Principal Data Lead
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Aug 13, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Leading the strategy and governance of a large-scale federal data platform, the fully remote Principal Data Lead will execute the data strategy, manage the data supply chain, and drive a multi-phase metadata maturity program while ensuring data quality standards are met.
Key responsibilities
- Own execution of the data strategy for the enterprise data platform, aligning delivery with broader organizational goals
- Coordinate across multiple upstream source-system teams and business data owners to manage ingestion readiness and shared metadata standards
- Set and maintain data quality standards, including completeness and conformance, while tracking measures of data quality and metadata coverage
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field, plus at least 12 years of related experience
- Proven experience leading a data strategy for a large, multi-source enterprise data platform
- Experience designing and operating metadata governance or maturity programs
- Familiarity with modern cloud data platforms and metadata/catalog tooling
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust security clearance
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