Remote Senior Data Governance Lead

Job Summary

Are you a transitioning military service member or a military spouse looking to gain civilian work experience committed to putting health first?

The DoW Skill Bridge Internship and Military Spouse Career Accelerator Fellowship Programs provide eligible participants with hands‑on experience, training, and exposure to Humana's culture, teams, and business priorities.

You will be a partner with your team to support members, projects, and to meet goals impacting business outcomes. The professionals you work with at Humana will depend on the type of internship you select, including healthcare professionals, HR, and IT, to name a few. The objective is to support and facilitate care for members.

To be eligible, you must be a transitioning service member approved to participate in the DoW Skill Bridge, or a military spouse approved to participate in the Military Spouse Fellowship Program.

• Research enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, policies, and existing internal practices to inform the development of a foundational Data Governance Implementation Guide.

• Support the creation and documentation of a practical implementation approach that guides business areas through required data governance activities for new business initiatives.

• Help define how business areas should identify, document, classify, manage, and govern data throughout the planning, design, implementation, and operational phases of new business work.

• Partner with Enterprise Data Governance leadership to translate governance requirements into clear guidance, checklists, templates, decision points, and adoption steps.

• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to understand operational needs, current‑state practices, and areas where additional governance rigor is needed.

• Support alignment of the implementation guide with enterprise architecture, data management, data quality, data stewardship, data dictionary, data sensitivity, metadata, and data flow documentation expectations.

• Document roles and responsibilities for business areas, data owners, data stewards, technology partners, and governance stakeholders involved in implementing data governance requirements.

• Assist in defining repeatable processes for applying data governance to new business, including intake, assessment, documentation, approvals, issue escalation, and ongoing monitoring.

• Support the development of communication, education, and roll‑out materials to help business areas adopt the Data Governance Implementation Guide.

• Participate in stakeholder review sessions, gather feedback, document decisions, and incorporate updates into the implementation guide and supporting materials.

• Help identify opportunities to improve consistency, transparency, and accountability in how data governance requirements are embedded into business operations and technology delivery.

• Support the establishment of adoption metrics, progress tracking, and reporting mechanisms to monitor implementation of data governance practices across business areas.

• Contribute to process improvement by helping teams understand how strong governance practices support reliable data, informed decision-making, operational performance, compliance expectations, and reduced business risk.

• You must be a transitioning service member eligible to participate in the DoW Skill Bridge or a military spouse eligible to participate in the military spouse career accelerator fellowship.

• Our government contract requires U.S. citizenship for this position.

• Successfully receive interim approval for government security clearance (NBIS – National Background Investigation Service).

• HGB is not authorized to do work in Puerto Rico per our government contract. We are not able to hire candidates that are currently living in Puerto Rico.

• Bachelor's degree.

• 7 years of experience in data governance, data quality, or data management roles.

• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data lineage, business glossary, and data catalog concepts.

• Experience profiling and analyzing data to identify trends, anomalies, risks, gaps, and opportunities for data quality improvement.

• Exper…