Sr Manager Data & AI Governance

The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location ranging from $163360 to $204200

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities

• Generous performancebased bonuses

• 12% 401(k) match

• Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance

• Tuition reimbursement

• Professional development and clear career advancement pathways

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Job Summary

The Senior Manager Data & AI Governance role is responsible for establishing operating and continuously evolving Avangrids enterprise Data and Artificial Intelligence governance framework. This role ensures that data analytics and AI solutions are designed deployed and operated in compliance with ethical standards regulatory obligations cybersecurity requirements and enterprise policies while enabling scalable business value realization across regulated utility operations.

The role serves as the enterprise authority for Data & AI governance translating regulatory risk and responsible AI principles into practical operating controls embedded across the full AI and data lifecycle. The Senior Manager partners closely with Data & AI teams Enterprise Architecture IT Cybersecurity Legal Compliance Risk and business leaders to balance innovation speed and risk management in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Data & AI Governance Framework

• Define implement and maintain enterprise-wide Data and AI governance frameworks standards and operating models covering data management analytics machine learning and AI solutions.
• Establish governance structures decision rights escalation paths and accountability models across the Data & AI lifecycle.
• Operationalize governance controls across architecture development deployment monitoring and retirement of AI systems.

Responsible AI Risk and Compliance

• Embed Responsible AI principles (fairness transparency explainability accountability privacy and security) into AI design and delivery processes.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations and frameworks including data privacy laws emerging AI regulations (e.g. US NIST Guidelines EU AI Act where applicable) cybersecurity standards and internal policies.
• Lead AI and data risk assessments model assurance reviews and governance checkpoints for priority use cases.
• Act as a primary liaison to global legal compliance enterprise risk audit and external regulators as required.

Lifecycle Oversight & Controls

• Define and enforce AI and data lifecycle management standards including data sourcing training data governance model validation monitoring drift detection explainability and decommissioning.
• Ensure governance alignment across IT cloud OT and analytics platforms including vendor-managed and third-party AI solutions.
• Require and validate vendor documentation transparency and lifecycle commitments for AI-enabled products and services.

Operating Model & Enablement

• Partner with Data & AI teams to integrate governance seamlessly into IT delivery workflows (Agile product platform and portfolio processes).
• Develop governance tooling templates playbooks and artifacts to enable efficient adoption across teams.
• Provide training guidance and advisory support to business IT and Data & AI teams on governance requirements and best practices.

Monitoring Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Define KPIs and metrics for governance effectiveness compliance posture model risk and adoption.
• Maintain governance documentation for audits regulatory requests and internal reporting.
• Monitor evolving regulatory industry and technology trends and continuously update standards and controls accordingly.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors in Computer Science Data Science Engineering Information Systems Law Ethics or a related field of study and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Relevant experience in data governance AI governance risk management compliance cybersecurity or advanced analytics environments.
• Proven experience defining and operating governance frameworks in large regulated enterprises (utilities energy infrastructure financial services or similar).
• Hands-on familiarity with AI/ML development lifecycles and data platforms sufficient to translate regulatory and ethical requirements into practical controls.
• Experience partnering with legal compliance audit cybersecurity and enterprise architecture teams.
• Deep knowledge of Responsible AI principles data governance and AI risk management.
• Strong understanding of data privacy security and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory ethical and technical requirements into clear actionable operating standards.
• Executive-ready communication and stakeholder leadership skills.
• Strong analytical documentation and audit-readiness capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in data science Engineering Business Law or related discipline.
• Certifications in data governance AI ethics risk or compliance (e.g. ISO IEEE NIST DAMA privacy-related).
• Experience in utilities or other regulated industries including exposure to operational (OT) environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI platforms cloud governance and model risk management tooling.

Competencies (this is standard for all jobs)

• Growth & Continuous Improvement
• Initiative & Change
• Focused on Results
• Customer Centric (internal and/or External)
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission operations and cyber security business areas in Connecticut Maine Massachusetts and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections training audit engagement and required evidence retention and will be communicated by the employees management.

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