Remote Remote (Global) Full-time

Ardent MC is hiring a Technical Governance Lead

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.

Work Arrangement

Remote (Worldwide)

Additional Information

  • All candidates must be willing to undergo the government issued background investigation process.
Required Skills
ComplianceSecurity
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Ardent MC

We are Ardent. We are All In.

Ardent employees are united by the dedication to a single mission: deliver top-notch solutions to our customers’ most difficult problems. We out hustle the competition with our drive and competitive nature. We stop at nothing. Putting forth our strongest effort possible to get the mission accomplished enables us to deliver impressive innovations using pioneering technology. A collective service mindset underpins our work, a shared camaraderie to serve clients, colleagues and community sets us apart. A full commitment to being “All In” is not just our approach, it is our standard.

Ardent delivers technology solutions to federal and commercial clients with a level of commitment unparalleled in the contractor community. Our solutions focus on Data Science & Analytics, Location Intelligence, and Digital Transformation to support mission-critical operations in national security, emergency response, and government services.

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