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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # GOVERNANCE MANAGER - **Company:** OCHIN - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $81,669.0 - $111,070.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Application Portfolio Management, Internet Services, Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe - **Published:** June 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/17182202/Governance-Manager ## About the Role * Minimum of three to five years (five or more years preferred) of experience working in a similar role or performing similar job functions * Skilled in organizing, prioritizing, multi-tasking, and pivoting to address evolving needs preferred. * Advanced verbal and written communication and presentation skills, including the ability to create clear, concise content to reach a variety of audiences, are highly preferred. * Strong administrative, organizational, and leadership skills are preferred. * Experience working in environments that require high integrity, sound judgement, and confidentiality * Experience working with executives and collaborating across teams preferred. * Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft programs (excel and PowerPoint required), Adobe, and Zoom preferred. * Project management experience is preferred. * Prior to moving forward to the team interview, all candidates are required to complete a 50-60-minute competency assessment. The assessment gives us insights into how your strengths, preferences, and work style align with the OCHIN's nine core competencies. It's not about passing or failing-it's about understanding fit and setting you up for success. Physical Requirements/Work Environment: * Consistent interpersonal skills, teamwork, and customer service. Frequent creativity, mentoring, presentations, and teaching. Occasional decision making and independent judgment or action. * Reading, speaking, writing, and understanding English. * While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; stand and walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms. ## Description The Governance Manager oversees and supports governance and administrative activities. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, corporate policy management, oversight of OCHIN's Board and Board committees, coordination of internal committees and member-facing workgroups, and application portfolio management. This position ensures policies, processes, and systems are in place to facilitate effective organization-wide governance., * Collaborate to support governance and administrative activities essential to the organization. * Oversee and lead a range of functions, which may include: * Corporate Policy: Administer corporate policies, ensuring organization-wide access to clear and documented standards that support OCHIN's mission, operations, and regulatory compliance. * Board Governance: Manage the administrative activities of the Board of Directors and its committees, ensuring efficient operations and provide the necessary support to enable the Board to effectively oversee and guide the organization. * Internal and Member-Facing Governance: Develop and maintain a highly effective framework and processes to ensure the governance model is efficient and aligned with organizational priorities and ensure steering committees and workgroups drive impact and are valuable to their members. * Manages the governance framework for member-facing C-suite steering committees and OCHIN's internal committees, partnering with leadership and key stakeholders to ensure timely, effective communication of topics, recommendations, and decisions * Supports strategic work plan and agenda development in collaboration with committee chairs and OCHIN leadership to ensure alignment with organizational prioritiesS * Evaluates and enhances governance structures, identifies gaps, and recommends improvements while maintaining committee charters aligned with organizational strategy * Oversees onboarding for executive sponsors, members, facilitators, and coordinators * Execute meeting facilitation and ensure meetings are meaningful, effective, and outcomes-driven. * Drives engagement strategies to support effective meeting participation and outcomes * Strengthens alignment between executive leadership and governance functions * Develops and implements standardized processes to improve efficiency and consistency * Identifies opportunities and leads efforts to drive outcomes * Application Portfolio Management: Administer specific internal applications and oversee OCHIN's portfolio of internal software applications and tools, ensuring alignment with the organization's strategic goals and operational needs. * Strive for continuous improvement by regularly evaluating opportunities, conducting research, * performing analyses, and providing actionable recommendations to enhance governance functions. * Lead projects and departmental initiatives to establish and achieve defined goals, driving alignment with organizational strategies and priorities. * Other duties as assigned, * This position requires a virtual home-office environment, working remotely and will require that employees be on camera for all virtual meetings. * The role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers and mobile devices. * Travel is required to support OCHIN's business requirements for go-live installations or training which may require travel by air, vehicle, or train. OCHIN is a 100% remote organization with no physical corporate office location. Employees work remotely from home and many of our positions also support our member organizations on-site for new software installations. Nationwide travel is determined based on OCHIN business needs. Please inquire during the interview process about travel requirements for this position. Work from home requirements are: * Ability to work independently and efficiently from a home office environment * High Speed Internet Service * It is a requirement that employees work in a distraction free workplace * Travel up 12-15% may be required nationally based on business requirements for OCHIN We offer a comprehensive range of benefits. See our website for details: https://ochin.org/career COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement To keep our colleagues, members, and communities safe, OCHIN requires all employees-including remote employees, contractors, interns, and new hires-to be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine, as supported by state and federal public health officials, as a condition of employment. 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