Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Leidos is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Lead to support CDC public health data management, governance, documentation, and stewardship initiatives. This role involves leading data governance and metadata management activities to ensure data assets are well-defined, governed, documented, accessible, and reusable, while collaborating closely with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain data governance policies, standards, procedures, and best practices
• Establish and maintain data stewardship processes across multiple data domains
• Support governance activities related to data access, sharing, release, retention, and lifecycle management
• Collaborate with data stewards, business owners, and technical teams to establish authoritative data definitions and standards
• Support implementation of CDC data governance and data modernization initiatives
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, codebooks, metadata documentation, business glossaries, and data inventories
• Maintain data lineage and data flow documentation
• Ensure data assets are properly documented, discoverable, understandable, and reusable
• Develop and maintain data management plans, governance artifacts, SOPs, and supporting documentation
• Support data cataloging and metadata management activities
• Participate in governance reviews, working groups, and stakeholder meetings
• Develop governance recommendations and process improvement strategies
• Track governance-related action items, risks, issues, and resolutions
• Support compliance with CDC policies, data governance requirements, and approved data management procedures
• Work closely with CDC program staff, technical leads, data stewards, and external stakeholders
• Develop training materials, guidance documents, and governance best practices
• Support knowledge sharing and adoption of governance processes across the program

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Data Science, Computer Science, Health Informatics, Information Management, Information Systems, or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience supporting data governance, metadata management, data stewardship, data management, public health informatics, or related disciplines
• Experience developing and implementing governance processes, standards, and documentation practices
• Experience developing and maintaining data dictionaries, codebooks, metadata documentation, and data inventories
• Experience supporting large and complex public health, healthcare, research, surveillance, scientific, or operational datasets
• Working knowledge of SQL and data management concepts
• Strong understanding of data governance, stewardship, metadata, and data lifecycle management principles
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary technical and program teams
• Experience supporting CDC, HHS, or other Federal public health agencies
• Experience supporting public health surveillance, research, evaluation, program monitoring, or scientific data management activities
• Experience supporting data governance, metadata management, data stewardship, or data modernization initiatives
• Familiarity with public health data standards, interoperability, and enterprise data management practices

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