Data Management Strategy & Governance Associate Advisor

Job Description

• The Data Builder is the hands-on builder responsible for turning architectural design and business requirements into

where business logic, metrics, and functional knowledge live.

• This is a hands-on individual contributor role - the

, authoring Gold data products that answer the question the first time and building them to production standard.

• This role is a critical execution counterpart to

, building faithfully against their designs and requirements and compressing the path from new data to a production-grade, reusable asset. It is an exciting opportunity to join the team transforming how Cigna builds and reuses data - delivered through MVP. Key Responsibilities Rapid Build & Delivery

• Build architecture's designs and analysis's requirements into

through MVP.

• Work new and unfamiliar data quickly into a

that answers the business question at hand.

• Refactor

into durable, reusable, production-ready assets. Silver - Build to Architecture's Design

• Build the physical Silver structures to the

and reference patterns designed by Data Architecture.

• Implement the design faithfully and promote it to production through

.

• Capture

at build, and hand off to trusted partner teams as readiness allows. Gold - Democratized, Delivered Through MVP

• Treat the Gold layer as

- Data Operations may own specific Gold assets and assists other teams in building theirs.

• Deliver Gold solutions through

, promoted to production-grade through governed CI/CD pipelines regardless of owner.

• Uphold the

any Gold solution must meet, so a federated Gold layer stays stable and production-grade across owning teams. Engineering Discipline & Production Readiness

• Build to

from day one so the lift from MVP to production is simple, not a rebuild.

• Apply consistent

with specific focus on the connectivity across all data products to create a more connected data ecosystem.

• Move work through the CI/CD pipeline - develop, test, and productionize - clearing

on first pass.

• Apply

to accelerate build and testing without bypassing governance, security, or quality expectations. Partnership & Collaboration

• Partner with

- building to their Silver design and co-designing Gold within the standards they set.

• Partner with

- who bring the requirements, business rules, and acceptance criteria this role builds against.

• Partner with

- who own ingestion, pipelines, and the automation frameworks this role builds on.

• Partner with

so Gold data products serve their models, analyses, and decisions.

• Partner with

to ensure enterprise standards are consistently implemented

• Set the design and hold Data Operations standards across

as part of a global delivery model. What This Role Is Not

• Not a pure data engineering or platform role.
• Not the owner of the enterprise Silver model.
• Not the primary business-engagement or requirements role.
• Not the owner of the Gold layer, which is democratized across teams.
• Not a governance policy, stewardship, or BI reporting role.
• This role exists to

, with demonstrated depth in analytics engineering or equivalent business-plus-build work.

• A genuine

.

• Hands-on experience with

.

• Familiarity with

in addition to a Databricks-first stack.

• Expert knowledge of

within an enterprise-agnostic data model.

• Working knowledge of

to production.

• Strong

at scale.

• Familiarity with

built into every solution.

• Demonstrated ability to

and turn business logic into reusable data products.

• Demonstrated ability to apply

to accelerate build while preserving quality and governance.

• Experience in

preferred; healthcare or PBM data a plus.

• Design and implement

• Experience working in regulated or compliance‑driven environments

Measures of Success

• New data reaches a trusted, production-grade asset in a short cycle time.
• Gold data products are delivered and reused across use cases, with democratized ownership held to a common build standard.
• Silver builds implement architecture's design faithfully and are handed off without loss of quality.
• Solutions reach production through governed CI/CD pipelines, clearing quality, security, and cost gates on first pass.
• Build acceleration through AI and automation is achieved without compromising governance, quality, or security controls.