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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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