Data Governance Lead - BA3

Data Governance Lead – BA3

Client:   Service New Brunswick (SNB) / New Brunswick Department of Health

Program:   Provincial Clinical Information Solution (Symbio Program)

Location:   Remote within Canada

Travel:   Must be able to travel to New Brunswick at least once per month

Contract:   August 17, 2026 – August 16, 2028

Extension:   Two optional 1-year extensions

Hours:  7.5 hours/day

Engagement:   Full-time Contract

Openings:  2

About the Opportunity

Service New Brunswick / New Brunswick Department of Health is seeking an experienced   Data Governance Lead (BA3)  to support the   Provincial Clinical Information Solution (CIS) / Symbio Program .

New Brunswick is undertaking a major healthcare transformation initiative to transition from multiple standalone hospital information systems toward a   unified, standardized and integrated provincial Clinical Information Solution .

The Data Governance Lead will provide strategic leadership in establishing, implementing and maturing a   province-wide health data governance program   that ensures health system data is trusted, secure, appropriately governed, ethically used and effectively leveraged for public benefit.

The successful candidate will serve as a key integrator between   health policy, privacy, clinical operations, analytics, digital health platforms and data governance , translating legislative and policy requirements into practical operational governance across the provincial healthcare system.

Key Responsibilities

Provincial Data Governance Strategy & Framework

• Lead the design, development and implementation of a   provincial health data governance framework .
  
• Establish governance policies, standards, decision rights, accountability models and operating practices across the health data lifecycle.
  
• Define and implement   data ownership, stewardship and custodianship models   across the health system.
  
• Develop data classification schemas and governance artefacts supporting consistent, secure and compliant use of health information.
  
• Align the data governance framework with provincial digital health initiatives, the Symbio CIS transformation and enterprise analytics.
  

Legislative, Policy & Compliance

• Provide strategic recommendations regarding legislative, regulatory and policy approaches supporting health data governance.
  
• Translate provincial health information legislation, including   PHIPPA , into practical governance policies and operational guidance.
  
• Support initiatives involving   privacy, consent, information network designation and secondary use of health data .
  
• Develop and implement data standards, policies and procedures that support responsible management and ethical use of personal health information.
  

Data Governance & Stewardship

• Establish and support provincial data governance committees, councils and working groups.
  
• Define clear roles and responsibilities for   Data Owners, Data Stewards and Data Custodians .
  
• Develop and promote common data dictionaries, standards and governance practices.
  
• Establish appropriate oversight, decision-making and escalation mechanisms.
  
• Champion data quality, standardization and interoperability across the health system.
  

Analytics & Secondary Use of Health Data

• Enable secure, compliant and efficient secondary use of health data for:
  
• Health system planning
  
• Analytics
  
• Performance management
  
• Population health management
  
• Research
  
• Policy development
  
• Collaborate with analytics and privacy teams to establish appropriate data access controls.
  
• Develop strategies and governance models that enable ethical and responsible secondary use of personal health information.
  

Privacy, Consent & Access Management

• Collaborate with   Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs)  and Privacy departments on health data governance.
  
• Support the development of   Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) , privacy policies and procedures.
  
• Lead/support development of a scalable   Consent Management Framework .
  
• Develop appropriate   Access Control   frameworks for the Symbio Program and future provincial data assets and systems.
  
• Ensure personal health information is managed and safeguarded appropriately.
  

Stakeholder & Executive Engagement

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders within the Department of Health, RHAs, SNB and broader health system.
  
• Engage effectively with:
  
• Health system executives
  
• Clinical leaders
  
• Physicians/clinicians
  
• Privacy leaders and CPOs
  
• Business stakeholders
  
• Technical teams
  
• Operational teams
  
• Analytics teams
  
• Government and public-sector partners
  
• Facilitate complex discussions and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
  
• Manage politically sensitive and complex issues with professionalism and tact.
  
• Support patient engagement and public understanding of health data use where required.
  

Program / Project Leadership

• Lead planning, execution and delivery of data governance and stewardship initiatives.
  
• Drive implementation of governance strategies, policies, standards and operating models.
  
• Coordinate cross-functional workstreams and ensure deliverables are completed to a high standard.
  
• Provide executive-level reporting, presentations, recommendations and program materials.
  
• Ensure stakeholder alignment, adoption and successful implementation of governance practices.
  

Requirements

Mandatory Qualifications – MUST HAVE

Candidates   must clearly demonstrate every requirement below . Experience should be presented with the   client/employer, project/role, dates in Month/Year format, duration, responsibilities and outcomes . The Submission Matrix specifically requires this level of detail for evaluation.

M1 – Education

University degree   in one of the following:

• Healthcare Sciences
  
• Health Administration
  
• Business Administration
  
• Health Informatics
  
• Information Technology
  

OR   an equivalent combination of applicable education and experience.

M2 – Canadian Healthcare Data Governance – 10+ Years

10+ years of demonstrated experience leading Canadian healthcare data governance strategy, planning, policy and implementation   within a province or territory comparable to New Brunswick in terms of size or complexity.

Candidates should demonstrate hands-on experience with:

• Healthcare data governance
  
• Data governance strategy
  
• Governance planning
  
• Governance policy development
  
• Governance implementation
  
• Provincial/territorial healthcare environments
  
• Large-scale health data initiatives
  

M3 – Government / Provincial Health Leadership – 10+ Years

10+ years of progressive leadership experience within government , focused on:

• Health system planning
  
• Provincial healthcare initiatives
  
• Data initiatives
  
• Digital health initiatives
  
• Large-scale public-sector transformation
  

The candidate must demonstrate progressively increasing leadership responsibility within government/public healthcare environments.

M4 – Availability

Candidate must be available to   start on or about August 17, 2026 , or earlier if possible.

Scored Qualifications – HIGH PRIORITY

Candidates with the following experience will be strongly preferred and should clearly demonstrate these capabilities in their resumes and submission matrices.

S1 – Public Healthcare Data & Digital Health – 10+ Years

10+ years of experience working in the public healthcare sector , including government, provincial agencies or acute-care environments, leading data-related initiatives such as:

• Data governance
  
• Data policy
  
• Health data strategy
  
• Large-scale digital health initiatives
  
• Healthcare transformation
  
• Provincial health information initiatives
  

S2 – Progressive Leadership / Large Teams – 10+ Years

10+ years of progressive leadership experience in public-sector healthcare , including extensive experience with   direct people management and leadership of large, effective teams .

Candidates should demonstrate:

• People leadership
  
• Team management
  
• Organizational leadership
  
• Cross-functional leadership
  
• Large-scale healthcare program leadership
  

S3 – Digital Health Strategy & Roadmaps – 8+ Years

8+ years of experience developing digital health strategies, policies and roadmaps at provincial/territorial scale , particularly initiatives supporting the ethical secondary use of health data for:

• Health system planning
  
• Population health management
  
• Research
  
• Analytics
  
• Policy development
  
• Other secondary-use cases
  

S4 – Stakeholder Management – 10+ Years

10+ years of strong stakeholder management experience   involving public and private-sector stakeholders and diverse teams, including:

• Clinical
  
• Business
  
• Technical
  
• Operational
  
• Government
  
• Healthcare leadership
  

Must demonstrate the ability to facilitate discussions, resolve competing perspectives and develop consensus.

S5 – Executive & Clinical Engagement – 8+ Years

8+ years of experience engaging and collaborating with health system executives, clinical leaders and other system stakeholders   to drive system-level transformation.

Candidates must demonstrate the ability to:

• Influence senior stakeholders
  
• Navigate complex healthcare environments
  
• Manage politically sensitive matters
  
• Build consensus
  
• Drive organizational/system transformation
  
• Communicate effectively with executive and clinical leadership
  

S6 – Privacy, CPO & PHI Governance – 5+ Years

5+ years of experience collaborating with Privacy departments and Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs)  on initiatives involving:

• Policy and procedure development
  
• Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs)
  
• Consent management
  
• Privacy governance
  
• Personal health information
  
• Ethical use of health information
  
• Access controls
  
• Health data privacy initiatives
  

S7 – Executive Communication & Reporting – 8+ Years

8+ years of excellent verbal and written communication experience , including:

• Executive-level reporting
  
• Program-level reporting
  
• Executive presentations
  
• Facilitation
  
• Stakeholder presentations
  
• Governance documentation
  
• High-quality project deliverables
  
• Stakeholder engagement and satisfaction
  

Key Deliverables

The successful Data Governance Lead will be expected to contribute to or deliver:

• Provincial data governance framework covering   data ownership, governance, stewardship and custodianship .
  
• Policies and procedures supporting the prudent management, safeguarding and ethical use of personal health information.
  
• Support for modernization of health information legislation, including   PHIPPA .
  
• Provincial data standards, policies and procedures.
  
• Health data classification schema, including categories such as public, internal and confidential.
  
• Symbio Data Strategy   aligned with the Symbio Business Intelligence strategy.
  
• Provincial data strategy aligned with the provincial BI strategy.
  
• Consent Management Framework   for the Symbio Program that can scale provincially.
  
• Access Control framework   supporting the Symbio Program and future provincial data assets/systems.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a   senior healthcare data governance executive/leader   with extensive Canadian public-sector experience and a proven record of leading provincial-scale healthcare transformation.

Strong candidates will typically bring:

• 10+ years of healthcare data governance leadership
  
• 10+ years of government/public-sector health system leadership
  
• Provincial/territorial healthcare transformation experience
  
• Digital health strategy and roadmap development
  
• Enterprise/provincial data governance framework development
  
• Data stewardship and custodianship expertise