Data Governance Program Manager Job Lincoln area,Nebraska USA,IT/Tech

General Summary

Responsible for the establishment and maintenance of Bryan Health data and AI governance program and infrastructure. As the organization's data and AI governance champion, collaborates with leaders and data stewards across Bryan Health to develop, implement, and execute the organization's data and AI governance strategies, policies, and procedures and serves as the technical expert in the quality of foundational data supporting operations, analytics, and AI.

As a critical part of Bryan's Data Analytics Center of Excellence, recommends data and AI governance policies to entity governance for review and approval, while working with Data Analytics, IT and key business units to constantly improve data definitions, integrity, security, and reliability, ensuring high-quality inputs for analytics and AI models. Additionally, the Data Governance Program Manager works closely with Data Engineering and Analytics to embed governance principles into data source architecture and maintenance.

Principal

Job Functions

Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.

Participates in or supports work stream planning process.

Effectively communicates with executive sponsors, project advocates, leaders, and data stewards to help them understand and apply policy and principles of data and AI governance while ensuring that deliverables meet business requirements.

Develops and plays a hands‑on role in operationalizing an organization‑wide data and AI governance strategy, framework and roadmap that aligns with the organization's overall data, analytics, AI, and data security strategy.

Defines and enforces data standards, data classification, and data protection guidelines to ensure consistent and reliable data across systems, processes, and business units.

Translates Data and AI governance policies and standards into actionable strategies and implementable solutions, ensuring practical application and demonstratable impact on data reliability.

Develops and implements policies and standards for managing data used in AI models to ensure quality, security, privacy, and compliance with relevant regulations.

Collaborates with business stakeholders, data owners and data stewards to establish data and AI governance roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities within the organization.

Collaborates with Data Science and AI/ML teams to ensure the reliability of data used in AI training, validation, and deployment.

Aligns data governance policies with AI development lifecycle, ensuring proper data stewardship and governance throughout the AI project lifecycle.

Conducts assessments to identify data issues, gaps, and opportunities for improvement, using SQL, scripting, and analytics tools to analyze data quality and validate adherence to governance standards.

Provides guidance and training to business users and data stewards on data and AI governance policies, procedures, and best practices.

Leads data fluency initiatives by applying strong analytical skills and delivering clear, effective coaching that builds staff confidence in using data.

Collaborates with Data Council, Advisory Teams, and other governance groups for program oversight and issue resolution.

Identifies and mitigates risks related to AI data, including bias, fairness, and privacy concerns, to support responsible AI practices.

Works closely with Data Analytics and IT to design and implement data governance tools, technologies, and platforms to provide data quality checks, data cataloging, and data lineage tracking.

Stays up to date with AI and data governance industry trends, emerging technologies, regulatory changes, and standards around the evolving legal, ethical, and technological standards related to AI and data governance, and proactively recommends improvements and enhancements to governance frameworks.

Ensures that data used in AI systems complies with data privacy laws and organizational policies and maintains auditability of AI data pipelines.

Engages and advises the Bryan Data Council on project prioritization and other agenda items as needed.

Develops effective collaborative relationships with stakeholders across…