Data Governance Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VA
Salary
$99,000–$225,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
101 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $162k
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This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$218,656 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $162k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1156 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Data Governance Lead

As the Data Governance Lead, you will manage the platforms, rules, and processes ensuring organizational data is visible, accessible, understandable, linked, trusted, interoperable, secure, and compliant with regulations. You will be responsible for defining enterprise-wide governance programs, including standards, procedures, and catalog registration while overseeing metadata management, data stewardship, and compliance. Day-to-day tasks involve monitoring data quality, managing business glossaries to maintain consistent definitions and lineage, and providing training to users on governance practices. To succeed, you must possess expertise in the Collibra platform, data classification, protection, and enterprise architecture. You will also develop dashboards and reports to track program effectiveness. This role addresses the critical challenge of ensuring data integrity and security while facilitating large-scale business decisions through reliable insights within a complex regulatory environment requiring a Secret clearance.

What you'll do

  • Define and implement enterprise-wide data governance programs including standards, procedures, and catalog registration.
  • Monitor and improve data quality while enforcing regulatory compliance and mitigating risks.
  • Maintain standardized business terms, definitions, relationships, and lineage in the metadata management system.
  • Provide guidance and training to users and data stewards on governance practices and compliance.
  • Create dashboards, metrics, and reports to track data quality and program effectiveness.
  • Manage platforms and processes to ensure data is visible, accessible, understood, linked, trusted, interoperable, and secure.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Business (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience in data governance, data management, process management, project management, and analytics.
  • Knowledge of Collibra platform, data classification, data protection, and enterprise data architecture.
  • Ability to be a decision maker and leader who can influence data practices across the organization.
  • Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
  • Experience leading complex data governance or management engagements (preferred).
  • Experience planning complex tasks, delivering briefings to senior leaders, and implementing best practices (preferred).

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