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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DG Program Lead - **Company:** Inceptra Solutions LLC - **Location:** Minneapolis, MN, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, JIRA, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Security, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set, Role-Based Access Control, Data Classification, Collibra, Data Management, Software Version Control, Databricks - **Published:** August 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/801ccf14-0fc6-48e9-955d-a3cfb0ef7502 ## About the Role Required * 7+ years in data management, data governance, or enterprise program management. * Hands-on experience with an enterprise data catalog (Alation strongly preferred; Collibra, Informatica Axon, or Atlan acceptable). * Demonstrated experience running a governance program across multiple business domains, not just one department. * Strong written communication skills with the ability to write data policies, governance playbooks, and executive briefing materials that are clear, precise, and stakeholder-appropriate. * Experience facilitating workshops with business and technical stakeholders and running a DQ dimension workshop with a domain VP and a team of engineers in the same room. Preferred * Health plan or healthcare payer experience, including HEDIS, Stars, Medicare Advantage, and HIPAA. * Experience with Jira for governance workflow management, not just engineering sprint tracking. * Familiarity with Great Expectations or equivalent Data Quality framework. * Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog or equivalent data access governance layer. * CDMP Practitioner or Master level certification., Skills / Client Expectations * Prior experience with Alation * Strong expertise in Data Governance * Excellent Executive-Level Communication skills * Proven Program Management experience * Healthcare Domain Expertise preferred * Experience working across multiple business domains and governance stakeholders * Ability to work from the client office in Eagan, MN at least 3 days per week ## Description The DG Program Lead is the operational engine of the Data Governance Office (DGO). DG Program Lead runs the day-to-day machinery: domain onboarding, policy workflow, Council pack preparation, Alation governance configuration, and the Data Owner engagement process across all data domains. This is a high-output individual contributor and team lead role, equal parts program manager, governance practitioner, and internal consultant., * Own the program plan: maintain the Jira project board, track milestones against the 24-month roadmap, flag risks and blockers to the DGO Lead weekly. * Prepare the monthly Council scorecard pack: pull the KPI metrics, draft the narrative, identify escalations, and present the supporting slide. DGO Lead presents, DG Program Lead owns the content. * Coordinate the monthly DG Council: agenda, pre-reads, domain escalations, policy review items, and action tracking. * Own the program communications calendar: all-hands kickoff, domain workshop scheduling, steward onboarding, literacy curriculum assignment. Domain Onboarding & Governance Activation * Lead the Data domain pilot end-to-end: Data Owner designation, Steward onboarding, Alation orientation, domain workshop delivery (co-facilitated with Literacy Academy), DQ dimension workshop with the DQ Engineer. * Build the domain onboarding playbook from the pilot, the repeatable template used for all other remaining domains in phases. * Drive Data Owner designation across all data domains: coordinate with each domain product owner, manage the designation form process in Jira, track completion against the 30-day Council commitment. * Onboard Data Stewards to Alation: coordinate Alation Academy enrollment, run the Steward orientation session, track the 6-week curation ramp for each new Steward. * Manage the data issue intake process: own the P1/P2/P3 Jira queue, ensure SLA adherence is tracked for program KPI, maintain and follow escalation process. Policy & Standards * Draft all program domains data policies for DGO Lead review and Council approval, starting with the key foundational policies. * Maintain the policy register: version control, review schedule, annual renewal coordination. * Own the data classification policy: work with InfoSec to ensure Alation sensitivity tags align to the Unity Catalog RBAC tiers. * Author the domain governance playbooks: per-domain documentation of Data Owner, Steward, DPO, DQ thresholds, glossary scope, and AI data governance checklist process. Alation Governance Layer * Work with the Alation Catalog Engineer to configure the governance workflow in Alation: approval chains, steward assignment, policy publication, DQ Certificate issuance process. * Own the business glossary governance: term proposal workflow, approval routing, publication standards. * Monitor Alation catalog coverage monthly: track program KPI (catalog coverage %) across all domains, identify gaps, and assign remediation to the relevant Steward or DPO. * Coordinate AI data governance in Alation: ensure model cards are registered, lineage is documented from source to model input, and the AI data governance checklist is completed for each active AI use case., * Systematic Thinker: Able to see the full data domain program and still execute the day-to-day pilot detail simultaneously. * Clear Writer: Governance only works if the policies and playbooks are understood. This person writes so non-data people get it. * Follows Through: The single biggest failure mode in governance programs is well-designed commitments that nobody tracks. This role exists to prevent that. * Comfortable with Ambiguity: This program is new. 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