Senior Manager, Data Governance

Adtalem Global Education is a national leader in post-secondary education and leading provider of professional talent to the healthcare industry. Adtalem educates and empowers students with the knowledge and skills to become leaders in their communities and make a lasting impact on public health, well-being and beyond. Through equitable access to education, environments that nurture student success, and a focus on expanding and diversifying the talent pipeline in healthcare, Adtalem is building a brighter future for communities and the world.

Adtalem was named one of America’s Most Responsible Companies in 2021 and 2023 by Newsweek and Statista, and one of America’s Best Employers for Diversity in 2021 and 2022 by Forbes and Statista. Adtalem’s family of institutions has more than 300,000 alumni and 10,000 employees. Adtalem is the parent organization of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Chamberlain University, Ross University School of Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine and Walden University.

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Adtalem is a data driven organization. The Data Engineering team builds data solutions that powers strategic and tactical business decisions and supports the Analytics and Artificial Intelligence operations. By implementing data platform, data pipelines and data governance policies this team provides the basis for decision-making in Adtalem.

Adtalem is looking for an experienced and hands-on Senior Manager, Data Governance to Develop, implement and enforce Adtalem's Data Governance strategy using best-in-class approaches that harness appropriate technologies, methodologies, and emerging standards. This person will partner closely with internal business and technology leaders to establish data quality policies and standards, develop controls and promote a culture of compliance, to ensure business critical data is always complete, accurate, governed, and accessible.

Responsibilities

• Develop our Master Data Management (MDM) strategy, ensuring quality of critical data elements & identifying opportunities to increase business value through data. Lead coordination of data quality remediation plans where data fails to meet established data governance standards.
• Coordinate with members of the business and data community to capture requirement, design and run time metadata including data catalogs, data lineage, and operational metadata to improve data literacy.
• Develop data policies and classification taxonomy for data access, data compliance and data retention. Develop data democratization layer for self-served reporting.
• Conduct periodic reviews of the data ecosystem to ensure data policy is being appropriately applied.
• Define roles/responsibilities related to data governance and ensure clear accountability of a data stewardship program. Work with leadership, cross-functional operations teams, and student-facing resources at all levels of the organization.
• Oversee the hiring, training, and development of team members.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.
• Travel Requirements Up to 5%.

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related technical field Required
• Master's Degree Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or other related technical field Preferred
• Eight (8) plus years Multiple data domain areas such as Data Architecture, Data Engineering, MDM, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Privacy and Security etc Required and
• Three (3) plus years Direct leadership experience building and managing a high performing team Required
• A thorough understanding of data governance principles, frameworks and methodologies, and experience applying them in all stages of the data lifecycle.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to recognize and comprehend complex data governance issues, policies, regulatory requirements and industry information affecting the business environment.
• Hands-on experience working with database systems as a data engineer or data scientist.
• Experience working with GCP, AWS or Azure cloud data platform.
• Have proven experience defining a roadmap and managing incremental execution through successful launches.
• Excellent oral/written communication and presentation skills which bring clarity and precision to help management understand and visualize complex material to support organizational decision-making.
• Experience in objectively evaluating current processes for opportunities to optimize inter departmental communication, collaboration, and end-to-end process performance
• Ability to manage multiple, competing priorities
• Must thrive in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $93,596.21 and $169,021.85. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.
  
  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. At Adtalem, we welcome everyone and have a strong commitment towards diversity and inclusion. We encourage our Colleagues to be their true authentic selves and support laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. We also maintain a drug-free workplace.