Data Governance Program Manager

About the role

Knowledge Services is seeking a remote Data Governance Program Manager/Operations Support for a 12-month project (potential for extension) in support of the State of North Dakota. Local hybrid candidates are preferred, but remote applicants will be considered. Candidates requiring C2C or work visa sponsorship will not be accepted.

The Data Governance Operations Support role will provide tactical coordination and operational support to ensure data governance pilots, intake processes, standards rollouts and related project work are executed more efficiently across business, IT, and program stakeholders. This role will also work with North Dakota Information Technology (NDIT) to ensure alignment with statewide data governance efforts, policies, and standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate pilot implementation across programs
• Support governance intake workflows and follow-up actions
• Track checklist compliance, onboarding progress and standards adoption
• Support modernization projects with embedded Data Governance guidance
• Maintain documentation, reporting, meeting notes, and action items tracking
• Coordinate with data stewards, business teams, IT and project stakeholders

Requirements

• 5–10 years of experience with program coordination, governance operations, data management, or business operations
• Strong documentation, tracking, and follow-up skills
• Ability to coordinate across business and IT stakeholders
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as computer science

Preferred skills

• Experience in Health and Human Services, public sector, or large enterprise environments
• Experience supporting modernization, reporting, data governance, or standards-related initiatives
• Familiarity with dashboards, data inventories, business glossaries, metadata, data quality tracking, SQL or data queries
• One of the following certifications: CDMP, PMP, or equivalent data governance/project management certification