Director, Enterprise Data Platform Strategy & Engineering

JOB SUMMARY

Are you a visionary and hands-on Director, Enterprise Data Platform Strategy & Engineering with a passion for transforming data into actionable insights that power healthcare? Highmark Health is seeking an exceptional leader to define, architect, and execute the future of our enterprise data platform, playing a pivotal role in shaping how we leverage data to improve health outcomes and drive innovation.

This critical leadership position is responsible for owning the long-term data platform and engineering strategy, establishing technical roadmaps, and guiding architectural decisions across data ingestion, storage, processing, interoperability, and analytics. You will lead and scale high-performing engineering teams, championing modern data practices like Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, DataOps, and platform self-service.

We require extensive expertise in modern cloud-native data platforms, particularly within GCP (preferred, with experience in AWS/Azure also valued), utilizing technologies such as Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, BigQuery, Presto/Trino, Iceberg, and dbt for advanced analytics engineering. Beyond technical prowess, you must possess significant healthcare industry knowledge, including a deep understanding of FHIR, HL7, PHI management, and HIPAA-compliant platform development, with a proven ability to translate complex clinical, claims, and operational data into impactful solutions.

The ideal candidate is an exceptional communicator and influencer, adept at bridging highly technical concepts with business stakeholders and executive leadership. If you are a strategic leader eager to build, innovate, and drive excellence in a complex, data-rich healthcare environment, and you thrive on solving challenging problems while mentoring top talent, we invite you to lead our journey toward a more data-driven future at Highmark Health.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform management responsibilities to include, but are not limited to: involved in hiring and termination decisions, coaching and development, rewards and recognition, performance management and staff productivity. Plan, organize, staff, direct and control the day-to-day operations of the department; develop and implement policies and programs as necessary; may have budgetary responsibility and authority.
• Monitor, maintain, and support the operational and analytic data platforms and technology, working closely with IT partners to ensure the group is leveraging the latest tools and technology. Oversee an efficient and effective quality control process that tests and reviews all code and processes to ensure accuracy. Create an overall production and continuous improvement discipline that not only delivers on quality, but continuously lowers our cost to deliver.
• Support data and analytic end-users and stakeholder needs for appropriate data access, awareness, understanding, and troubleshooting to ensure successful information delivery.
• Reliably deliver all assets that exist within the production environment (e.g., data sources, curated datasets, APIs, data feeds, analytic & business intelligence tools) on a timely and accurate basis such that end-users can be more efficient and effective in their job.
• Act as the liaison to the Organization's broader data governance processes, data engineering teams, and other key information technology partners. Act as a critical link to IT and our external plan partners who are leveraging our analytical tools.
• Other duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering, Health Informatics or related field

Substitutions

• 6 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree

Preferred

• Master's Degree in Information Technology, Computer and Information Science, Computer Engineering or related field

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 7 years in Data Analytics

To Include:

• 5 years in a management or leadership role

Preferred

• 5 years in the Healthcare Industry
• 5 years in Information Systems

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None

Preferred

• None

SKILLS

• Healthcare Information Systems
• Health Information Management
• Talent Management
• IT Operations

Language (Other than English)

None

Travel Required

0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position type

Office-Based

Teaches / trains others regularly

Frequently

Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

Yes

Lifting: up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting: 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting: 25 to 50 pounds

Rarely

Disclaimer: The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

Compliance Requirement: This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the code of business conduct and company policies.

As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company's Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee's responsibility to comply with the company's Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.