Data Governance Lead

MDW Associates

1d•Remote

About The Position

MDW Associates is seeking a Data Governance Lead to establish and maintain governance for MDW-supported data and analytics platforms. This role ensures analytics capabilities are requirements-driven, traceable, tested, and managed through structured governance and change control processes. The Data Governance Lead works closely with Program Management, IT, data engineers, and analysts to maintain reliable, secure, and auditable analytics environments. This position is fully remote, with a preference for candidates within commuting distance of Redstone Arsenal, AL. The Data Governance Lead may perform a combination of some or all of the following duties: Platform Governance and Control: Develop and maintain governance frameworks including SOPs, roles (RACI), approval workflows, and documentation repositories. Ensure platform configurations and operating procedures are controlled and properly documented. Requirements, Traceability, and Acceptance: Facilitate and document analytics requirements including data sources, transformations, outputs, access, and retention. Maintain traceability from requirements through implementation, testing, and approvals. Change Control and Release Governance: Manage intake, review, and approval of platform changes such as new data feeds, pipeline updates, and dashboard modifications. Conduct impact assessments and coordinate controlled releases while maintaining configuration baselines and release logs. Verification & Documentation: Develop verification plans and review evidence for high-impact changes. Maintain version control and documentation for analytics artifacts, datasets, dashboards, and procedures. Incident Management: Investigate data quality issues, pipeline failures, reporting discrepancies, and access problems. Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence. Audit Support: Maintain documentation and evidence supporting governance, traceability, and controlled change management. Support internal and external audits and reviews.

Requirements

Experience governing software, analytics, or data systems in regulated or audit-sensitive environments.
Strong documentation discipline and experience with change control processes
Experience performing incident investigation and root cause analysis.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with analytics delivery environments (dashboards, pipelines, data quality controls) preferred.

Responsibilities

Platform Governance and Control: Develop and maintain governance frameworks including SOPs, roles (RACI), approval workflows, and documentation repositories.
Ensure platform configurations and operating procedures are controlled and properly documented.
Requirements, Traceability, and Acceptance: Facilitate and document analytics requirements including data sources, transformations, outputs, access, and retention.
Maintain traceability from requirements through implementation, testing, and approvals.
Change Control and Release Governance: Manage intake, review, and approval of platform changes such as new data feeds, pipeline updates, and dashboard modifications.
Conduct impact assessments and coordinate controlled releases while maintaining configuration baselines and release logs.
Verification & Documentation: Develop verification plans and review evidence for high-impact changes.
Maintain version control and documentation for analytics artifacts, datasets, dashboards, and procedures.
Incident Management: Investigate data quality issues, pipeline failures, reporting discrepancies, and access problems.
Perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
Audit Support: Maintain documentation and evidence supporting governance, traceability, and controlled change management.
Support internal and external audits and reviews.