Data Product & Governance Lead

Centuri Group, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage

401K w/ Company Match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Centuri Group, Inc. is seeking a Data Product & Governance Lead to define canonical business terms, govern master data, and build reusable data products across the enterprise.

You will lead the data stewardship network, set guardrails for data products and AI agents, and oversee validation and data quality efforts to ensure trusted, reusable data across AI and reporting systems. You will partner with business data owners and technology teams, shaping standards that enable scalable, consistent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience and at least 2 years in leadership roles.
• Progressive experience in data governance, MDM, analytics engineering, or data product ownership.
• Hands-on experience governing master data domains with an MDM platform and ERP integrations.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms and semantic modeling; some SQL is a plus.
• Understanding AI/agent-based data usage and evaluating AI-generated outputs.
• Strong analytical skills to identify root causes and impacts, with attention to detail.
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple operating companies without formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Own canonical business definitions and the data model across master data and AI solutions.
• Govern core master data domains and the MDM platform, including rules and data quality thresholds.
• Build and lead a data stewardship network across operating companies.
• Define guardrails for data products and AI agents based on real operational conditions.
• Own risk and validation practices for the data platform and AI outputs.
• Curate reusable data products and semantic models, ensuring discoverability and contracts.
• Drive adoption of shared data products and measure usage as a success indicator.
• Maintain documentation, lineage, controls, and metrics for auditability and continuity.

Skills

Leadership

Data governance

Master data management

Analytics engineering

Data product ownership

MDM platform

Cloud data platform

Semantic modeling

SQL

AI governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or related field

Tools

SQL

Microsoft Fabric

ERP systems

Job description

Connecting People to Possibility

As a publicly traded company (NYSE: CTRI) with $3 billion in revenue, Centuri leads the way in utility and energy infrastructure across North America. What sets us apart is our local agility, resources to scale, and comprehensive solutions for a dynamic energy market.

Who We Are

As a publicly traded company (NYSE: CTRI) with $3 billion in revenue, Centuri leads the way in utility and energy infrastructure across North America. What sets us apart is our local agility, resources to scale, and comprehensive solutions for a dynamic energy market.

Whether in the field or providing essential behind the scenes support, Centuri offers professional growth opportunities where you can thrive and make a difference. Join a culture where safety, sustainability, and teamwork come first, with training and benefits that truly care for your well-being.

As the Data Product & Governance Lead, you will own the business definitions, master data, and reusable data products that Centuri runs on, setting the standards that both our people and our AI systems rely on to get the same trusted answer. In this role, you will decide what our core business terms mean and hold the organization to them. You will govern our master data domains and the Master Data Management platform, define the guardrails that new data products and automations are built against, own the validation practice that proves changes are safe before they reach the business, and grow adoption of shared, reusable data products across our operating companies. You will partner with business data owners, stewards, and technology teams — and you will have the authority to say no when a custom build would fracture a standard that already exists. This position offers the flexibility to work remotely.

What You'll Do

• Own the canonical business definitions and data model that describe how Centuri operates — the entities, relationships, hierarchies, and metrics used across master data, semantic models, reporting, and AI solutions — and serve as the decision-maker when operating companies define the same term differently
• Govern our core master data domains and the Master Data Management platform: set domain scope and sequencing, define matching, merge, and survivorship rules, establish the data quality thresholds a record must meet before it is published, and hold accountability for the trustworthiness and adoption of master data rather than for day-to-day platform administration
• Build and lead the data stewardship network across our operating companies, defining data standards, business rules, naming conventions, and approval workflows; adjudicate escalated master data change requests and assess downstream impacts before changes are executed
• Define the business rules and guardrails that new data products, automations, and AI agents are built against, so solutions reflect real operational conditions in the field, and require changes before release when they do not
• Own the risk and validation practice for the data platform — identifying risks, defining testing requirements, and executing validation for changes to source systems, data platforms, reporting solutions, and integrations — and extend that practice to evaluating the accuracy of AI-generated outputs, code, and analysis
• Curate the portfolio of reusable data products and semantic models for both human and AI consumers: maintain the catalog and data contracts, decide what is built, versioned, promoted, and retired, and ensure products are discoverable and consumable by our AI tooling as well as by people
• Drive adoption of shared data products, standard business definitions, and reusable patterns ahead of custom development, and measure adoption as a primary indicator of whether the function is succeeding
• Maintain the documentation, lineage, controls, and metrics that make our data defensible — covering data quality, policy adherence, workflow throughput, and the health of master data across domains — to support auditability, training, and operational continuity

What You'll Have

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field; equivalent practical experience may be considered
• 6+ years of experience and 2 years of leadership.
• Progressive experience in data governance, master data management, analytics engineering, or data product ownership within an enterprise environment, including a track record of setting standards that other teams adopted and followed
• Hands‑on experience governing master data domains and working with an MDM platform and connected ERP systems, including stewardship models, matching and survivorship logic, and data quality remediation
• Practical experience with a modern cloud data platform and semantic modeling — Microsoft Fabric, semantic models, data contracts — with enough depth to be credible with engineers and to be the authoritative voice on what a definition means. Some SQL is a plus
• Working understanding of how AI and agent‑based tools consume enterprise data, why shared business context and definitions determine whether they are trustworthy, and how to evaluate AI‑generated output for accuracy
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify root causes, evaluate downstream impacts, define testing requirements, and resolve data issues with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Proven ability to influence and align stakeholders across multiple operating companies without direct authority, translate business requirements into governed data processes, and hold a standard under pressure when a faster exception is being requested

What You'll Get

• Benefit Package including Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• 401K w/ Company Match
• Access to our Employee Stock Purchase Plan featuring a 15% stock discount
• Voluntary Life & AD&D Insurance and Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Vacation/Sick Time and Paid Holidays
• Potential Bonus Opportunities
• Career Development Opportunities
• Employee Discounts
• Weekly Payroll

Work Environment

• Flexibility to work various schedules and rarely stay late when necessary, with little or no notice
• Overlap of US Arizona Time zone is expected – flexible to adjust after the first ~90 days.
• As this is a remote team, be expected to travel to Phoenix Arizona 2-3 times per year.

Legal Stuff

• Pass pre-employment, random, post-accident, and reasonable suspicion drug screens
• Provide valid US work authorization documents for E-Verify
• Satisfactory results of pre-employment background check results

Our Commitment to Opportunity

This job description is subject to change at any time. It reflects management’s assignment of essential functions, and does not exclude or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Centuri and its subsidiary companies will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. Centuri will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a test or job interview) if so requested.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Centuri Group and our subsidiaries we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!