Job Title: Data Governance Project Manager

Location: Des Moines, IA 50319

Employment Type: 12 Months with possible extension

• Chair and lead the work of the Department s Data Governance Committee.
• Facilitate meetings and working groups with technical and non-technical stakeholders to identify data challenges, consult with experts, and determine appropriate solutions.
• Oversee the creation, implementation, and enforcement of agency-wide data governance policies and processes, including: defining and implementing changes to the agency's data collections, data requests, and data releases.
• Plan and facilitate necessary meetings, including preparing the agenda, leading discussions, and tracking and following up on action items.
• Create and maintain a critical data issues log that identifies problems that impede data quality and use.
• Identify Department staff who will be accountable for resolving each issue.
• Convene working groups of data stewards to address or resolve data governance needs within the Department.
• Facilitate collaboration between program areas and technology regarding data quality.
• Serve as a liaison between the Data Governance Committee and Department leadership, including escalating issues for resolution and submitting recommendations for approval.
• Track and oversee data sharing agreements.
• Serve as the primary contact for Department personnel regarding data governance, quality, and compliance issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree from an accredited college or university in education, data science, research, statistics or three years experience in research/data management or related fields is required.
• 2 years of experience working with data governance, policy development, and/or reporting with a history of some formal training (or additional years of experience)
• Evidence of effective organizational communication, including meeting facilitation and consensus building and knowledge of the types of approaches required to do such work
• Experience using and communicating about data to technical and non-technical audiences and navigating data quality and/or governance issues.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills. Ability to work with cross-functional groups, coordinate work activities across all levels of staff within the agency, and build internal/external relationships.
• Experience in change management or process development.
• Strong facilitation skills, including familiarity with facilitation techniques, tools, and best practices.
• Project management experience.
• Strong organizational skills, with the demonstrated ability to do detailed and accurate work, work independently and adhere to organizational deadlines.
• Proficient in authoring, editing and presenting high quality, well-organized technical or business documents
• Strong interpersonal, problem solving and critical thinking skills, including the ability to mediate multiple perspectives and come to a resolution.

Desirable Qualifications

• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP)
• Previous experience chairing effective/functional committees.
• Training or mentoring experience.

Keys for consideration: We encourage vendors to screen candidates who can demonstrate these specific competencies and experiences in their application materials. Candidates must be able to clearly speak to the following:

• Experience with data, data governance, and related policies, as well as compliance and reporting, is a prerequisite for this position.
• Candidates should possess substantial experience and training in leading projects, showcasing abilities in meeting facilitation and the adeptness to achieve consensus among team members.
• Prospective candidates must have solid experience in project management, with a history of successfully leading or managing diverse types of projects.
• Applicants are expected to have demonstrated complex organizational communication skills, including the ability to build consensus, in at least two professional scenarios.
• Details of the stakeholder roles and positions in these situations should be highlighted.
• The role requires experience in working with IT systems, staff, and collaborative teams, demonstrating a strong ability to operate within the technological domain.