Senior Data Governance Strategist: Policy & Standards

redarchsolutions; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K and retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Generous PTO

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Data Governance SME to serve as a senior advisor on enterprise data governance, setting governance frameworks, standards, and stewardship models to mature data as a strategic asset.

The role collaborates with government stakeholders, data stewards, security teams, and engineers to improve data quality, accessibility, and trust while ensuring IC, Federal, and organizational compliance. Salary ranges reflect market data for this senior position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a data-related field.
• 16+ years of enterprise data governance experience.
• 5+ years in Federal Government/DoD/IC.
• Experience building governance frameworks and stewardship processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and mature enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and procedures.
• Advise government leadership on governance strategies and data initiatives.
• Lead governance activities supporting data management, metadata management, information sharing, and data modernization.
• Collaborate with data owners, stewards, cybersecurity, architects, and engineers to establish governance controls.
• 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 governance requirements.
• Support data-centric security via classification, tagging, labeling, and metadata-driven governance.
• Partner with Zero Trust teams to support ABAC and secure information-sharing objectives.
• Lead development of governance metrics, data quality measures, and program maturity assessments.
• Support enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and lineage initiatives for discoverability.
• Facilitate governance councils, working groups, and executive briefings.
• Conduct governance assessments and recommend process improvements.
• Support data onboarding initiatives and ensure new datasets meet governance standards.
• Develop governance artifacts, policy recommendations, and roadmaps.
• Promote data literacy and governance awareness across stakeholder communities.

Skills

Governance

Data Management

Data Stewardship

Metadata Management

Data Quality

Data Catalog

Data Standards

Policy Development

Information Management

ABAC

Zero Trust

Stakeholder Engagement

Executive Advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Data Governance SME to serve as a senior advisor on enterprise data governance, setting governance frameworks, standards, and stewardship models to mature data as a strategic asset.

The role collaborates with government stakeholders, data stewards, security teams, and engineers to improve data quality, accessibility, and trust while ensuring IC, Federal, and organizational compliance. Salary ranges reflect market data for this senior position.