Senior Data Governance Leader - Enterprise IC

Red Arch Solutions; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions seeks a senior Data Governance SME to lead enterprise governance initiatives across the IC and federal landscape. You will shape governance frameworks, metadata strategies, and data standards while collaborating with data owners, security teams, architects, and engineers to drive trust and compliance.

The role emphasizes data-centric security, ABAC-based access, and governance program maturity, with a focus on governance councils and executive briefings to advance data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience in data management, information systems, CS, or related field.
• Minimum 16 years of experience in enterprise data governance, data management, metadata management, or related initiatives.
• Minimum 5 years supporting Federal Government, DoD, or IC organizations.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise governance frameworks, policies, standards, and stewardship processes.
• Experience supporting metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and data quality initiatives.
• Experience leading cross-functional governance efforts with 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, and governance best practices.

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 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.

Skills

Enterprise Data Governance

Data Stewardship

Data Quality Management

Metadata Management

Data Lifecycle Management

Data Catalog Management

Data Standards Development

Data Policy Development

Information Management

Data Classification and Tagging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data management or related discipline

Job description

Red Arch Solutions seeks a senior Data Governance SME to lead enterprise governance initiatives across the IC and federal landscape. You will shape governance frameworks, metadata strategies, and data standards while collaborating with data owners, security teams, architects, and engineers to drive trust and compliance.

The role emphasizes data-centric security, ABAC-based access, and governance program maturity, with a focus on governance councils and executive briefings to advance data-driven