Ascension is seeking a senior-level Business Process, Governance & Analytics Lead who will serve as a dual-hatted functional leader across business process reengineering, governance design, and enterprise analytics in support of a Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) initiative.

This role is critical to helping WSSC Water transition from decentralized contract management practices to a centralized, governed, and data-driven CLM environment. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of business analysis, data strategy, governance frameworks, and reporting/BI leadership, enabling both departmental flexibility and enterprise-wide oversight.

This position is best suited for professionals who:

• Thrive in complex, cross-functional environments
• Can translate business needs into structured governance and data models
• Have experience supporting enterprise systems such as CLM, ERP, or workflow automation platforms
• Are passionate about enabling data-driven decision-making and operational transparency

Summary of the Contractor Role

The Business Process, Governance & Analytics Lead will play a central role in defining how WSSC Water structures, governs, and leverages contract data within a future CLM system.

WSSC currently faces challenges with decentralized contract data, limited visibility, and inconsistent reporting, which impacts compliance, oversight, and operational efficiency.

This role is responsible for:

• Designing a governance model that balances departmental ownership with centralized Procurement oversight
• Establishing role-based access controls and data integrity frameworks
• Defining contract data structures, taxonomy, tagging, and searchability
• Leading development of enterprise dashboards and reporting frameworks

The ideal candidate will be:

• A structured thinker who can organize ambiguity into scalable frameworks
• Detail-oriented and analytical, with strong data modeling and reporting experience
• Self-directed, capable of working with minimal oversight
• Skilled at anticipating downstream impacts of governance and data decisions

This role directly supports CLM capabilities such as:

• Centralized contract repository design
• Role-based access and governance
• Reporting, dashboards, and analytics
• Workflow visibility and lifecycle tracking

Day-to-Day / Expected Activities

• Lead business process reengineering (BPR) efforts for contract lifecycle processes
• Define and document governance frameworks for contract data ownership and oversight
• Develop role-based access control (RBAC) models aligned to organizational structure
• Design contract data models, metadata schemas, and tagging frameworks
• Establish data standards, validation rules, and data quality controls
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define reporting requirements and KPIs
• Design and prototype dashboards (e.g., contract status, expirations, departmental metrics)
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to align on governance and reporting needs
• Support configuration requirements for CLM tools or platforms
• Translate business needs into functional requirements and user stories
• Develop documentation, SOPs, and governance playbooks
• Partner with technical teams to ensure alignment between data architecture and system design