Remote Data Governance Lead for Federal Platform

ICF; Reston (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF's Digital Modernization Division is seeking a Data Governance Lead to drive government data governance, stewardship workflows, metadata standards, and policy alignment under VA CDO oversight. This remote role prioritizes candidates in the Washington DC area with occasional onsite meetings in DC.

You will collaborate with data stewards, data owners, data engineering, security, and product operations to ensure data is accurate, discoverable, and ready for publication, applying federal data

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal contract requirements.
• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Data Governance, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Library/Information Science, or related field; or a high school diploma with four (4) additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience aligned to the responsibilities of this role.
• Master's degree may substitute for two (2) years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads implementation of Government‑approved data governance, stewardship workflows, metadata standards, discoverability practices, access‑policy coordination, and governance reporting.
• Ensures governance activities are operationalized under VA CDO oversight rather than creating contractor‑owned policy.
• Coordinates with data stewards, data owners, Data Engineering, Security, and Product Operations to make data accurate, findable, trusted, and ready for approved publication.
• Apply Data governance, metadata, data stewardship, data quality, access‑policy coordination, data agreements, and federal data policy/VA CDO environment preferred to support role delivery.
• Collaborate with relevant product, engineering, security, governance, quality, and customer‑facing stakeholders as required by the role.
• Document work products, decisions, risks, and delivery evidence to support traceability and continuous improvement.

Skills

Citizenship required

Authorized to work in the U.S.

U.S. residency

Three of last five years in the U.S.

Agile cross-functional teams

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Management/IS/AI/CS

High school diploma with 4 years relevant experience

Master's degree may substitute for 2 years experience

Tools

Collibra EDC

Microsoft Purview

Alation

Informatica

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Azure data services

Job description

ICF's Digital Modernization Division is seeking a Data Governance Lead to drive government data governance, stewardship workflows, metadata standards, and policy alignment under VA CDO oversight. This remote role prioritizes candidates in the Washington DC area with occasional onsite meetings in DC.

You will collaborate with data stewards, data owners, data engineering, security, and product operations to ensure data is accurate, discoverable, and ready for publication, applying federal data