AHCCCS

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
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The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona’s Medicaid agency, is driven by its mission to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective health care to Arizonans in need. AHCCCS is a nationally acclaimed model among Medicaid programs and a recipient of multiple awards for excellence in workplace effectiveness and flexibility.

AHCCCS employees are passionate about their work, committed to high performance, and dedicated to serving the citizens of Arizona. Among government agencies, AHCCCS is recognized for high employee engagement and satisfaction, supportive leadership, and flexible work environments, including remote work opportunities. With career paths for seasoned professionals in a variety of fields, entry-level positions, and internship opportunities, AHCCCS offers meaningful career opportunities in a competitive industry.

Come join our dynamic and dedicated team.

Data Governance Supervisor

Information Services Division (ISD) 

 

Job Location:

Address: 150 N. 18th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007

Posting Details:

Must Reside in Arizona.

Salary:  $77,958 - $82,000

Grade: 28 FLSA Status: Exempt

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the agency’s business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

Job Summary:

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.

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• 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 of health data).
• Team Leadership & Supervision: Supervise, mentor, and evaluate Data Governance staff. Assign work, establish priorities, provide coaching, and support professional development. Ensure staff activities align with AHCCCS program priorities, 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 data stewardship assignments.
• Metadata, Data Standards & Stewardship: Lead the development and maintenance of business glossaries, data dictionaries, reference data standards, and stewardship 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 advisor and subject matter expert to program leadership, analytics teams, compliance, legal, privacy, and external partners such as contractors, managed care organizations, and CMS.
• Compliance, Privacy & Security Alignment: Ensure AHCCCS data governance practices align with HIPAA, CMS regulations, state privacy laws, data use agreements, and AHCCCS security policies. Support audits and respond to data-related findings or inquiries.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge:
• 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 agency environme