KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Leads enterprise data management activities, including data governance, data quality, data lifecycle management, metadata management, and data stewardship practices.
Develops, implements, and maintains data management strategies, policies, standards, procedures, and best practices to support organizational and customer objectives.
Oversees the collection, organization, storage, validation, protection, and accessibility of data across multiple systems, databases, and reporting environments.
Partners with executive leadership, program managers, technical teams, analysts, and stakeholders to ensure data assets support strategic planning, operational performance, reporting, and decision-making needs.
Establishes and monitors data quality controls, including accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, and integrity across enterprise data sources.
Leads efforts to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex data issues, including data discrepancies, integration challenges, system inconsistencies, and process gaps.
Manages database and data repository structures in coordination with technical teams to ensure reliable performance, scalability, security, and usability.
Supports data governance boards, working groups, or stakeholder forums by providing subject matter expertise and recommendations related to data standards, ownership, access, and usage.
Ensures data handling practices comply with applicable contract requirements, security controls, privacy expectations, and organizational procedures.
Oversees data documentation, including data dictionaries, metadata repositories, data lineage, business rules, and standard operating procedures.
Evaluates and implements tools, technologies, and process improvements to enhance data management, automation, reporting readiness, and operational efficiency.
Leads data migration, integration, cleansing, and transformation efforts to support system implementations, modernization projects, and enterprise initiatives.
Provides leadership, coaching, and performance guidance to data management staff, analysts, or cross-functional project teams.
Collaborates with cybersecurity, IT, compliance, and business stakeholders to ensure appropriate data access controls, retention practices, and risk mitigation measures are in place.
Prepares briefings, reports, recommendations, and status updates for senior management regarding data management performance, risks, initiatives, and improvements.