Contracted Data Governance Manager

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The Department of Early Education and Care is seeking to hire a Contracted Data Governance Manager to provide strategic leadership of data governance and management initiatives across multiple projects. This critical position will support the agency’s participation in the E2C Data and Research Hub initiative, ensuring alignment between data policies and practices, and managing critical use cases for data and analysis to address issues of equity. The Contracted Data Governance Manager will collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to help shape the future of early education data systems.

The Contracted Data Governance Manager will work under the direction of EEC’s Senior Director of Data Analytics and will collaborate closely with the Massachusetts Education-to-Career (E2C) Research and Data Hub. The E2C Hub was launched in 2021 with support from a federal grant awarded to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), to improve access to actionable data and research across the Commonwealth for educators, policymakers, researchers, students, and their families. The Hub facilitates data connections between agencies, building on a strong foundation of existing integrated data systems linking students’ early care, K-12, college, and workforce outcomes. In partnership with agency staff, the E2C Data Hub works to modernize data systems, improve data quality, expand access to data, and support collaboration with researchers to ensure educators and leaders have the information they need when making decisions.

This is a contract position funded through February 28, 2026. The Contracted Data Governance Manager will work a hybrid schedule, with at least one day per week in one of EEC’s offices, some in-office work at the DESE office in Everett, and other possible meetings in the Boston area or around the state as needed.

Please note that pursuant to Massachusetts general law, contracted employees are not paid for the eleven scheduled holidays, do not receive any paid, vacation, personal leave benefits, or contribute to the state retirement system or social security.  As a state contracted employee, you must participate in direct deposit and contribute towards the Commonwealth of Massachusetts state alternate retirement plan, ("OBRA Plan").

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Data Governance Leadership

• Lead and oversee the development and implementation of data governance strategies, policies, and best practices, ensuring alignment with the agency’s long-term objectives, priorities, and regulatory standards.

• Provide strategic oversight of EEC's participation in the E2C Data Hub initiative, working closely with the Senior Director of Data Analytics and other agency leaders.

• Oversee the creation and adoption of data governance policies and practices that govern data access, sharing, privacy, security, and usage across state agencies, research partners, and the public.

Lead Management and Planning for the MA Early Childhood Integrated Data System (ECIDS)

• Work with cross-agency executive group to identify goals for the use of ECIDS, develop plans and policies to support those plans, and manage the delivery of resulting analysis or s