (DMBOK)
• Establish adoption strategies to ensure adoption standards and policies are being followed policies across the enterprise
• Define and develop a mechanism for monitoring performance and quality metrics related to the compliance of established data governance standards and policies
• Monitor data governance measures and outcomes and identify areas of improvement
• Provide data governance updates to the DCH Division Director’s team and other stakeholders, as needed
• Plan and facilitate data governance meetings
• Provide input to data governance workgroups activities to ensure alignment with data governance strategies and activities
• Coordinate efforts of part-time data governance resources to ensure overall data governance goals are accomplished
• Manage relationships at multiple organizational levels to support the overall data governance goals
• Identify new business opportunities pertaining to the use of data assets to achieve efficiency and effectiveness
• Serve as champion for data governance efforts
Minimum Qualifications:
• Ten years of data management experience in a major organization
• Knowledge of the data management book of knowledge
• Knowledge of industry leading data quality and data security management practices
• Knowledge of data governance practices and business and technology issues related to the management of enterprise-wide data assets
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and emerging trends and issues
• Demonstrated consulting skills with experience in change management, including culture change
• Demonstrated ability to communicate to senior leadership
• Recognized subject matter expert with the demonstrated ability to affect change
• Bachelor’s degree in a related subject
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or Information Management, or related subject
Desired Skills:
• Leadership
o Results orientation, willingness to commit to a direction and drive operations to completion
o Demonstrated ability to manage adversity and challenging situations
o Ability to articulate vision of transformation efforts
o High personal and professional integrity
• Relationship Management
o Ability to develop cooperative and constructive relationships
o Ability to handle complaints, settle disputes, and resolve conflicts and negotiate with others
o Ability to collaborate with a team
o Ability to identify and understand the existing organizational culture
o Ability to build trust and cooperation amongst a team
• Oversight and Decision-making
o Highly developed skills in priority setting and aligning to a Departmental strategy
o Ability to break down complex problems into manageable goals