Senior AI Platform Lead — Data, Cloud & Governance

National Grid; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid in the United States is seeking a senior technical leader to own NGV's AI, data, and digital platform portfolio, translating business priorities into scalable platform capabilities across generation, transmission, asset development, and emerging models.

Based in Waltham, MA or Brooklyn, NY, the role combines AI platform strategy, enterprise architecture, and delivery leadership with a focus on secure, scalable solutions and measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior digital product management, AI/data/platform delivery, or technology-enabled transformation in complex enterprise environments.
• Proven track record owning AI, data, cloud, or digital platform products from discovery through MVP, scale, and continuous improvement.
• Deep practical knowledge of Azure-native patterns: identity, access, networking, AI services, data stores, observability, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Hands‑on knowledge of enterprise AI: LLM applications, RAG/GraphRAG, vector search, AI agents, prompt engineering, output evaluation, and model governance.
• Strong understanding of data engineering patterns including ETL/ELT, APIs, data quality, metadata, lineage, master data, and secure enterprise data access.
• Ability to translate complex technical trade‑offs into business-relevant choices, risks, costs, and decisions for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product vision, roadmap, and investment narrative for NGV's AI, data, and digital platforms.
• Translate NGV business priorities into a sequenced portfolio of platform capabilities balancing delivery needs with scale.
• Drive reusable platform capabilities — build once, scale across business units, regions, and repeatable use cases.
• Own technical product definition covering agentic workflows, RAG/GraphRAG, vector search, MCP/API integrations, model governance, and AI output quality controls.

Skills

Senior product management

AI / data platforms

Cloud platforms

Enterprise architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Azure patterns

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Cosmos DB

Kubernetes

API Management

Job description

National Grid in the United States is seeking a senior technical leader to own NGV's AI, data, and digital platform portfolio, translating business priorities into scalable platform capabilities across generation, transmission, asset development, and emerging models.

Based in Waltham, MA or Brooklyn, NY, the role combines AI platform strategy, enterprise architecture, and delivery leadership with a focus on secure, scalable solutions and measurable business value.