Modern Cloud Data Strategy Lead
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Data strategy leader partnering with cloud technical leadership for healthcare organizations. Overseeing data governance initiatives and facilitating stakeholder alignment for cloud data programs.
Responsibilities:
- Lead this dimension of the engagement for Prominence clients.
- Partner directly with a Cloud Platform Leader who handles architectural and engineering workstreams, while you own everything related to people, process, operating model, and governance.
- Design and stand up a modern cloud data governance program from the ground up — no template provided, no prior playbook to inherit
- Define and operationalize data ownership, stewardship structures, and accountability frameworks across client organizations
- Lead stakeholder alignment across clinical, operational, IT, legal, and executive leadership — translating technical realities into language that drives organizational decision-making
- Develop policies, standards, and operating procedures for data access, quality, classification, lineage, and lifecycle management in a cloud environment
- Establish a data governance council or equivalent governing body, including charter, cadence, roles, and escalation paths
- Partner closely with the Cloud Platform Leader to ensure that technical design decisions have corresponding process and accountability structures
- Lead change management strategy: assess organizational readiness, design adoption plans, and build the internal capability needed to sustain programs post-engagement
- Advise on data literacy initiatives that close the gap between platform investment and actual usage
- Define success metrics for governance maturity and track progress against them
- Contribute to Prominence's internal methodology, codifying learnings from client engagements into repeatable frameworks for the practice
Requirements:
- 15+ years of progressive experience in data strategy, data governance, or enterprise information management — with at least five years in a senior leadership or principal consultant capacity
- Demonstrated track record of establishing a data governance program at an organization where no formal program previously existed — you have done this, not just advised on it
- Deep experience in healthcare IT, including familiarity with clinical and operational data domains, regulatory considerations (HIPAA, HITRUST, etc.), and the complexity of health system data ecosystems
- Proven ability to operate without a defined playbook — comfortable with ambiguity, able to structure work from first principles, and confident setting direction in novel environments
- Experience working alongside technical cloud platform teams, with the credibility to engage substantively on architecture decisions and the judgment to redirect technical scope when governance implications are overlooked
- Strong executive presence and stakeholder influence skills — able to move C-suite conversations, align competing constituencies, and drive decisions that stick
- Experience leading or embedding within consulting engagements, not just internal programs
- Strongly Preferred
- Familiarity with governance tooling relevant to healthcare data environments (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, or equivalent)
- Exposure to cloud-native data platforms and their embedded governance tools — Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, AWS, GCP — at a conceptual and process level sufficient to govern them effectively
- Experience with Epic's analytics ecosystem and the governance implications of self-service reporting environments
- Familiarity with data mesh, data product, or federated governance models in large enterprise settings
- Prior experience in a CDAIO, CDO, or VP of Data role at a health system or health-adjacent organization
Benefits:
- Competitive Salaried and Hybrid Compensation Plans
- Health Care Plan (Medical, HSAs, Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k)
- Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
- Dependent & Health Savings Accounts
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Paid Time Off (Vacation/Sick & Public Holidays)
- Training & Development Fund
- Work From Home
- Charitable Giving to Causes You Believe In
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