Ardent

Technical Governance Lead

Ardent

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

SDLC

About the role

  • Establish, implement, and enforce technical governance frameworks, policies, and standards across IT systems, software delivery, and engineering processes.
  • Lead governance oversight for software development, testing, automation, DevSecOps, and security to ensure alignment with organizational and regulatory requirements.
  • Drive adoption of Team Managed Deployment (TMD) practices to enable efficient, secure, and high-quality software delivery across the enterprise.
  • Oversee automated policy enforcement and prescriptive remediation strategies to reduce maturity gaps and eliminate manual compliance bottlenecks.
  • Ensure consistent application of quality, security, and compliance controls across all systems and programs without reliance on manual intervention.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to enable horizontal delivery, improve collaboration, and standardize engineering practices across multiple programs.
  • Define and monitor governance KPIs, ensuring continuous improvement in deployment speed, release quality, and compliance adherence.
  • Lead the design and implementation of automated performance metrics and reporting frameworks to support data-driven decision making.
  • Increase visibility and transparency across products, portfolios, and delivery pipelines in alignment with agency policies.
  • Establish feedback loops and governance mechanisms that continuously improve delivery, testing, and operational performance.
  • Provide leadership and direction to technical teams, ensuring accountability, consistency, and adherence to governance standards.

Requirements

  • Minimum of 8+ years of experience in IT, including leadership roles in governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) and technical delivery environments.
  • Proven experience establishing and enforcing governance frameworks across software development, DevSecOps, and enterprise IT systems.
  • Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment practices.
  • Experience implementing or supporting automated governance, policy enforcement, and compliance validation within engineering workflows.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and manage technical teams while driving standardization and process improvement across multiple programs.
  • Experience with performance metrics, reporting frameworks, and data-driven decision-making models in large-scale environments.
  • Familiarity with federal or highly regulated environments (e.g., compliance, security, audit requirements).
  • Strong knowledge of security, compliance, and quality assurance practices within modern engineering ecosystems.
  • Experience enabling cross-team collaboration and horizontal scaling of delivery practices across enterprise environments.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
Benefits
  • highly competitive benefits
  • professional development opportunities
  • exceptional culture that embraces flexibility, innovation, collaboration, and career growth
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
governance frameworksDevSecOpssoftware development lifecycle (SDLC)CI/CD pipelinesautomated testingpolicy enforcementcompliance validationperformance metricsreporting frameworksdata-driven decision making
Soft Skills
leadershipstakeholder managementcommunicationinfluencecollaborationaccountabilityprocess improvementstandardizationcross-team collaborationcontinuous improvement