Data Governance Specialist

General Dynamics Information Technology Inc (GDIT) is seeking someone qualified for the Data Governance Specialist role to support and continue to grow the HRSA/NPDB account. As part of this team, we are providing leading data analytics, Business Intelligence (BI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) services for our federal clients to enable innovative, effective, and secure business processes. This role needs working collaboratively with a high-performance team, and help establish and implement data governance policies, and framework.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate, and moderate data governance requirements gathering sessions
• Elicit and collect high level requirements.
• Develop data governance policies and a framework
• Assisting in modernizing data analytics by establishing data governance rules

Required Skills:

• Minimum 6 years of related experience and at least 2 years of experience in Data Governance.
• Demonstrated ability to moderate discussions enabling participants to articulate ideas on topics; recognize and manage various viewpoints; and gain consensus among various stakeholder groups.
• Experience defining data governance strategies, policies, and procedures as well as data sharing agreements.
• Experience leading and advising on best practices for data governance, data security and compliance.
• Experience developing data governance frameworks and guidelines.
• Experience working closely with data stewards, and consumers to improve data discovery, data quality, data definitions, and data lineage.
• Experience Selecting data governance tools and technologies for the data governance initiatives.
• Experience Developing use cases, managing requirements traceability, and a working knowledge of requirements management repository tools.

Desired Skills:

• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to communicate abstract technical concepts to a varied audience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to effectively convey information, concerns and capabilities to all levels of management in a clear and concise manner.
• Responsive, adaptive to complex changing environment.
• Resolve issues with little oversight; ability to gather and analyze information skillfully and develop alternative solutions.
• Prioritize and work on multiple projects at the same time, including the ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple initiatives/deadlines with minimal supervision and shift priorities as necessary.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.