Data Governance SME

Aver is looking to identify a Data Governance SME to be responsible for the overall leadership in setting up and managing a Data Governance Council.  The SME will roll out an enterprise wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organization behavior policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead development of data governance activities
• Create and own strategy, roadmap and execution of governing data. 
• Define and implement standards and metrics across all areas of data governance. 
• Establish core documentation, including functional specifications, use cases, data requirements, data flows, and data architecture. 
• Identify and select best-of-class tools and processes and setup standard operating procedures. 
• Define and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for developing information-based capabilities.
• Serve as a liaison between Directorates and Functional areas to ensure that data related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated and considered as part of operational prioritization and planning.
• Participate in the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements across the organization.

Education Requirement:

• Bachelors Degree

Minimum Experience:

• At least 10 years of overall professional experience and 8 within a Federal consulting environment.
• Knowledge and ability to create models and standards to govern which data is collected, how it is stored, arranged, integrated, and used in data systems and models.

Security Requirement:

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance