Data Governance Lead

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Analytica

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B2B • Government • Consulting

Analytica is a rapidly growing SBA-Certified 8(a) Small Business that specializes in providing advanced analytics, digital transformation, and enterprise data management services primarily to federal agencies. The company focuses on simplifying complex data to enable its clients to make informed decisions, thereby driving success in their missions and citizen services. With a strong emphasis on management consulting and federal technology training, Analytica employs a data-driven approach to enhance the capabilities of government IT systems and organizations. The company is renowned for its collaborative culture and commitment to employee development, ensuring quality service delivery. Analytica is recognized for its support in public sector innovation and adheres to industry standards like Agile, SAFe, and CMMI. Their mission is to assist the government in utilizing digital tools and data analytics to improve service delivery to citizens.

51 - 200 employees

🤝 B2B

🏛️ Government

📋 Description

• Develop and lead the organization’s data governance strategy, roadmap, and maturity model. • Establish enterprise data governance policies, standards, and operating frameworks. • Partner with executives, data owners, and SMEs to define governance priorities, value drivers, and decision-making authority. • Build and mentor a data governance community including stewards, custodians, and business/data SMEs. • Drive cross-functional alignment and stakeholder engagement for unified data architecture. • Lead vendor assessments and tool evaluations for data cataloging, metadata management, lineage, and data quality platforms. • Oversee tool implementation and integration with source systems, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and analytics environments. • Configure and govern cataloging platforms (Collibra, Alation, Informatica EDC, Purview, Glue Data Catalog, etc.). • Enable data discovery, data lineage visibility, business glossaries, and steward workflows. • Ensure consistent metadata capture across ETL pipelines, data lakes, and data warehouses • Install, configure, test, maintain, and debug data management software, systems, and associated capabilities specifically dealing with data governance and related persona user interfaces.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 8 (eight) years’ professional experience • Bachelors in engineering, IT or relevant technical field • Databricks Certified Data Engineer preferred • Demonstrated experience developing and operationalizing data governance strategy in a large or regulated environment. • Hands-on expertise with data cataloging and metadata tools (Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Purview, Glue, or similar). • Proven experience leading vendor selection, RFPs, and product evaluations. • Strong knowledge of data architecture, cloud data platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), lineage, and data quality concepts. • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive-facing presentation skills. • Proven success in implementing distributed data environments. • Strong understanding of data governance and compliance frameworks. • US Citizen • Must be able to obtain and maintain clearance

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation with opportunities for bonuses • Employer-paid health care • Training and development funds • 401k match