Lead Data Steward

What you will be doing:

This position executes on the tactical plan to deliver master, reference or transaction data that is accurate, timely, consistent, complete and trusted across the enterprise as "the source of truth" This position will play an integral role in the day-to-day operations, development and decision making in multiple domains.

This position will provide input into the tactical and strategic plan, provides day-to-day direction and carries out job responsibilities with minimal level of senior management involvement, , recommends, understands, and implements standards in a healthcare focused environment. May lead small teams for a fixed or variable period. Emphasis is on data integrity, process improvements, and conformity of information.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibility #1 - 40%

Master Data Management:

• Data Content & Collection - Populate data content per metadata, reference data, identifiers, responsible/ accountable for identification, classification & enrichment in multiple domains per tactical plan

• Standardization & Enrichment - Thoroughly understands processes to match data to master, reference or 3rd party data sets and enrichment rules for attributes

• Metadata Management - Defines and populates metadata, recommends additional metadata, publish usability

• Data Quality & Profiling - Understands, implements, recommends and measures (profiling) accuracy, completeness consistency, recommend tools/processes

• Data Standards & Practices - Has high level understanding, helps implement and enforce, engages with standard bodies and members, mapping one standard to other

• DM Framework & Maturity - Understands & adheres to framework, designs plan for new maturity level

• Data Security/Privacy - Provides input and knowledgeable of issues and concepts

• Data Governance - Creates data glossaries, dictionaries, and tracks lineage for any data spec in data governance tooling.

Responsibility #2 - 25%

Relationships & Cross Team Collaboration

• Interact with business to create and work towards KPIs, SLAs and exceptions,

• Initiate, recommend, and implement cross-functional team process improvements

• Build relationships with cross functional team leaders and help foster cross functional team collaboration

• May manage small team for fixed/variable periods

• May manage projects involving remote team in India

Responsibility #3 - 20%

Industry, Member, Supplier Engagement:
* Skilled at engaging, participating with, and influencing industry/members/suppliers, and knowledgeable about data standards organizations

Responsibility #4 - 10%

System and Process Enhancements:
* Provide input and approves recommendations
* Effectively articulates to technical team and validates enhancements via User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
* Support implementation of components of data management services for improving downstream application functionally and content

Responsibility #5 - 5%

Outreach

• Effectively communicate with suppliers, members, or internal staff to obtain or confirm information.

Required Qualifications

Work Experience:

Education:

Preferred Qualifications

Skills:

• Data standardization and cleansing

• Critical thinking and analytics skills. Ability to see trends in data and determine the relevant updates.

• Highly proficient in data manipulation skills and strong attention to detail

• Problem Solving - discover root cause and develop plan for resolving

• Procedural documentation

• Data Stewardship

• Database Navigation and Querying - SQL, Tableau, GBQ, Databricks

• Microsoft Office - especially Excel

• Proficient with workflow applications

• Ability to leverage AI

Experience:

• Materials Management

• Data Analytics

• Purchasing

• Data Integration discipline

• Industry classifications and standards such as UNSPSC, UDI, NDC, GLN, HIN, DEA etc.

• Healthcare master or transaction data

Education:

• Bachelor's or master's Degree; Data Management Certification

Additional Job Requirements:

• Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time

• Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines

• Attention to detail

• Operate computer programs and software

• Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.

• Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)

• Making independent decisions

• Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Employees also receive access to the following benefits:

* Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance

* 401k retirement program

* Paid time off

* Participation in Premier's employee incentive plans

* Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities

Premier at a glance:

• Ranked #1 on Charlotte's Healthiest Employers list for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and 21st Healthiest Employer in America (2023)

• Named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute for the 16th year in a row

• Modern Healthcare Best in Business Awards: Consultant - Healthcare Management (2024)

• The only company to be recognized by KLAS twice for Overall Healthcare Management Consulting

For a listing of all of our awards, please visit the Awards and Recognition section on our company website.

Employees receive:

• Perks and discounts

• Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Premier is looking for smart, agile individuals like you to help us transform the healthcare industry. Here you will find critical thinkers who have the freedom to make an impact. Colleagues who share your thirst to learn more and do things better. Teammates committed to improving the health of a nation. See why incredible challenges require incredible people.

Premier is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful discrimination because of their age, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, pregnancy status, genetic information, status as a victim of domestic violence, covered military or protected veteran status (e.g., status as a Vietnam Era veteran, disabled veteran, special disabled veteran, Armed Forces Serviced Medal veteran, recently separated veteran, or other protected veteran) disability, or any other applicable federal, state or local protected class, trait or status or that of persons with whom an applicant associates. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Premier complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer.

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