Senior Business Analyst/Governance Analyst

Summary

SUMMARY

The Senior Business Analyst/Governance Analyst serves as a strategic advisor and technical expert, leading efforts to establish and strengthen data governance frameworks across the National Park Service. This role focuses on developing and implementing policies, standards, and processes to improve data quality, integrity, and accessibility throughout the organization. The analyst partners with technical teams and non-technical stakeholders to translate complex data requirements into actionable strategies that support enterprise-wide data management and compliance goals. By championing best practices in data stewardship and governance, this position ensures data is managed as a critical organizational asset, enabling informed decision-making and advancing the mission of the National Park Service. The role demands strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and the ability to foster collaboration in a matrixed, nationwide environment.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITSSalary Range: $80,000 - $100,000Comprehensive federal benefits package available to full-time employees, including health insurance, paid time off, and retirement plan participation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assisting in the formation and execution of data governance framework, policy, and standards.
• Assisting in the development and implementation of an enterprise data governance and data management program.
• Analyzing and overseeing strategies to enhance data reliability, minimize redundancies, manage data assets, and support open data release across the organization.
• Assisting with program development and management, and supporting the NPS Data Governance Steering Committee (DGSC) activities.
• Creating and maintaining common data dictionaries and data inventory tools/methods.
• Supporting the development and implementation of data or metadata standards and policies.
• Assisting with data monitoring and providing guidance on streamlining data management.
• Providing thought leadership and participating in projects involving upstream or downstream data flows and processes.
• Assisting federal staff in building a data governance program and serving as the primary support team member.
• Assisting with NPS Data Strategy development and implementation.
• Assisting with NPS Public Access Plan and related implementation activities.
• Working with IT or program personnel to develop data quality standards.
• Creating key performance indicators and supplying performance results.
• Ensuring controls over applications and workflows to ensure data integrity by performing data integrity and gap analysis.
• Coordinating the resolution of data integrity gaps with business owners and IT staff.
• Writing detailed, formal documents (e.g., meeting minutes, internal operating procedures).
• Contributing to and overseeing the development of policies and documents on data strategy, data stewardship, data governance, and data management maturity.
• Supporting communication activities and reporting (e.g., annual workplan, accomplishments, NPS Data Management website content).
• Identifying and helping prioritize governance work tasks, including proposing new work and procedures.
• Highlighting leadership in implementing innovative data governance strategies that resulted in measurable improvements in data quality and compliance across multiple departments or organizations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Senior level: Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge across key tasks and high impact assignments.
• Plans and leads major technology assignments.
• Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting project growth and success. Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments.
• May supervise others.
• Strong understanding of databases and data structures.
• Strong analytical and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Special emphasis on understanding modern data architectures that support enterprise-wide data integration and cataloging.
• Intermediate facilitation skills with the ability to drive issues to closure.
• Ability to deliver a high level of customer service.
• Attention to detail and ability to breakdown and organize complex concepts into simplified terminology, definitions, and recommendations.
• Ability to partner well within a collaborative, national, matrixed team environment and engage multiple audiences.
• Ability to articulate complex