# Data Management Strategy & Governance Manager - HIH - Evernorth

**Company**: Evernorth Health Services
**Location**: Hyderabad, India
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, is seeking a Data Management Strategy & Governance Manager to lead initiatives that support strategic goals. You will develop an integrated architectural strategy to support next-generation capabilities on an enterprise-wide scale.

**Responsibilities**

**Data Quality & Observability Delivery (Hands-on)**

- Design, build, and maintain data quality rules, checks, and controls across critical data pipelines and domains.

- Lead implementation and expansion of data observability capabilities, including monitoring, alerting, and issue triage.

- Partner with engineering and platform teams to embed data quality and observability into pipelines, ingestion frameworks, and CI/CD processes.

- Perform root cause analysis for data quality incidents and partner with upstream/downstream teams on remediation.

- Contribute directly to backlog items, technical designs, and solution reviews alongside the team.

**Team Leadership & People Management**

- Directly manage and mentor four Hyderabad-based Data Quality team members, providing clear goals, feedback, and development guidance.

- Serve as the primary point of contact between the onshore Data Quality Execution Team and the Hyderabad Data Quality team.

- Own sprint-level planning, work allocation, and delivery accountability for the Hyderabad team.

- Foster strong technical capability, accountability, and ownership within the team.

- Support performance management, coaching, and skill development in alignment with enterprise expectations.

- Ensure consistent communication, delivery transparency, and alignment across time zones.

**Qualifications**

**Required Experience & Education:**

- 11 - 13 years of experience in data management, data analysis, data profiling, and statistical techniques.

- 5 Years of experience managing the Data engineering teams.

- Must have a thorough understanding of concepts of Data Quality.

- Hands-on-experience with Data Quality tool is a must.

- Strong understanding of Collibra DI views, glossary hierarchies, and governance workflows.

- Hands-on experience with scripting languages like Python, Pyspark, including automation, data processing, and script optimization.

- Must be proficient in writing Advanced SQL queries going against multiple databases.

- Strong understanding of data pipelines, ETL/ELT processes, and analytics ecosystems.

- Proven ability to balance technical contribution with people leadership.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex issues and implement effective solutions.

- Strong experience working across global delivery models.

**Required Skills:**

- Data Quality, Databricks, Python, Pyspark, SQL

**Preferred Skills, Experience & Education:**

- Familiarity with data governance frameworks and federated operating models.

- Healthcare Industry experience is preferred.

## Skills

### Required
- Data Quality
- Databricks
- Python
- Pyspark
- SQL

### Nice to have
- data governance frameworks
- federated operating models
- Healthcare Industry experience

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