Director of Enterprise Data Governance

Reston, VA

Reston, VA

New Directions - IT Staffing

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Overview: <p>We are currently engaged with a client seeking a <strong>Director of Enterprise Data Governance</strong>.</p>
Responsibilities: <ul> <li>Responsible for establishing &amp; enforcing standards for all practices &amp; procedures regarding enterprise data management and utilization.</li> <li>This position requires prior experience in data architecture, data management, data integration, big data, analytics/BI.</li> <li>Majority of their time will be spent managing a team of data modelers and working across multiple business units within the organization to ensure optimal data management practices across all levels of management.</li> <li>Technical experience using programs to extract, analyze, and manage data from a variety of disparate data sources and systems.</li> <li>Work independently&nbsp;and lead organization to improve the team&rsquo;s quality and efficiency.</li> <li>Supervise and oversee Data Governance Process and manage Analysts, Technicians, Interns and Contractors in data and business analysis, data modeling consulting, and system and data problem resolution related to information.&nbsp;</li> <li>Coordinate with Lead Architects and other Data staff to ensure enterprise governance and stewardship policies are enforced.</li> <li> <div>Develop and maintain standards for Enterprise Data Governance for existing and future data repositories and applications while ensuring the integrity of all data processes.</div> </li> <li> <div>Coordinate projects that involve multiple team members.</div> </li> <li> <div>Lead Data&nbsp;meetings and facilitate information exchange with people in other departments and/or external customers.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div>Expand knowledge of the systems, methods, practices, procedures, policies, regulations followed&nbsp;&amp; develop technical skills&nbsp;related to&nbsp;Big Data, SQL and analytic software.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div>Lead development and management of business and technical metadata development and sharing tools and practices.</div> </li> <li> <div>Ensure corporate systems contain quality data and are available according to&nbsp;Service Level Requests.</div> </li> </ul>
Requirements: <ul> <li> <div>Data management, data governance, data architecture, analytics and BI expertise.</div> </li> <li> <div>Establishing and managing data governance process and procedures across multiple business units.</div> </li> <li> <div>Developing tools in Big Data and traditional DW environments in support of Data Governance and master data management.</div> </li> <li> <div>Trackrecord of building and managing&nbsp;a data governance team.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div>Excellent leadership and organizational skills.&nbsp;</div> </li> <li> <div>Strong interpersonal skills for interfacing with customers and leading/presenting meetings.&nbsp;</div> </li> </ul>