Associate Program Manager for Data and GIS Governance

• Data Governance & MDM Strategy: Drive VDOT’s enterprise data governance framework, establishing accountability, data stewardship models, and master data management practices for mission-critical datasets.
• Data Quality Remediation: Identify, diagnose, and resolve complex data quality issues across business units, technical teams, and subject matter experts.
• Data Lifecycle & Metadata Management: Oversee full lifecycle management-from data creation and storage to archiving-while maturing metadata standards, data dictionaries, and classification systems.
• Geospatial & GIS Governance: Provide strategic direction for geospatial governance, integrating ArcGIS platform capabilities and spatial data into enterprise business processes.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Facilitate working groups, communicate complex data governance policies to executive and technical leadership, and author organizational guidance and training materials.

• Data Governance Frameworks: 8+ years of experience leading enterprise data governance programs within large public or private organizations.
• Data Quality Remediation: 8+ years executing data quality enhancements, cleansing, and root-cause remediation strategies.
• Data Lifecycle Management: 8+ years establishing data retention, archival, lineage, and compliance protocols across enterprise architectures.

Desired Qualifications

• ArcGIS Platform: 5+ years of hands-on experience with Esri ArcGIS tools and geospatial data integration.
• Safe Software FME: 5+ years of experience utilizing FME for spatial data transformation, ETL, and automated workflows.