ICF Next

Governance Lead

ICF Next$89K — $152K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in IT, business, or related field; 5+ years relevant experience
  • 8+ years supporting federal IT governance or enterprise governance functions
  • Master’s degree in IT or business preferred
  • Relevant certifications (PMP, SAFe SPC, ITIL Foundation) preferred
  • Extensive experience facilitating governance boards and decision forums

Responsibilities

  • Lead IT governance support for enterprise initiatives and decision forums
  • Develop governance frameworks, processes, and documentation
  • Coordinate meeting agendas, materials, and action tracking for leadership
  • Support initiative prioritization and risk management through governance
  • Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure effective decision-making
  • Create transparency through reports, dashboards, and metrics
  • Enhance governance processes through performance tracking and refinements

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with onsite flexibility in Baltimore, MD
  • Opportunities for professional development and certifications
  • Access to a collaborative work culture
  • Contribution to impactful governance in a regulated IT environment
  • Engagement with diverse stakeholders across multiple initiatives
Full Job Description

We are seeking a Governance Lead to support enterprise IT governance in a complex, regulated environment where effective decision-making, accountability, and cross-organizational alignment are essential. This role operates across multiple initiatives and stakeholder groups and helps bring structure, transparency, and discipline to governance processes that guide priorities, risks, and outcomes.

This individual will lead governance operations and support the design and improvement of governance frameworks, decision paths, and oversight processes. The role is intended for someone who can work across leadership, program, financial, technical, and operational stakeholders to make governance forums effective and to ensure decisions are documented, tracked, and translated into action.

Job Location
Hybrid, with periodic onsite support as needed in Baltimore, Maryland.

What You’ll Be Doing
  • 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

What You Must Have
  • 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

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in information technology, business, public administration, or a related field

  • PMP, SAFe SPC, ITIL Foundation, or similar certification

  • 5+ years of experience facilitating governance boards, decision forums, change control boards, or executive working groups

  • 5+ years of experience developing governance documentation such as charters, decision logs, escalation paths, board materials, meeting minutes, or action trackers

  • 5+ years of experience supporting prioritization, triage, or review processes for projects, enhancements, investments, or enterprise initiatives

  • 5+ years of experience working across cross-functional stakeholder groups that include business, technical, financial, and operational participants

  • 5+ years of experience supporting risk, compliance, performance, or accountability discussions within governance structures

  • 4+ years of experience developing or maintaining governance dashboards, reports, scorecards, or performance visibility materials

  • 4+ years of experience supporting programs in a federal environment or similarly regulated enterprise setting

  • 2+ years of experience supporting enterprise shared services, identity programs, or platform governance initiatives

  • 2+ years of experience supporting investment review, portfolio management, or strategic planning processes

  • Experience working in health IT, public sector modernization, or large multi-stakeholder enterprise environments

Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position.

The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is:

$89,649.00 - $152,404.00

Maryland Client Office (MD88)

About ICF Next

ICF Next is a global marketing and communications agency that provides a wide range of services to clients in various industries, including healthcare, energy, and transportation. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. ICF Next offers a comprehensive suite of services, including branding, digital marketing, public relations, and social media management. The company has a strong reputation for delivering innovative and effective solutions that help its clients achieve their business objectives. ICF Next is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and it has received numerous awards for its work in these areas.
Learn more about ICF Next
Size
8,000 employees
Market Cap
$1.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$54.9 million
Founded
1969
5 Year Trend
+5.6%
Revenue
$1.5 billion
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