SME Data Governance

Key Responsibilities: Develop, implement, and mature enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating procedures. Advise government leadership on governance strategies, data management best practices, and enterprise data initiatives. Lead governance activities supporting enterprise data management, metadata management, information sharing, and data modernization efforts. Collaborate with data owners, data stewards, cybersecurity personnel, architects, and engineering teams to establish governance controls and accountability mechanisms. Develop and maintain data standards, business rules, taxonomies, metadata requirements, and stewardship processes. Ensure alignment with ICD 504, IC Data Strategy, Federal Data Strategy, and agency-specific governance requirements. Support implementation of data-centric security principles through data classification, tagging, labeling, and metadata-driven governance approaches. Partner with Zero Trust teams to ensure governance processes support Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and secure information-sharing objectives. Lead development of governance metrics, data quality measures, stewardship performance indicators, and program maturity assessments. Support enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and lineage initiatives to improve discoverability and transparency of data assets. Facilitate governance councils, working groups, stakeholder forums, and executive-level briefings. Conduct governance assessments and recommend process improvements to enhance organizational data maturity. Support data onboarding initiatives and ensure new datasets comply with governance standards and enterprise architecture requirements. Develop governance artifacts, policy recommendations, standards documentation, and implementation roadmaps. Promote data literacy, stewardship adoption, and governance awareness across stakeholder communities.

Required Skills: Governance & Data Management Enterprise Data Governance Data Stewardship Data Quality Management Metadata ManagementData Lifecycle ManagementData Catalog ManagementData Standards Development Data Policy Development Information ManagementData Classification and Tagging Compliance & SecurityICD 504IC Data Strategy Federal Data Governance Requirements Privacy and Compliance Management Information Sharing Policies Zero Trust Concepts Data-Centric Security Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) Strategic & Programmatic Governance Program Development Executive Advisory Support Stakeholder Engagement Organizational Change Management

Requirements: Analysis Governance Assessments Strategic Planning Process Improvement

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in data management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, Engineering, or related discipline. Minimum of 16 years of experience supporting enterprise data governance, data management, metadata management, information management, or related initiatives. Minimum of 5 years supporting Federal Government, Department of Defense (DoD), or Intelligence Community (IC) organizations. Demonstrated experience developing and implementing enterprise governance frameworks, policies, standards, and stewardship processes. Experience supporting enterprise metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and data quality initiatives. Experience leading cross-functional governance efforts involving technical, operational, security, and business stakeholders. Experience briefing senior leadership and facilitating governance boards, councils, and working groups. Knowledge of IC information-sharing requirements, data interoperability initiatives, and enterprise governance best practices. Salary range for this role $190-215K #CJ