Data Governance Lead

Please note:

This role is contingent upon a contract award. While it is not an immediate opening, we are actively conducting interviews and extending offers in anticipation of the award.

At ICF our Digital Modernization Division is an information technology and management consulting organization that delivers integrated, strategic solutions to federal clients. We bring expertise in cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, data modernization, and digital transformation to support mission‑critical government programs.

At ICF our Digital Modernization Division is an information technology and management consulting organization that delivers integrated, strategic solutions to federal clients. We bring expertise in cloud, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, data modernization, and digital transformation to support mission‑critical government programs.

Join a team accelerating the modernization of a large federal agency's enterprise data and analytics ecosystem. This cloud‑based platform provides data storage, analytics, governance, and AI/ML capabilities that enable thousands of users to transform data into actionable insights. As demand continues to grow, the team is focused on migrating legacy workloads, streamlining onboarding and support, expanding platform capabilities, and helping organizations across the enterprise adopt modern data and AI solutions at scale.

The Data Governance Lead focuses on implementation of Government‑approved data governance, stewardship workflows, metadata standards, discoverability practices, access‑policy coordination, and governance reporting. Ensures governance activities are operationalized under customer CDO oversight rather than creating contractor‑owned policy. Coordinates with data stewards, data owners, Data Engineering, Security, and Product Operations to make data accurate, findable, trusted, and ready for approved publication.

Job Location: Remote, however, strong preference for candidates who live in the Washington DC Metro Area. There will be occasional onsite meetings on the client site in Washington, DC.

• If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations, blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses, and prohibits personal VPN connections.

• Leads implementation of Government‑approved data governance, stewardship workflows, metadata standards, discoverability practices, access‑policy coordination, and governance reporting.
• Ensures governance activities are operationalized under VA CDO oversight rather than creating contractor‑owned policy.
• Coordinates with data stewards, data owners, Data Engineering, Security, and Product Operations to make data accurate, findable, trusted, and ready for approved publication.
• Apply Data governance, metadata, data stewardship, data quality, access‑policy coordination, data agreements, and federal data policy/VA CDO environment preferred to support role delivery.
• Collaborate with relevant product, engineering, security, governance, quality, and customer‑facing stakeholders as required by the role.
• Document work products, decisions, risks, and delivery evidence to support traceability and continuous improvement.

• U.S. Citizenship is required due to federal contract requirements.
• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Data Governance, Business Analytics, Computer Science, Library/Information Science, or related field; or a high school diploma with four (4) additional years of…