Business Analysis Supervisor - Data Governance

About the position

The Data Governance Supervisor leads AHCCCS’s enterprise Data Governance
program, ensuring Medicaid data is accurate, secure, consistent, and
appropriately used across the organization. This role manages a team of data
governance professionals and partners with program areas, IT, analytics,
compliance, privacy, security, finance, and executive leadership to establish
and enforce data governance policies, standards, and processes.

The position supports federal and state reporting requirements (including CMS
and TMSIS), oversees data governance tools such as Microsoft Purview, ensures
compliance with AHCCCS, ADOA, and federal/state regulations, and promotes audit
readiness, program integrity, and data-driven decision making throughout the
data lifecycle.

Responsibilities
• AHCCCS Data Governance Strategy & Framework: Develop, implement, and maintain
a comprehensive data governance framework, including policies, standards,procedures, and controls for Medicaid data assets (claims, encounters,eligibility, provider, clinical, behavioral health, and social determinants ofhealth data).
• Team Leadership & Supervision: Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Data Governance
staff. Assign work, establish priorities, provide coaching, and supportprofessional development. Ensure staff activities align with AHCCCS programpriorities, system initiatives, and federally mandated reporting deadlines.
• Data Quality Management: Lead the development and maintenance of AHCCCS
business glossaries, data dictionaries, reference data standards, and datastewardship assignments.
• Metadata, Data Standards & Stewardship: Lead the development and maintenance
of business glossaries, data dictionaries, reference data standards, andstewardship assignments. Ensure consistent definitions across federal reporting,actuarial analyses, quality measures, and operational reporting.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Governance Committees: Facilitate AHCCCS data
governance councils, committees, or working groups. Serve as a trusted advisorand subject matter expert to program leadership, analytics teams, compliance,legal, privacy, and external partners such as contractors, managed careorganizations, and CMS.
• Compliance, Privacy & Security Alignment: Ensure AHCCCS data governance
practices align with HIPAA, CMS regulations, state privacy laws, data useagreements, and AHCCCS security policies. Support audits and respond todata-related findings or inquiries.

Requirements
• AHCCCS Medicaid program operations, including claims and encounter processing,
eligibility and enrollment, provider enrollment, managed care oversight,behavioral health, ALTCS, and quality programs
• Data governance concepts and
frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK or similar) as applied in a state Medicaid agencyenvironment
• Data quality management principles, controls, and monitoring practices
• Federal and state Medicaid reporting requirements, including CMS and T-MSIS
reporting
• HIPAA, data privacy, information security, and data-use requirements
• Healthcare analytics and Medicaid data lifecycle management
• Supervisory and team leadership skills in a technical, analytic, or
data-focused environment
• Strong facilitation and consensus-building skills across diverse program and
operational areas
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, particularly related to Medicaid data
quality and root cause analysis
• Expert-level proficiency in SQL, with the
ability to design, build, and execute complex data queries
• Project and workload management skills, including balancing competing federal
and state deadlines
• Effective written and verbal communication skills appropriate for agency
leadership, staff, and external partners
• Translate complex Medicaid data and governance concepts into actionable
guidance and operational practices
• Balance regulatory compliance, data privacy, and security requirements with
AHCCCS program and analytic needs
• Update and maintain data lineage, catalogs and definitions as new tables and
data structures are added
• Work collaboratively across AHCCCS divisions, IT, vendors, contractors, and
executive leadership
• Manage sensitive and confidential Medicaid data appropriately
• Adapt governance practices to evolving Medicaid policy, system modernization
efforts, and CMS requirements
• Develop clear, usable policies, standards, and documentation for both
technical and non-technical AHCCCS stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Health Informatics,
Public Administration, Healthcare Administration, Statistics, or a related fieldand Two (2) years working within the data governance and data management fieldwith large enterprise systems (or equivalent experience). Two (2) years ofexperience in a lead, supervisory, or project management role. Demonstratedexperience supporting data governance, data quality, analytics, or datamanagement functions. Experience working in or with government agencies,healthcare payers, or managed care organizations.

Nice-to-haves
• Master’s degree in Health Informatics, Data Analytics, Public Health, Public
Administration, or a related field and Five (5) years of experience working withhealthcare or Medicaid data, or large-scale administrative data systems.Experience supporting a state Medicaid agency, including CMS or T-MSISreporting. Experience implementing or maturing a formal data governance programin a complex organization. Familiarity with Medicaid encounter data, T-MSIS,actuarial reporting, or quality measurement. Experience working withcross-functional governance committees. Professional certifications such asCDMP, PMP, or healthcare analytics-related certifications.

Benefits
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Vacation and Sick time off (13 and 12 days per year respectively) - start
earning it your 1st day (prorated for part-time employees)
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or
newly-placed foster/adopted child.
• Other Leaves - Bereavement, civic duty, and military.
• A top-ranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
• A robust and affordable insurance plan, including medical, dental, life, and
disability insurance
• Participation eligibility in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (must
meet qualifications)
• RideShare and Public Transit Subsidy
• A variety of learning and career development opportunities