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Premier Inc. · 10 hours ago

Lead Data Steward

Premier Inc. is a healthcare solutions company seeking a Lead Data Steward to manage master, reference, and transaction data across the enterprise. The role involves ensuring data accuracy, consistency, and quality, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and engaging with industry stakeholders.
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Responsibilities

Data Content & Collection - Populate data content per metadata, reference data, identifiers, responsible/ accountable for identification, classification & enrichment in multiple domains per tactical plan
Standardization & Enrichment – Thoroughly understands processes to match data to master, reference or 3rd party data sets and enrichment rules for attributes
Metadata Management – Defines and populates metadata, recommends additional metadata, publish usability
Data Quality & Profiling – Understands, implements, recommends and measures (profiling) accuracy, completeness consistency, recommend tools/processes
Data Standards & Practices – Has high level understanding, helps implement and enforce, engages with standard bodies and members, mapping one standard to other
DM Framework & Maturity – Understands & adheres to framework, designs plan for new maturity level
Data Security/Privacy – Provides input and knowledgeable of issues and concepts
Data Governance – Creates data glossaries, dictionaries, and tracks lineage for any data spec in data governance tooling
Interact with business to create and work towards KPIs, SLAs and exceptions
Initiate, recommend, and implement cross-functional team process improvements
Build relationships with cross functional team leaders and help foster cross functional team collaboration
May manage small team for fixed/variable periods
May manage projects involving remote team in India
Skilled at engaging, participating with, and influencing industry/members/suppliers, and knowledgeable about data standards organizations
Provide input and approves recommendations
Effectively articulates to technical team and validates enhancements via User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Support implementation of components of data management services for improving downstream application functionally and content
Effectively communicate with suppliers, members, or internal staff to obtain or confirm information

Qualification

Data StewardshipData standardizationData manipulationSQLData AnalyticsProcedural documentationMicrosoft OfficeWorkflow applicationsLeverage AICritical thinkingProblem Solving

Required

Years of Applicable Experience - 4 or more years
High School Diploma or GED (Required)

Preferred

Data standardization and cleansing
Critical thinking and analytics skills. Ability to see trends in data and determine the relevant updates
Highly proficient in data manipulation skills and strong attention to detail
Problem Solving – discover root cause and develop plan for resolving
Procedural documentation
Data Stewardship
Database Navigation and Querying – SQL, Tableau, GBQ, Databricks
Microsoft Office – especially Excel
Proficient with workflow applications
Ability to leverage AI
Materials Management
Data Analytics
Purchasing
Data Integration discipline
Industry classifications and standards such as UNSPSC, UDI, NDC, GLN, HIN, DEA etc
Healthcare master or transaction data
Bachelor's or master's Degree; Data Management Certification

Benefits

Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
401k retirement program
Paid time off
Participation in Premier’s employee incentive plans
Tuition reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Perks and discounts
Access to on-site and online exercise classes

Company

Premier Inc.

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Premier, Inc. is a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, providing solutions to two-thirds of all healthcare providers in the U.S.

H1B Sponsorship

Premier Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (20)
2024 (10)
2023 (25)
2022 (9)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2025-09-22Acquired
2013-10-10IPO

Leadership Team

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Gregory Montano
Vice President/Senior Vice President, Technology and Financial Operations
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Bruce Radcliff
President of Supply Chain Services
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