Senior Technical Data Governance Program Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Technical Data Governance Program Manager based in the United States.

This is a senior leadership opportunity supporting a large-scale modernization initiative serving federal courts across the United States.
The role will lead data governance, engineering, data platform, reporting, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities within a complex modernization program.
You will provide both strategic and technical leadership while overseeing multiple concurrent workstreams and delivery teams.
The position serves as a key customer-facing leader, managing senior stakeholder relationships and ensuring alignment with business, technical, security, and compliance objectives.
You will drive modernization roadmaps, operational maturity, Agile delivery, risk management, and continuous process improvement.
Success requires a change-oriented leader who can balance strategic vision with hands-on program execution in a fast-paced environment.
This is a fully remote, full-time position with significant scope, visibility, and opportunity to influence enterprise-scale data transformation.

Accountabilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for program and contract execution, ensuring delivery remains aligned with strategic objectives, commitments, and expected outcomes.
• Provide senior technical leadership across data governance, architecture, engineering, integration, modernization, analytics, and AI/ML initiatives.
• Define and maintain the program's technical strategy, architecture vision, engineering standards, data governance approach, and modernization roadmap.
• Ensure solutions and delivery practices remain aligned with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, security, compliance, and organizational standards.
• Lead program teams and oversee personnel, resource allocation, schedules, deliverables, performance, budgets, and operational priorities.
• Establish strong relationships with senior customers and stakeholders, providing clear communication, executive briefings, strategic recommendations, and transparent reporting.
• Manage development, operations, and implementation activities using Agile project management practices and promote continuous improvement across delivery teams.
• Develop and maintain program roadmaps and Integrated Master Schedules, including milestones, dependencies, priorities, and key deliverables.
• Facilitate program and project meetings, document decisions, track action items, and ensure accountability across workstreams.
• Produce recurring Agile and program reporting, including sprint metrics, backlog status, burndown reporting, retrospectives, risks, dependencies, and overall delivery performance.
• Maintain RAID logs and proactively identify technical, operational, financial, and business risks, developing and communicating effective mitigation strategies.
• Provide analysis, research, alternative approaches, and solution recommendations to senior government and program stakeholders when required.
• Drive operational maturity and serve as a change agent, challenging existing processes and identifying opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, and delivery outcomes.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in IT management, technology solution delivery, or related program leadership, with significant experience in data governance strategy, standards development, implementation, operational support, and change management.
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Demonstrated expertise leading teams focused on big data, cloud solution architecture, cybersecurity, data management, business intelligence, analytics, and/or related modernization capabilities.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data platforms, enterprise technology delivery, and modernization programs.
• Proven experience managing complex programs with multiple concurrent workstreams, stakeholders, dependencies, and delivery priorities.
• Experience developing technical strategies, architecture roadmaps, engineering standards, governance frameworks, and modernization plans.
• Strong knowledge of Agile project management methodologies and program delivery practices.
• Excellent customer-facing and executive communication skills, including the ability to brief senior leadership and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Strong decision-making, deliverables management, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and organizational skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment, balance competing priorities, and lead teams through organizational and technological change.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust and accountability across technical and business teams.
• U.S. citizenship is not required.
• No current or obtainable security clearance is required for this position.

Benefits

• Competitive estimated salary range of $128,039–$173,229 , with final compensation based on experience, geographic location, and applicable contractual considerations.
• Fully remote work arrangement with the flexibility to work from any U.S. location.
• Full-time schedule of approximately 40 hours per week.
• Multiple medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
• Dental and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contribution options and employer matching.
• Flexible work arrangements where applicable to support work-life balance.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal, holiday, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, plus 10 paid holidays, prorated based on start date.
• Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours within a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance options.
• A comprehensive rewards package designed to support employees' health, financial security, flexibility, and overall well-being.

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