Senior Data Governance Lead — Enterprise Metadata & Quality

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC; Vienna, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Assistance Program

401K

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Life/Short-Term Disability/Critical Il

11 Federal Holidays

Up to continuing education allowance

Job summary

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC in Northern Virginia seeks a Data Governance Analyst to lead enterprise data governance and information management for a complex Federal Government customer. The role focuses on defining standards, metadata, data quality, and stewardship across the organization.

You will establish frameworks, policies, and operating models, provide senior technical guidance, and mentor data governance professionals while collaborating with data owners, architects, and engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in data governance, data management, information management, data quality, metadata management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise data governance initiatives or programs.
• Extensive experience with data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Advanced knowledge of metadata management, data quality, data lineage, data dictionaries, data catalogs, and data stewardship.
• Experience establishing enterprise data definitions, ownership, stewardship, classification, and business rules.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing data quality strategies, metrics, and remediation processes.
• Experience working across technical and business organizations to establish and enforce data governance standards.
• Ability to analyze complex organizational and technical data management challenges and develop practical, sustainable solutions.
• Experience developing governance documentation, standards, procedures, and implementation strategies.
• Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction and mentorship to other data governance professionals.
• Ability to independently lead complex initiatives and manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance and information management programs.
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models for enterprise data management.
• Provide senior-level expertise in metadata management, data quality, data lineage, data stewardship, data classification, and data ownership.
• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise data dictionaries, metadata repositories, data catalogs, and lineage solutions.
• Establish enterprise standards for data definitions, metadata, business rules, data quality, and stewardship.
• Lead data quality initiatives, including development of quality standards, metrics, monitoring processes, and remediation strategies.
• Develop strategies for improving data consistency, accuracy, accessibility, discoverability, and usability across enterprise systems.
• Facilitate collaboration among data owners, data stewards, architects, engineers, analysts, developers, and business stakeholders.
• Evaluate existing data governance practices and recommend improvements to governance frameworks, processes, tools, and organizational structures.
• Provide technical and strategic guidance on data governance requirements for new and existing systems.
• Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise data lineage and information flow documentation.
• Establish governance requirements for data integration, reporting, analytics, and enterprise data platforms.
• Develop governance metrics and reporting to measure data quality, compliance, adoption, and program effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data governance and information management personnel.
• Review and evaluate governance tools and technologies and make recommendations based on organizational requirements.
• Ensure data governance practices align with applicable security, privacy, compliance, and organizational requirements.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata management

Data lineage

Data catalogs

Data stewardship

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data ownership

Policy & standards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Management

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Microsoft Purview

Job description

ApplyLogic Consulting Group, LLC in Northern Virginia seeks a Data Governance Analyst to lead enterprise data governance and information management for a complex Federal Government customer. The role focuses on defining standards, metadata, data quality, and stewardship across the organization.

You will establish frameworks, policies, and operating models, provide senior technical guidance, and mentor data governance professionals while collaborating with data owners, architects, and engineers.