Data Governance Analyst

Technomics; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Technomics seeks an experienced data governance professional to design and rollout governance for a federal client. You will build governance structures, define standards, and drive adoption across business and technical teams, positioning data as a trusted enterprise asset aligned to security, compliance, and modernization goals.

The role requires translating stakeholder perspectives into practical governance decisions, maturing governance capabilities, processes, and supporting technologies

Qualifications

• 8 years in data governance, data management, or enterprise data strategy.
• Proven experience establishing governing data governance councils or working groups.
• US citizen; eligible for a Secret level government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Governance Framework & Compliance: Design and mature a data governance operating model, objectives, decision rights, accountability, standards.
• Conduct current state assessments; identify gaps, barriers and improvement opportunities.
• Convene and facilitate governance councils, working groups and stewardship forums, charters, cadence, decision logs.
• Develop, adopt and continuously improve data management policies, principles and procedures; measure adoption/effectiveness; report metrics and recommend corrective actions.
• Align federal frameworks (Evidence Act, Federal Data Strategy, FAIR, DAMA, DMBOK, DCAM) with client needs.
• Metadata Catalog & Tool Enablement: Translate governance best practices into reusable templates; define requirements for metadata lineage, business glossary, data catalogs; evaluate tools and plan phased tool implementation; produce inventories, dictionaries, stewardship records.
• Stewardship & Issue Resolution: Lead cross-functional workshops; establish RACI matrices; create decision-making and issue-adjudication processes; coach data owners and stewards.
• Training, Documentation & Change Management: Deliver training on governance principles; maintain a knowledge hub; run campaigns to drive adoption; define and monitor KPIs.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Policy design

Change management

Compliance understanding

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems / Computer Science / Data Analytics

Tools

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Alation

Informatica

Job description

Overview Technomics is a growing employee owned decision analytics company that specializes in cost and economic analysis to facilitate better decisions faster We enable a wide range of clients across the Federal government from senior level policy makers to program managers to choose smartly buy effectively and operate efficiently We deliver practical credible and defensible results offering actionable insights by applying data driven and analytics based approaches in combination with multidisciplinary talent subject matter experts and tangible and repeatable assets in the form of databases models approaches and techniques Analysts have the knowledge skills abilities and initiative to deliver timely practical and innovative solutions to our clients as part of high performing project teams typically composed of a mix of junior and mid level analysts who will look to you for technical acumen and mentoring Our employee owners pride themselves on their ability to apply deep analytical rigor and innovative thought that assist clients in understanding and solving a myriad of challenging resource planning and management problems This position may be located in Arlington VA Headquarters Washington DC Pentagon Springfield VA Chantilly VA Tysons Corner VA.

Position Specific Overview

Analysts will lead the design and rollout of a modern data governance program for a federal client You will build governance structures define standards and drive adoption across business and technical teams positioning data as a trusted enterprise asset that meets security compliance and modernization goals The successful candidate will be a strong facilitator and change agent who can navigate complex stakeholder environments translate competing perspectives into practical governance decisions and progressively mature governance capabilities processes and supporting technologies.

Responsibilities

• Governance Framework & Compliance Design and mature a data governance operating model objectives decision rights accountability standards
• Conduct current state assessments; identify gaps barriers and improvement opportunities
• Convene and facilitate governance councils working groups and stewardship forums charters cadence decision logs
• Develop adopt and continuously improve data management policies principles and procedures Measure adoptioneffectiveness; report metrics and recommend corrective actions
• Align federal frameworks Evidence Act Federal Data Strategy FAIR DAMA DMBOK DCAM with client specific needs
• Metadata Catalog & Tool Enablement Translate governance best practices into reusable templates standards and assets Define requirements for metadata lineage business glossary and data catalogs; evaluate tools such as Collibra MicrosoftPurview Alation or Informatica and plan phased tool implementation Produce enterprise data inventories dictionaries critical data element registers and stewardship records that serve as interim assets and guide future tooling
• Stewardship & Issue Resolution Lead cross functional workshops to align governance objectives with mission outcomes Build consensus among stakeholders with differing priorities organizational perspectives and levels of data management maturity Establish and publish RACI matrices and stewardship roles executive sponsor data owners stewards custodians Create decision making and issue adjudication processes intake forms escalation paths approval workflows Coach data owners and stewards embedding governance into everyday project and business workflows
• Training Documentation & Change Management Deliver training and coaching on governance principles roles and tools to all stakeholder levels Maintain a knowledge hub SharePointwiki for policies FAQs and how to guides Run change management campaigns communications success stories to drive adoption Define and monitor KPIs metadata completeness data quality improvement standards implementation reuse Minimum

Minimum Qualifications

• 8 years in data governance data management or enterprise data strategy; proven experience establishinggoverning data governance councils or working groups
• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Data Analytics Business Finance or a related field
• Federal data laws and mandates EvidenceAct Federal Data Strategy FAIR; data catalog lineage quality and governance technology concepts
• Excellent oral and written skills; ability to work cross functionally with senior leaders and technical teams
• US citizen; eligible for a Secret level government security clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance
• Experience leading complex data governance engagements in a consulting or client services setting Prior work with US federal agencies and active Secret clearance CDMP Practitioner or Master certification
• Proven track record buildingtransforming data governance programs
• Expertise in change management stakeholder engagement and consensus building within data governance initiatives Hands on experience selecting and implementing enterprise governance platforms Collibra Alation MicrosoftPurview Informatica etc and developing reusable assets charters roadmaps RACI matrices data quality frameworks

Salary range 105000 200000 USD The salary range listed is one part of our total compensation package which may also include bonuses incentives and benefits Individual compensation is determined based on qualifications such as relevant years of experience education certifications and geographic location

Technomics is an Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected status under applicable law including disability and protected veteran status