Lead Data Specialist

Summary

Join Cohere Health as a Lead Data Specialist and ensure the trustworthiness, reliability, and organization of data within our application and analytics platform. You will serve as the data steward for key assets, improving governance and usability. Collaborate with engineering, product, analytics, clinical, and operations teams to enhance data quality and promote data literacy. This fast-paced role demands discipline, flexibility, and the ability to thrive under pressure. Make a significant impact on a growing organization with exponential growth opportunities. Be part of the Data & AI organization and contribute to building a unified Cohere data platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor in health informatics, data analytics, or related areas (Masters preferred)
• 5+ years data experience at health technology company where health outcomes were critical to the mission, preferably a healthcare analytics company or population health organization
• Passionate about improving the U.S. healthcare system and helping ensure every patient receives the best care possible
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with health technology data, including administrative, clinical and patient outcome data, conducting in-depth analysis to support data-driven decision making
• Expertise in data governance practices, including data cataloging, lineage, and quality management
• Proven track record in leading through influence, ability to drive cross-functional complex data projects in a fast-paced and high-intensity “scale-up” environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate with business, technical, and clinical leaders to define and govern data quality metrics

Responsibilities

• Drive best practices in data and information management throughout Cohere’s application and analytic platforms
• Work cross-functionality to establish and maintain enterprise data catalog, capturing business, clinical & operational nuance and specificity, including data lineage and metric definitions
• Provide training and support to promote data discoverability and establish guardrail to ensure proper data use
• Work with data producers, data engineering, and consumers to establish and maintain data contracts and data quality standards
• Monitoring and maintaining data accuracy, completeness, consistency, and timeliness
• Accelerate our “shift left” data governance framework, including adherence to standards related to data validation, storage, and management
• Collaborate with compliance and IT to establish proper data security and privacy controls

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Bonus