Data Governance Lead IV

Apply Logic is a fast-paced Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small-Business, headquartered in Vienna, VA. Our people are our greatest asset, and our company culture is grounded on that belief. We offer challenging and interesting work in a friendly and supportive environment. Through prime and subcontracts, we deliver best-in-class expertise to solve complex technical problems.

• Onsite – Northern Virginia (Alexandria/Falls Church area)

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain Government security clearance.

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance and information management programs.
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models for enterprise data management.
• Provide senior-level expertise in metadata management, data quality, data lineage, data stewardship, data classification, and data ownership.
• Lead the development and implementation of enterprise data dictionaries, metadata repositories, data catalogs, and lineage solutions.
• Establish enterprise standards for data definitions, metadata, business rules, data quality, and stewardship.
• Lead data quality initiatives, including development of quality standards, metrics, monitoring processes, and remediation strategies.
• Develop strategies for improving data consistency, accuracy, accessibility, discoverability, and usability across enterprise systems.
• Facilitate collaboration among data owners, data stewards, architects, engineers, analysts, developers, and business stakeholders.
• Evaluate existing data governance practices and recommend improvements to governance frameworks, processes, tools, and organizational structures.
• Provide technical and strategic guidance on data governance requirements for new and existing systems.
• Lead the development and maintenance of enterprise data lineage and information flow documentation.
• Establish governance requirements for data integration, reporting, analytics, and enterprise data platforms.
• Develop governance metrics and reporting to measure data quality, compliance, adoption, and program effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to data governance and information management personnel.
• Review and evaluate governance tools and technologies and make recommendations based on organizational requirements.
• Ensure data governance practices align with applicable security, privacy, compliance, and organizational requirements.

• Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible experience in data governance, data management, information management, data quality, metadata management, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise data governance initiatives or programs.
• Extensive experience with data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating models.
• Advanced knowledge of metadata management, data quality, data lineage, data dictionaries, data catalogs, and data stewardship.
• Experience establishing enterprise data definitions, ownership, stewardship, classification, and business rules.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing data quality strategies, metrics, and remediation processes.
• Experience working across technical and business organizations to establish and enforce data governance standards.
• Ability to analyze complex organizational and technical data management challenges and develop practical, sustainable solutions.
• Experience developing governance documentation,…