Job Description :
Position: Data Governance Specialist
Location: Bethesda, MD
6+ Months
Interview: Phone Screening and WebEx

Job Information

The Data Governance Specialist is responsible for development, deployment, and enforcement of policies, standards, and procedures to ensure the proper use and maintenance of data .
This position will partner with Business and IT Stewards to drive continuous improvement of our data management capabilities, practices, and outcomes to enhance both business performance and compliance levels over time through achievement of target information maturity model milestones.


Qualifications
Strong understanding of the importance and benefits of good data quality, and the ability to champion results across functions.
Ability to develop alliances throughout the company to mature data governance capabilities.
Ability to lead collaborative meetings which result in clear documented outcomes, a concrete understanding of meeting attendee performance/reliability, and ongoing management & follow-up for action items
Understand conceptual data and business process modeling and data life cycle / state transition concepts.
Experience developing and conducting training.
Acts with integrity and proactively seeks ways to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, and procedures
Strong skills with Excel, SharePoint, database technology, and self-service business intelligence tools.
Experience using data profiling / quality tools with the ability to access databases with SQL or other methods.
Successful candidates will have a Data Governance and Stewardship Professional (DGSP) certification or equivalent, or will be expected to become certified.
Education will include at a minimum an undergraduate degree.
             

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