Strategic Data Governance & Catalog Lead

Guidehouse

Washington (District of Columbia)

On-site

USD 113,000 - 188,000

Full time

8 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid Holidays

Bonus Eligible

Parental Leave

401(k)

Life Insurance

HSA & FSA

Disability Insurance

Student Loan PayDown

Tuition Reimbursement

Skills Development

Employee Referral Program

Company Events & Outreach

Mobility Stipend

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a senior data governance professional to lead governance workstreams and small delivery teams focused on actionable data/AI governance programs in a federal/public-trust context. You will own client relationships, set expectations, and coordinate across business, IT, privacy, security, and legal stakeholders.

The role requires hands-on Collibra Data Catalog implementation, roadmap design, and governance operating model development.

Qualifications

Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD “PUBLIC TRUST”.
Bachelor’s degree obtained.
SEVEN (7) or more years of relevant experience with progressive responsibility, including workstream leadership and oversight of junior staff.
Experience leading client workstreams end-to-end, including planning, facilitation, issue resolution, and executive communications.
Experience to configure, architect, advise, and perform hands-on implementation of Collibra Data Catalog platform.
Experience shaping roadmaps and operating models that connect governance to delivery, adoption, and measurable outcomes.
Experience delivering consulting or client-facing work, including workshops, written deliverables, and stakeholder management.
Experience with AI governance concepts such as model risk considerations, transparency and documentation, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

Lead governance workstreams and small delivery teams to design and implement data/AI governance programs that are actionable and sustainable.
Own client relationships for your workstream by setting expectations, facilitating executive discussions, and driving alignment across business, IT, privacy, security, and legal stakeholders.
Advise, present solution and governance alternatives analysis, implement, and operate new Collibra Data Catalog instance.
Perform hands-on Collibra Data Catalog implementation support, to include leading prioritization of high-value features and work management scoping.
Design and operationalize governance operating models including council structures, data stewardship models, decision escalation paths, and integrated controls across data, analytics, and AI.
Define implementation roadmaps that connect strategy to execution, including sequencing, dependency management, change management, and measurable adoption outcomes.
Establish AI governance and responsible AI guardrails such as model and use case inventory, risk management workflow, review boards, documentation standards, third-party oversight, and ongoing compliance reporting.
Institute tactical and functional data governance operations and controls that assist in operationalizing program and product-level governance.
Translate governance needs into scalable enablement including templates, playbooks, training, and communications that improve adoption and reduce operational friction.
Contribute to growth and pursuits by supporting proposal development, scoping, staffing plans, and the creation of reusable assets and accelerators.
Ability to travel as needed based on client and project needs