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ICF

Governance Lead

ICF

Governance Lead supporting enterprise IT governance in a complex, regulated environment. Leading governance operations and helping improve governance frameworks and processes.

Posted 5/2/2026full-timeBaltimore • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $89,649 - $152,404 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead governance support across enterprise IT initiatives, including governance boards, change control activities, and decision forums
  • Develop and maintain governance frameworks, processes, decision paths, escalation models, and supporting documentation
  • Coordinate agendas, meeting materials, minutes, decisions, and action tracking for governance bodies and leadership forums
  • Support prioritization and triage of initiatives, enhancements, issues, and risks through structured governance processes
  • Work across program, strategy, architecture, security, and financial teams to ensure governance decisions are informed and actionable
  • Support transparency through dashboards, reports, scorecards, and governance status materials, OKRs, and Metrics
  • Help improve governance effectiveness through process refinement, performance tracking, and follow-up discipline
  • Support alignment of governance processes with enterprise priorities, compliance expectations, and operational needs

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, public administration, management, or a related field, and 5+ years of relevant professional experience
  • 8+ years of experience supporting federal IT governance, enterprise governance, portfolio governance, or similarly structured oversight functions
  • Master’s degree in information technology, business, public administration, or a related field (preferred)
  • PMP, SAFe SPC, ITIL Foundation, or similar certification (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience facilitating governance boards, decision forums, change control boards, or executive working groups (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience developing governance documentation such as charters, decision logs, escalation paths, board materials, meeting minutes, or action trackers (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience supporting prioritization, triage, or review processes for projects, enhancements, investments, or enterprise initiatives (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience working across cross-functional stakeholder groups that include business, technical, financial, and operational participants (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience supporting risk, compliance, performance, or accountability discussions within governance structures (preferred)
  • 4+ years of experience developing or maintaining governance dashboards, reports, scorecards, or performance visibility materials (preferred)
  • 4+ years of experience supporting programs in a federal environment or similarly regulated enterprise setting (preferred)
  • 2+ years of experience supporting enterprise shared services, identity programs, or platform governance initiatives (preferred)
  • 2+ years of experience supporting investment review, portfolio management, or strategic planning processes (preferred)
  • Experience working in health IT, public sector modernization, or large multi-stakeholder enterprise environments (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Health insurance

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Hard Skills & Tools
governance frameworkschange controldecision pathsescalation modelsperformance trackingprioritization processestriage processesgovernance documentationrisk managementcompliance management
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillscollaborationfacilitationprocess refinementtransparencydisciplinestakeholder engagementstrategic alignment
Certifications
PMPSAFe SPCITIL Foundation