Lead Data Management & Strategy (Center for Government Effectiveness & Modernization)

Lead Data Management & Strategy (Center for Government Effectiveness & Modernization)

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Department Summary:

MITRE’s Center for Government Effectiveness and Modernization (CGEM) works across US Treasury, Commerce, and the Veterans’ Administration. These agencies affect every household in the country; our job is to make them more effective. The Tax and Data Analytics department (P823) is seeking a Lead Data Management and Strategy expert to join our team, located in McLean, VA. As a key member of our data management and strategy team, the Data Management and Strategy expert will help the IRS and Tax Administration Division (ITA) by providing technical expertise and task/project leadership on projects using data strategy, management, and governance to achieve sponsor mission goals. Our data-intensive work includes:

• Improving the customer experience for people interacting with the agency
• Detecting tax non-compliance (identity theft, fraud, filing error, missing filings …)
• Anticipating non-compliance (developing schemes before observation is feasible)
• Sampling and design of experiments
• Assessing tools and technology for government data science use
• Developing data and analytics strategy

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and advise the organization's data management and data governance strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Lead the establishment of data governance frameworks, including data stewardship, data ownership, and data quality management.
• Collaborate with IT, business units, and data stewards to define and enforce data standards, including data classification, data lineage, and metadata management.
• Manage and maintain data governance tools and technologies, ensuring they are effectively integrated into the organization’s data ecosystem.
• Define and advise data platform modernization strategies, plans, and requirements.
• Ensure compliance with sponsor’s data privacy regulations.
• Lead/assist regular data governance audits and assessments, reporting on data governance maturity and areas for improvement.
• Be the subject matter expert who trains and provides support to sponsor on data management and governance best practices and tools.
• Be knowledgeable of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes related to data management and governance.
• Provide task leadership or project leadership to small functional teams to drive outcomes and oversee tasking.
• Perform across a broad range of assignments.
• Work independently with guidance in only the most complex situations.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Academic background in Information Management, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Proficiency of data governance frameworks, data management methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience with data architecture and data management concepts and strategies, such as the data lifecycle, data stewardship and governance.
• Strong understanding of data privacy regulations and experience implementing compliance measures.
• Possess or demonstrate the ability to gain a thorough understanding of the IRS sponsor’s mission, organization, and environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate data management concerns to executive stakeholders.
• Must be able to obtain & maintain a US government security clearance (IRS – Suitability).
• This position requires a minimum of 50% hybrid on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the tax administration ecosystem, e.g., compliance processes, taxpayer service, IRS technology and infrastructure.
• Familiarity with data availability, access, and quality requirements for data science and artificial intelligence applications.
• Experience with modernizing existing or implementing new data platforms, including ingest, storage, metadata, analytics, and/or governance components.
• Experience working with or leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to define outcomes and work plans for mid-size projects or programs.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Suitability - IRS

Work Location Type:

Hybrid

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