Data Governance Manager

MANTECH; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Mantech is seeking a Data Governance Manager to lead enterprise data governance, data quality, and stewardship initiatives. The role emphasizes training, standards, and cross-functional collaboration, with a remote-first setup and occasional client-site travel.

You will build and sustain training programs, measure data health, and drive adoption of IDQ and data standards across the organization, reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 7+ years in data governance.
• 5+ years in data governance with data stewardship and data literacy training.
• 2+ years of project management experience; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee enterprise data stewardship training program and empower data owners.
• Design and author data quality and stewardship training materials.
• Develop tutorials covering IDQ Analyst and LMS deployment.
• Roll out enterprise-wide governance training on the LMS and measure effectiveness.
• Support data quality pilots and present results to governance councils.
• Lead cross-functional groups to operationalize data standards and governance.
• Establish KPIs and executive dashboards to track data health and impact.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Training & enablement

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Data management certification (CDMP or equivalent)

Tools

Informatica IDQ

Job description

Mantech is seeking a motivated, career and customer-oriented Data Governance Manager to join our team. The position is remote with the possibility of occasional client site travel that will differ from engagement to engagement but is expected to be 10% or less.

Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Data Stewardship Training Program: Oversee development and implementation of an enterprise data stewardship training program, empowering domain experts to take ownership of data quality within their respective business areas and data assets.
• Design and author comprehensive data quality and data stewardship training materials tailored to stakeholders.
• Produce specialized video tutorials and instructional content covering Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) Analyst tool and operational workflows tailored to stakeholders.
• Package training within eLearning Authoring tools (e.g., Articulate 360).
• Roll out finalized data governance and quality training courses enterprise-wide on the Learning Management System (LMS).
• Measure training effectiveness and data quality process compliance rates
• Support Data Quality Pilot: Support the data quality pilot using IDQ Analyst.
• Provide demos of the IDQ Analyst tool to leadership and data stewards as requested to promote the tool across the organization.
• Provide ongoing support to data stewards as they pilot the IDQ Analyst tool, including providing tool instruction.
• Gather pilot results and present to the data governance council.
• Broad Governance Support: Support the operationalization of the enterprise data quality and governance program, which may include the following: Champion and direct the operationalization of the governance framework and council to align enterprise efforts with strategic objectives while institutionalizing best practices across the data, analytics, and AI lifecycle.
• Establish and facilitate cross-functional working groups to execute council objectives, establishing strong oversight for access controls, data privacy, policy development, and organizational training.
• Spearhead the design, deployment, and ongoing governance of enterprise data standards and operating procedures to maintain consistency across the organization.
• Lead the strategic development and implementation of data quality frameworks, data dictionaries, and glossaries to drive continuous monitoring and directing cross-business efforts to resolve critical data issues.
• Oversee the architecture, rollout, and administration of modern data governance tooling, leveraging automation, cataloging, and quality monitoring to scale capabilities.
• Establish and monitor key performance indicators to measure overall program impact, leveraging executive dashboards to track data health and report improvement trends to leadership.
• Support ongoing data and AI literacy, which may include identifying existing training, developing training, and developing coaching frameworks.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 7+ years of relevant work experience
• 2+ years of project management experience
• 5+ years of data governance experience, including data stewardship, data quality, and data literacy training

Preferred Qualifications

• Security+ certification
• Experience working with Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) Analyst tool
• Data management certification (e.g., Certified Data Management Professional)
• Experience working for a public sector customer or in the public sector
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Security Clearance Requirements

• Must possess US citizenship and a current Secret level clearance or higher

Physical Requirements

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer