[Remote] Data Management Manager (Remote)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is seeking a Data Management Manager to lead a team of technical data analysts in the healthcare domain. This role focuses on data curation, management, and ensuring data quality to support decision-making across the organization. Responsibilities • Leads the team in deep data exploration and analysis gaining domain expertise • Translate business rules into technical specifications to support data pipeline development • Manage data lifecycle processes including acquisition, storage, transformation, and archival serving has de-facto data product manager for the enterprise data warehouse • Manage Master Data Management process for several domains • Enforce data quality standards, metadata management, and data lineage tracking in partnership with Data Governance and Engineering teams • Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned with stakeholder needs • Partner with IT and Data Governance teams to implement data stewardship and master data management practices • Manage industry and CareFirst specific reference data for enterprise usage • Provide recommendations on business rules definition and data cleansing strategy • Support data validation, data balancing and data integrity maintenance • Supervise and mentor a team of data analysts and data stewards • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration • Serve as a liaison between business units and technical teams to ensure alignment on data priorities • Translate and communicate complex data concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data engineering, data architecture, data product management, application teams, enterprise architecture Skills • Bachelors or Masters degree in Data Science, Information Systems, Statistics, or a related field • 5 years of experience in data analysis, data management, or related roles, with at least 1 years in a leadership capacity • Strong proficiency in SQL, Python, R, or other data analysis languages • Excellent communication, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills • Exceptional problem solving skill and critical thinking skills • Experience with data governance frameworks and tools (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Alation) • Familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure, Snowflake) • Deep SQL and Data analysis experience with ability to provide hands-on support to the team • Understanding of Data principles including general knowledge of data pipelines (batch and streaming), data analytics and overall data usage patterns • Understanding of coding fundamentals and design principles to build high quality data products and enterprise data assets • Develop metrics to measure and track data quality and data balancing • Leads the team in deep data exploration and analysis gaining domain expertise • Translate business rules into technical specifications to support data pipeline development • Manage data lifecycle processes including acquisition, storage, transformation, and archival serving has de-facto data product manager for the enterprise data warehouse • Manage Master Data Management process for several domains • Enforce data quality standards, metadata management, and data lineage tracking in partnership with Data Governance and Engineering teams • Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, timely, and aligned with stakeholder needs • Partner with IT and Data Governance teams to implement data stewardship and master data management practices • Manage industry and CareFirst specific reference data for enterprise usage • Provide recommendations on business rules definition and data cleansing strategy • Support data validation, data balancing and data integrity maintenance • Supervise and mentor a team of data analysts and data stewards • Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and collaboration • Serve as a liaison between business units and technical teams to ensure alignment on data priorities • Translate and communicate complex data concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data engineering, data architecture, data product management, application teams, enterprise architecture • Certification in data management or analytics (e.g., CDMP, CAP, or equivalent) • Experience in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance, government) • Knowledge of data privacy laws such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA • Familiarity with Agile methodologies • Experience in HealthCare Industry, Payor and Blue Cross Blue Shield preferred Benefits • Comprehensive benefits package • Various incentive programs/plans • 401k contribution programs/plans Company Overview • CareFirst. It’s not just our name. It’s our promise. It was founded in 1934, and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://individual.carefirst.com.