Principal Data Owner (Power Markets)

TL;DR

Principal Data Owner (Power Markets): Establishing a dedicated data ownership function for North American power market intelligence with an accent on data quality, provenance, and documentation. Focus on bridging the gap between domain research and engineering teams to ensure reliable, clean data for critical market forecasting.

Location: Boston, US

Salary: $150,000–$160,000 USD

Company

A global leader in analytics and proprietary data for the energy and natural resources landscape, providing intelligence to influential producers, utilities, and governments.

What you will do

• Act as the single point of contact for data quality issues across Power market datasets.
• Define and maintain the data quality standards for the Power lane of the data platform.
• Collaborate with analytics engineering to validate business logic and data transformations.
• Map, catalogue, and document data assets to ensure discoverability and utility.
• Bridge communication between technical engineering teams and domain-focused research analysts.
• Establish processes and standards for data ownership in a newly created function.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of North American Power markets and experience with multiple ISOs (e.g., ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, SPP).
• Technical proficiency in SQL and Python for debugging and data investigation.
• Proven track record of owning data assets end-to-end in a production environment.
• Experience working at the intersection of domain expertise and engineering.
• Strong bias toward action and ability to resolve ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive and trusting work environment focused on customer commitment.
• Opportunity to build a new function from the ground up.
• Exposure to high-impact, consequential work in the energy transition sector.
• Commitment to equal opportunity and support for employees with disabilities.