[Hiring] Data and AI Governance Specialist @Franciscan Health

Role Description

The Data & AI Governance Specialist at Franciscan Alliance is responsible for establishing and operationalizing data and AI governance practices that support high-quality patient care, operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and strategic decision-making. This role serves as a bridge between clinical, business, analytics, and technology teams to ensure data and AI assets are trusted, secure, compliant, and used responsibly across the organization.

• Support several efforts and processes relevant to enterprise data governance, metadata management, data quality monitoring, AI enablement, data catalog management, and self-service analytics enablement.
• Ensure data integrity, responsible AI adoption, healthcare regulatory compliance, and alignment with organizational objectives and values.
• Responsible for the technical implementation, administration, and continuous improvement of the organization's data and AI governance capabilities.
• Design, configure, and support the platforms, tools, workflows, and automation that enable effective governance of enterprise data assets and artificial intelligence solutions.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field.
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Public Health, or related field.
• 5 years Experience in data governance, analytics, business intelligence, data management, information governance, or related disciplines. Required.
• 3 years Experience gathering, documenting, and translating business requirements into technical and functional specifications. Required.
• 3 years Experience working with various data and/or AI governance areas, including responsible AI practices, risk management, or AI-related initiatives. Required.
• 2 years Healthcare or healthcare analytics including HIPAA, healthcare data privacy, and regulatory requirements. Preferred.
• 3 years Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Atlan, Informatica, ServiceNow or similar governance related technologies. Preferred.
• 2 years Epic EHR, including Clarity, Caboodle, Cogito, and healthcare data domains. Preferred.
• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) - DAMA.
• IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP).

Requirements

• Governance Administer, configure, and optimize data and AI governance platforms, including data catalogs, metadata repositories, business glossaries, AI inventories, governance workflows, and stewardship tools.
• Support the development, implementation, and adoption of enterprise data and AI governance policies, standards, procedures, controls, and best practices through governance technology and automation solutions.
• Develop and maintain automated governance workflows that support data stewardship, AI intake and review processes, issue management, approvals, policy compliance, and lifecycle tracking.
• Manage and maintain data catalogs, business glossaries, metadata, and data lineage information to ensure accurate documentation, transparency, and visibility of enterprise data assets.
• Monitor data quality metrics, identify issues, coordinate remediation efforts, and support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance the accuracy, consistency, and reliability of enterprise data.
• Assist with AI governance processes, including AI inventory management, documentation, risk assessments, model reviews, monitoring activities, and compliance evaluations.
• Develop governance dashboards, scorecards, metrics, and reporting capabilities that provide visibility into governance activities, data quality performance, compliance status, and AI governance effectiveness.
• Collect, document, and track AI use cases and support the evaluation, prioritization, and governance review of AI initiatives based on business value, risk, and organizational readiness.
• Design and support integrations between governance platforms and enterprise systems to improve automation, traceability, monitoring, and adoption of governance practices.
• Partner with Privacy, Security, Compliance, Legal, Analytics, and business stakeholders to assess risks, support governance reviews, and ensure the secure, ethical, and compliant use of data and AI solutions.
• Provide governance training, guidance, and operational support to data owners, data stewards, analysts, and business users while promoting governance accountability and stewardship across the organization.
• Support self-service analytics initiatives by enabling trusted, governed, and certified data assets while ensuring compliance with organizational privacy, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a liaison between business, analytics, AI, and technology teams to gather requirements, coordinate governance activities, resolve issues, and ensure governance capabilities align with organizational objectives.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit offerings for eligible employees.