Senior Master Data Management Analyst

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Position Summary
Data is CAQH’s most critical asset, and you will help define how we think about and manage it. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the design, governance, and optimization of enterprise master data domains including provider, location, payer, member and reference data. This role ensures the integrity, standardization, and stewardship of critical healthcare data assets across business and operational systems. This role partners with business stakeholders, data engineering, analytics, and governance teams to design, implement, and continuously improve MDM frameworks, controls, and monitoring processes.

The Sr. MDM Analyst is a full-time, remote, exempt position and reports to the Director, Data Governance.

Specific Responsibilities

• Describe the specific responsibilities and job functions of the role
• Lead development, processes, methodology and operations of the MDM program under the Data Governance Office.
• Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise MDM solutions for healthcare master data domains (Patient, Provider, Location, Payer, and Reference Data) within MDM tools.
• Manage and optimize provider and member master data to ensure accurate identity resolution and record matching.
• Develop and maintain data matching, survivorship, and standardization rules to reduce duplicates and improve data consistency.
• Collaborate with business areas and ancillary system teams to ensure accurate integration of master data across platforms.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, FHIR) and regulatory requirements such as HIPAA and CMS reporting guidelines.
• Establish and monitor data quality KPIs related to master data (duplicate rates, merge accuracy, record completeness, standardization compliance).
• Conduct root cause analysis for data discrepancies affecting patient identity, billing accuracy, provider attribution, and regulatory submissions.
• Lead data governance activities for assigned domains, including defining data ownership, stewardship workflows, and data policies around MDM.
• Support audits and accreditation processes by ensuring master data accuracy and traceability.
• Partner with analytics and population health teams to ensure trusted master data supports data quality reporting.
• Document data definitions, lineage, metadata, and business rules related to master data entities.
• Identify automation and optimization opportunities in identity resolution and data stewardship workflows.

Skills

Technical Skills:

• Describe the experience and attributes of the ideal candidate
• Advanced SQL and experience with healthcare data warehouses.
• Hands-on experience with MDM platforms (e.g., Ataccama, Informatica MDM, Reltio, IBM InfoSphere, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of EMPI concepts and probabilistic/deterministic matching methodologies.
• Understanding of healthcare data standards (ICD