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Posted: April 15, 2026 (44 days ago)

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Assistant Director - Data Governance

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

Department of the Treasury

Stale

Location

Washington, District of Columbia

Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

GS-15 Pay Grade

Base salary range: $123,041 - $159,950

Typical requirements: 1 year specialized experience at GS-14. Senior leader or top expert.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This role involves leading efforts to manage and improve how data is handled across a federal agency focused on taxes and regulations for alcohol, tobacco, and firearms, including setting rules for data quality, integrating systems, and preparing for AI use.

It requires guiding teams to build a strong data foundation that supports better decision-making and protects sensitive information.

Ideal candidates are experienced leaders with deep knowledge in data management who enjoy driving organizational change in a government setting.

Key Requirements

  • One year of specialized experience at GS-14 level or equivalent, including elevating data maturity through unified data standards and policies
  • Technical expertise in data analytics, architecture, integration, SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, and business intelligence software
  • Leadership in developing enterprise data strategies, governance frameworks, and AI governance models to foster a data-driven culture
  • Experience leading policies for data quality, metadata, reference data, and AI to ensure accuracy, accessibility, and security
  • Ability to modernize data integration into analytical warehouses for enhanced analytics and decision-making
  • Meet time-in-grade requirement: 52 weeks at GS-14 level if applicable
  • At least three months in a nontemporary competitive federal appointment if current employee

Full Job Description

TTB's mission is steeped in America's history, from the time of the Whiskey Rebellion to the work of agents like Eliot Ness.

We are a nationwide team dedicated to collect alcohol, tobacco, firearms, and ammunition excise taxes and ensure that alcohol beverages are labeled, advertised, and marketed by law.

We rank among the top 15% of agency subcomponents in the 2024 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government. You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Specialized Experience For the GS-15, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-14 grade level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience for this position includes: - Applying results-driven methodologies to elevate an organization's data maturity, including establishing a unified data lexicon and reference data standards, and developing and implementing enterprise data quality and metadata management policies; AND - Demonstrating technical expertise across data analytics, data architecture, data integration, including experience with Structured Query Language (SQL), ETL/ELT pipelines, and business intelligence software; AND - Providing leadership to cultivate and sustain a data driven culture through development and implementation of enterprise data strategies, data governance frameworks and/or AI governance models.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable: For the GS-15, you must have been at the GS-14 level for 52 weeks.

Time After Competitive Appointment: Candidates who are current Federal employees serving on a nontemporary competitive appointment must have served at least three months in that appointment.

Major Duties:

This position is located at Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Data Analytics.

As an Assistant Director - Data Governance, you will: Lead the development and implementation of policies, standards and processes governing data quality, metadata, reference data, and artificial intelligence (AI), ensuring data accuracy, accessibility and the protection of sensitive information.

Develop and execute strategies to modernize the integration of data into TTB's analytical data warehouse, enhancing mission analytics and data-driven decision-making.

Develop and oversee the enterprise data strategy to advance TTB's data maturity and readiness for expanding AI capabilities.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/15/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/16/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-TTB-12927161