Director, Enterprise Data Management

Description

Medica is a nonprofit health plan with more than a million members that serves communities in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Missouri, and beyond. We deliver personalized health care experiences and partner closely with providers to ensure members are genuinely cared for.

We're a team that owns our work with accountability, makes data-driven decisions, embraces continuous learning, and celebrates collaboration - because success is a team sport. It's our mission to be there in the moments that matter most for our members and employees. Join us in creating a community of connected care, where coordinated, quality service is the norm and every member feels valued.

Medica is seeking a visionary leader to drive the strategic transformation of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will help lead the modernization and execution of data platforms with a strong emphasis on modernizing to cutting edge data technologies. The Director will help champion scalable, governed, and resilient data delivery through metadata-driven design, version control, CI / CD pipelines, and zero-downtime data load architectures.

In partnership with fellow data leaders and business strategy stakeholders, this role will evolve Medica's enterprise data strategy, integrating data from legacy systems and acquisitions into a unified, governed environment that supports enterprise-wide decision-making. The Director will oversee the collection, management, and analysis of data across Medica, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and regulatory requirements including HIPAA and CMS.

A key focus will be enabling robust self-service data access frameworks that empower analysts, data scientists, and business users to discover, query, and visualize data independently. This includes building curated, reusable data products, implementing semantic layers, and enforcing role-based access controls for secure and compliant access. The Director will promote the use of data catalogs, lineage tools, and documentation to enhance transparency and usability across the organization.

This leader will also support cross-functional initiatives to unify data across Medica's ecosystem-including Stars, Risk Adjustment, and Provider Connectivity programs-while collaborating with infrastructure and security teams to maintain secure, cost-effective environments. Additionally, the Director will explore opportunities to integrate AI into data workflows to enhance automation, orchestration, and decision-making capabilities. Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Accountabilities

Enterprise Data Platform Leadership

Own the design, implementation, and management of Medica's enterprise data platforms, including Azure, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric.

Drive adoption of metadata-driven architecture and open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg) to support scalable, governed data delivery.

Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure resilient, secure, and cost-effective environments.

Data Architecture and Engineering

Define and evolve data architecture standards for ingestion, transformation, and delivery across Medica's cloud-native lakehouse environments.

Lead the development of event-driven data flows using Kafka and APIs to support real-time responsiveness.

Align data architecture with enterprise goals, including integration of acquisition data and legacy systems into unified digital pipelines.

Governance and Quality

Partner with the Director of Data Governance to operationalize data governance across domains, driving metadata management, lineage, stewardship, and quality frameworks.

Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations and internal standards, collaborating with legal, compliance, and security teams.

Team Leadership and Organizational Development

Lead and mentor a high-performing team of data architects, engineers, and governance professionals.

Foster a culture of continuous learning, adaptability, and data fluency across the organization.

Champion change management efforts to drive adoption of modern data practices.

Business Partnership and Enablement

Partner with analytics, operations, and functional leaders to deliver reliable data services aligned with strategic goals.

Act as a key advisor to Medica's enterprise data strategy group, shaping priorities and investment paths.

Enable self-service analytics and reporting through curated, reusable data products.

Operational Oversight

Ensure efficient operations, capacity planning, and incident response within the data services domain.

Establish SLAs, KPIs, and reporting to measure platform performance and business impact.

Emerging Technologies Evaluation

Stay informed on emerging data technologies and evaluate their potential to enhance Medica's data capabilities.

Collaborate with AI Platform Infrastructure leadership to explore AI-augmented data delivery and orchestration.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

10+ years of relevant work experience

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite at our Minnetonka, MN or Madison, WI office, on average, 3 days per week.

The full salary grade for this position is $127,800 - $219,000. While the full salary grade is provided, the typical hiring salary range for this role is expected to be between $127,800 - $191,625. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and / or licensure, the position's scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medica's compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

Eligibility to work in the US : Medica does not offer work visa sponsorship for this role. All candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. Employment is contingent on verification of identity and eligibility to work in the United States.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.

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