Lead Data Governance & Trust — Drive Data Quality & Impact

National Grid; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid in Waltham, MA is seeking a Lead Data Trust & Governance Analyst ESMP to establish and grow a practical data governance program for New England Electric. This hybrid role focuses on translating standards into practical actions and driving measurable improvements in data trust and quality.

The ideal candidate will partner with business and technology teams, balance enterprise consistency with day-to-day needs, and influence without direct authority to enable data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data, business, technology, or engineering fields.
• Experience with data governance concepts, enablement, quality.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess and prioritize existing problems with data completeness, accuracy, timeliness and quality.
• Create a compelling pitch for right sized data governance that clearly articulates gaps or problems that can be solved by data governance.
• Establish practical governance standards, operating routines, and engagement models aligned to enterprise direction.
• Partner with business leaders to define ownership, stewardship, and accountability for priority data domains.
• Build strong relationships across business, data, technology, Chief Data Office, and New York Electric teams to drive adoption and consistency.
• Create a governance approach that is easy for stakeholders to use and focused on business outcomes, not bureaucracy.
• Identify and prioritize critical data quality issues impacting operations, analytics, reporting, and decision-making.
• Partner with data owners and SMEs to resolve root causes and prevent recurring issues.
• Define practical quality measures, controls, and improvement plans for high-value data.
• Drive measurable improvements in the trustworthiness, completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of critical data.
• Improve how users discover, understand, and access trusted data.
• Promote common business definitions, metadata, lineage, and documentation for priority data sets.
• Reduce ambiguity and improve transparency around data sources and quality.
• Advocate for the needs of business users and ensure governance enables, rather than slows down, data consumption.
• Drive IT changes where needed to fix data at the source and to implement data quality controls.
• Ensure data, analytics, digital, and AI initiatives are built on trusted, governed data from the start.
• Assess data risks, dependencies, and readiness for new capabilities.
• Help teams move faster by creating repeatable, scalable practices for managing critical data.
• Communicate the business value delivered through improved data quality, trust, and stewardship.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in data, business, technology, or engineering fields

Tools

Snowflake

Informatica

Power BI

SQL

Job description

National Grid in Waltham, MA is seeking a Lead Data Trust & Governance Analyst ESMP to establish and grow a practical data governance program for New England Electric. This hybrid role focuses on translating standards into practical actions and driving measurable improvements in data trust and quality.

The ideal candidate will partner with business and technology teams, balance enterprise consistency with day-to-day needs, and influence without direct authority to enable data-driven decisions.