Director, Enterprise Data Management

Director, Enterprise Data Management

Medica is seeking a visionary leader to drive the strategic transformation of our enterprise data ecosystem. This role will help lead the modernization and execution of data platforms with a strong emphasis on modernizing to cutting edge data technologies. The Director will help champion scalable, governed, and resilient data delivery through metadata-driven design, version control, CI / CD pipelines, and zero-downtime data load architectures.

In partnership with fellow data leaders and business strategy stakeholders, this role will evolve Medica's enterprise data strategy, integrating data from legacy systems and acquisitions into a unified, governed environment that supports enterprise-wide decision-making. The Director will oversee the collection, management, and analysis of data across Medica, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and regulatory requirements including HIPAA and CMS.

A key focus will be enabling robust self-service data access frameworks that empower analysts, data scientists, and business users to discover, query, and visualize data independently. This includes building curated, reusable data products, implementing semantic layers, and enforcing role-based access controls for secure and compliant access. The Director will promote the use of data catalogs, lineage tools, and documentation to enhance transparency and usability across the organization.

This leader will also support cross-functional initiatives to unify data across Medicas ecosystemincluding Stars, Risk Adjustment, and Provider Connectivity programswhile collaborating with infrastructure and security teams to maintain secure, cost-effective environments. Additionally, the Director will explore opportunities to integrate AI into data workflows to enhance automation, orchestration, and decision-making capabilities.

Key Responsibilities :

Enterprise Data Platform Leadership

• Own the design, implementation, and management of Medicas enterprise data platforms, including Azure, Snowflake, and Microsoft Fabric.
• Drive adoption of metadata-driven architecture and open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg) to support scalable, governed data delivery.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and security teams to ensure resilient, secure, and cost-effective environments.

Data Architecture and Engineering

Governance and Quality

Team Leadership and Organizational Development

Business Partnership and Enablement

Operational Oversight

Emerging Technologies Evaluation

Minimum Qualifications :

This position is an Office role, which requires an employee to work onsite at our Minnetonka, MN or Madison, WI office, on average, 3 days per week.

The full salary range for this position is $127,800 - $219,000. Annual salary range placement will depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, education, work experience, applicable certifications and / or licensure, the positions scope and responsibility, internal pay equity and external market salary data. In addition to base compensation, this position may be eligible for incentive plan compensation in addition to base salary. Medica offers a generous total rewards package that includes competitive medical, dental, vision, PTO, Holidays, paid volunteer time off, 401K contributions, caregiver services and many other benefits to support our employees.

The compensation and benefits information is provided as of the date of this posting. Medicas compensation and benefits are subject to change at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

We are an Equal Opportunity employer, where all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment indiscriminate of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.