Federal Business Group Data Steward

HDR•Omaha, NE

About The Position

The Federal Business Group Data Steward is a business leadership role embedded in HDR’s Federal Business Group, focused on defining, aligning, and sustaining data practices across Federal Market Sectors and their service lines. The role connects operations, business development, contracting, compliance, and project delivery to establish common data standards, ownership, and accountability. It is not an IT or compliance position and does not require serving as the subject matter expert in every Federal business domain; instead, the steward coordinates subject matter experts and technical authorities and builds consensus around data practices. The position advocates for Federal data quality and accountability, helping teams understand how project information supports contract compliance, federal reporting, corporate analytics, market intelligence, and strategic decisions. It supports the reliable definition, sharing, and reuse of data across projects, teams, systems, and time, including alignment of HDR data with external government sources such as SAM.gov and FPDS. The role also promotes data fluency and responsible use of data, and helps prepare enterprise and project data for analytics, automation, and AI. Success involves establishing repeatable practices for capturing, structuring, governing, and reusing data; maintaining a Federal service-line data glossary; driving adoption of shared definitions; and ensuring teams have tools and guidance to use trusted data in project delivery and pursuits. The role works within a broader Data Steward network and coordinates with Federal leadership and enterprise data teams to align workflows and initiatives with Federal strategy.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, data science, business, computer science, or a related discipline, or equivalent related experience.
At least 10 years of experience in a related field.
Experience developing and managing diverse teams.
Ability to work cooperatively with other leaders, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers.
Commitment to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
Commitment to active participation in HDR’s employee-owned culture.
Ability to understand how data is delivered, defined, and used in the federal industry and on projects.
Ability to translate complex practices into clear, usable guidance.
Comfort making decisions and driving consensus.
Strong data fluency and curiosity to continue learning.
A solid technical network that can be used for feedback and alignment.
Credibility in data, technology, and delivery practices, with the ability to influence teams through clarity, consistency, and outcomes.
Ability to clearly communicate the importance of data integrity at all organizational levels.
Established leadership influence and credibility; the role is not intended for early-career staff or as a learning assignment.

Nice To Haves

Ten years of strategic leadership experience focused on growing, developing, and leading Federal teams in change management and working with data.
Fifteen years of overall experience providing diverse data-centric solutions and services to an organization and the industry.
Demonstrated experience managing, governing, or analyzing federal contract, project, and procurement data, including familiarity with FPDS, SAM.gov, federal contract vehicles, and government reporting requirements.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives, establish data standards, and influence stakeholders across business development, contracts, compliance, operations, and project delivery organizations.

Responsibilities

Establish and coordinate a network of subject matter experts across the Federal practice to define technical standards and align them with Federal data practices and enterprise expectations.
Develop and maintain business-aligned data definitions for engineering and technical terms that support structured data models, reporting, automation, and AI use cases.
Build alignment and consensus on data processes, priorities, and expected use through a technical network.
Work with the Federal Support Group, Federal Marketing Team, Compliance, and project teams to understand governance and standards for federal project and contract data, ensuring consistency across HDR systems and alignment with FPDS and other government procurement records.
Partner with the Federal Support Group, Federal Marketing Team, Compliance, and project teams to improve data quality, resolve discrepancies, and maintain a single source of truth for federal data.
Define and steward key federal data elements, including task order and IDIQ/IDC connectivity, PIIDs, UEIs, Small Business compliance, clients, and project marketing data, to support compliance, reporting, analytics, and growth initiatives.
Drive adoption of data standards and accountability practices that enable accurate reporting and informed decision-making using trusted AI and automation solutions.
Collaborate with other Business Group Data Stewards and advocate for Federal Business Group system requirements and improvements.
Promote consistent and responsible use of technical data, including access, data quality, Federal practice for format, and reuse.
Support governance of externally sourced datasets, including access, approvals, inventory awareness, storage, and lifecycle considerations.
Promote data fluency across the Federal Market Sectors.
Coordinate with the Technology Director and Professional Services and Delivery Director to align data workflows and initiatives with Federal Strategy.
Lead change management efforts to drive adoption of data standards, practices, and tools across the Federal practice.
Communicate and collaborate regularly with other Data Stewards, Enterprise Data Science Teams, and Enterprise Data Operations staff.
Ensure new tools identified for implementation within Federal programs are aligned with data strategy.
Help teams understand how project information entered during project execution supports contract compliance, federal reporting, corporate analytics, market intelligence, and strategic business decisions.