Data Governance Program Manager Jobs in Springfield, VA

Position Overview 

The Data Governance Manager ensures endtoend governance of satellite network data by establishing and maintaining standards, lineage, controls, and dataquality frameworks that support reliable analytics for BPMS, RAN planning, mobility modeling, and regulatory reporting. This role defines data policies, validates data integrity, manages catalogs and lineage, enforces compliance, and ensures datasets meet engineering and planning requirements for accurate forecasting and operational decisionmaking. The position reports to the Director of Network Planning & Analytics. 

This role is responsible for ensuring the trustworthiness, consistency, and governance of all satellitenetwork data used for planning, modeling, and regulatory submissions. The Data Governance Manager establishes governance standards, lineage practices, and quality controls that enable dependable analytics across BPMS, RAN planning, and mobility modeling. By enforcing dataquality and compliance standards, the role underpins accurate forecasting, defensible regulatory reporting, and sound operational decisions at scale. 

Key Responsibilities 

Data Governance Framework & Policy Management 

• Establish data governance models, principles, and operating processes for satellitenetwork datasets. 

• Define and enforce data policies, standards, classification rules, lifecycle guidelines, and governance controls. 

• Integrate governance requirements into planning workflows, data pipelines, and change management processes. 

Metadata, Lineage, Cataloging & Data Quality 

• Maintain data catalog, glossary, metadata repositories, and endtoend lineage for critical planning and mobility datasets. 

• Ensure data discoverability, semantic consistency, and traceability across engineering and analytics systems. 

• Set data quality SLAs/SLOs, implement automated checks, and lead remediation for issues impacting planning accuracy or regulatory reporting. 

Compliance, Risk Management & CrossFunctional Alignment 

• Ensure data compliance with regulatory reporting, internal governance, and audit requirements. 

• Maintain auditready artifacts and evidence of lineage, access governance, and data controls. 

• Define stewardship roles, collaborate with planning, engineering, and analytics teams, and align data definitions with systemlevel needs. 

Analytics Enablement, Change Control & Reporting 

• Certify trusted datasets for BPMS analytics, RAN planning, mobility modeling, and forecasting. 

• Govern schema changes, version control, and data lifecycle evolution across platforms. 

• Deliver dashboards and reporting on data quality, lineage completeness, control adherence, risks, and remediation status. 

Deliverables 

• Data governance charter and operating model; documented policies, standards, and control catalogs. 

• Enterprise data catalog with business glossary, certified data products, and endtoend lineage maps. 

• Data quality framework with rules, SLAs/SLOs, scorecards, monitoring, and remediation workflows. 

• Stewardship model with ownership matrix (RACI), steward roster, and council meeting cadence notes. 

• Approved data models and definitions for BPMS, RAN planning, mobility modeling, and regulatory datasets. 

• Access governance artifacts (classification, RBAC/ABAC matrices), audit logs, and evidence packs. 

• Change management procedures covering schema/versioning, impact assessments, and rollback plans. 

• Quarterly governance dashboards (DQ trends, lineage completeness, incidents, SLA adherence). 

• Regulatory reporting data packs with traceable lineage, control evidence, and signoff records. 

• Deployment readiness "data certification" checklists for market activation and ongoing operations. 

Qualifications 

Education 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data/Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field. 

• Master's degree (Data/Information Management, Analytics, or similar) is a plus. 

Experience 

• 5+ years in data governance, data management, or metadata/lineage/data quality leadership roles. 

• Experience governing analytics for telecom/satellite, networks, or other complex, regulated data environments. 

• Proven track record establishing policies/standards, implementing catalogs/lineage, and enforcing data quality controls. 

• Demonstrated crossfunctional leadership partnering with engineering, analytics, and regulatory stakeholders. 

Required Technical Expertise 

• Data governance frameworks and artifacts (policies, standards, stewardship, RACI, control catalogs). 

• Metadata/lineage management and data catalog administration (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Apache Atlas, Unity Catalog). 

• Data quality frameworks and tooling (rulebased and statistical checks; DQ SLAs, scorecards, monitoring, remediation). 

• Master & reference data management (MDM/RDM) and semantic modeling (conceptual/logical/physical). 

• Access governance (RBAC/ABAC), data classification, PII handling, encryption, and audit logging. 

• Cloud data platforms and pipelines (Azure/AWS; Databricks/Spark; Snowflake/Redshift; Synapse/Delta Lake). 

• Practical understanding of network/satellite data domains (telemetry, coverage/traffic KPIs, mobility events, spectrum/logs, cost/deployment data). 

Professional Skills 

• Structured, detailoriented problem solving with a strong documentation mindset. 

• Ability to translate regulatory and engineering requirements into clear data controls and standards. 

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication across technical and nontechnical audiences. 

• Change management leadership for data lifecycle governance and platform evolution. 

• Ability to prioritize in a fastpaced environment and drive outcomes through influence. 

Technology Proficiency 

• SQL for profiling and validation; familiarity with Python/Spark for quality rules and data tests. 

• Experience with data catalogs, lineage tools, and DQ platforms; BI tools (Power BI/Tableau) for governance dashboards. 

• Working knowledge of CI/CD for data (versioning, release pipelines) and collaboration tools (Jira/Confluence). 

• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); Windows/Linux environments. 

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to work in a standard office or lab environment and operate a computer for extended periods. 

• Occasional travel for crossfunctional workshops, audits, and market activation readiness reviews. 

This job description may not be inclusive to the duties and responsibilities listed. Additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time or the scope of the job may change as needed by business demands.