Senior Data Onboarding Project Lead (Advana/DoD)

KAIROS, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

KAIROS, Inc. in Maryland is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead Advana-related projects, data onboarding, and digital transformation initiatives across government, industry, and technical teams.

You will manage end-to-end planning and execution, coordinate with data owners, governance teams, and mission stakeholders, and deliver on milestones while ensuring data quality and production readiness. A government security clearance is required; active Secret; compensation range $135,000–$185,000

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, artificial intelligence, operations research, software engineering, and/or other technical/engineering/mathematical degree fields
• 10 years of experience leading end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition and onboarding efforts

Responsibilities

• Planning & Execution: Lead end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition and onboarding efforts, coordinating priorities, schedules, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple data sources and stakeholder organizations.
• Coordination: Serve as a primary liaison with data owners, data stewards, governance teams, platform teams, and mission stakeholders to define onboarding requirements, resolve issues, andmaintainalignment throughout the acquisition lifecycle.
• Data Onboarding Management: Manage and communicate the status of data onboarding activities,maintainingvisibility into source identification, access approvals, ingestion, validation, governance reviews, and production readiness while proactively addressing blockers and schedule impacts.
• Governance Documentation: Develop, coordinate, andmaintainrequired data governance andonboardingdocumentation, including data agreements, access requirements, data inventories, governance artifacts, approvals, and supporting technical documentation.
• Status Tracking & Reporting:Establishand maintain program-level metrics, reporting, and executive status updates that provide leadership with clear visibility into onboarding progress, risks, dependencies, resource needs, and overall data acquisition performance.

Skills

Data onboarding

DoD governance

Cross-functional coordination

Executive communication

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in business, mathematics, data engineering, data analytics, data science, AI, operations research, software engineering, or related fields

10 years of experience leading end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale data acquisition

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

KAIROS, Inc. in Maryland is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead Advana-related projects, data onboarding, and digital transformation initiatives across government, industry, and technical teams.

You will manage end-to-end planning and execution, coordinate with data owners, governance teams, and mission stakeholders, and deliver on milestones while ensuring data quality and production readiness. A government security clearance is required; active Secret; compensation range $135,000–$185,000