Data Governance Specialist Jobs in Energy: Demand & Skills
Part of Plutarch’s ongoing analysis of skill demand in energy hiring — last updated 5 October 2026, based on 30 tracked postings.
As of 5 October 2026, Plutarch tracked 30 unique open Data Governance Specialist postings at energy employers.
Postings for this role family are spread thinly across a wide set of countries, with the largest single clusters in the United States, India, and the Philippines, and no single location dominating. Titles skew toward unspecified seniority, though a sizable minority signal senior or leadership-level scope, and executive-level and junior-level openings each appear in small numbers. The mix of titles shows a blend of generalist data governance roles alongside master data and finance-specific variants.
Open postings
Where
- India · 5
- United States · 5
- Romania · 4
- Philippines · 3
- Denmark · 2
- Other or not stated · 11
Seniority
- Early career · 1
- Level not stated in title · 19
- Senior, lead, staff or manager · 8
- Leadership · 2
How many employers state pay
- India · pay stated in 0 of 3 postings we could read
- United States · pay stated in 4 of 4 postings we could read
- Romania · pay stated in 0 of 4 postings we could read
- Philippines · pay stated in 0 of 3 postings we could read
- Denmark · pay stated in 0 of 1 posting we could read
Counted from the same open postings as above, leaving out postings whose text we could not read for pay. Pay disclosure tracks local pay-transparency law more closely than employer policy, so a low rate is not evidence that employers here pay less.
Who is hiring
| Employer | Open postings |
|---|---|
| Siemens Energy | 5 |
| Chevron | 3 |
| ExxonMobil | 3 |
| National Grid | 3 |
| Nordex | 3 |
| Axpo | 2 |
| Vestas | 2 |
| Brookfield | 1 |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems | 1 |
| KK Wind Solutions | 1 |
| NextEra Energy | 1 |
| Ørsted | 1 |
| Other employers | 4 |
How these roles are titled
Every open posting uses a different title, so there is no standard wording for this role. A search that looks for one title will miss most of this market.
- 2026INH- Metadata Management Advisor
- 2026INH-Data Quality Advisor
- Accounting R2R Specialist - Master Data
- Analyst - Corporate Master Data Services
- Analyst UK - Master Data
- Business Analyst Co-op, Data Governance
- Data Governance & Requirements Engineer - Wind Turbine Control
- Data Governance Lead Professional
- Data Management Analyst
- Data Management Engineer
- Data Quality & Automation Specialist
- Data Steward for Product Data in GT
- Data Stewardship Expert – Upstream Operations
- Director Data Governance - Palms Insurance
- Director, Configuration Management & Technical Data Management
What employers ask for
Skills and tools named in the text of 22 open postings we could read in full, most named first.
| Skill or tool | Postings naming it | Employers |
|---|---|---|
| SAP | 9 of 22 | 6 |
| Power BI | 8 of 22 | 6 |
| Excel | 6 of 22 | 5 |
| SQL | 6 of 22 | 5 |
| Python | 4 of 22 | 4 |
| Snowflake | 4 of 22 | 3 |
| Agile / Scrum | 3 of 22 | 3 |
| Azure | 3 of 22 | 2 |
A skill counts when the posting names it anywhere — requirements, role description or the employer’s own introduction. A skill is shown only when at least 3 postings from at least two employers name it. Postings whose full text we did not read are left out of these counts rather than counted as asking for nothing.
Patterns in the job titles
- Master data management
- Data governance combined with analyst-level responsibilities
- Data stewardship paired with master data duties
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What the postings suggest about filling this role
The large share of unspecified-seniority titles combined with postings scattered across several countries suggests a moderately fragmented hiring pattern, which can make sourcing less predictable. The presence of senior and leadership-level titles alongside only one junior-level opening points to a market leaning toward more experienced hires, which can narrow the available candidate pool relative to entry-level roles.
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