Senior Data Governance Specialist

Duke Energy is hiring for the role of Senior Data Governance Specialist, Charlotte, NC (Hybrid). This is a Data Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field.

Organization: Duke Energy Location: Charlotte, NC Workplace: Hybrid Focus: Data Governance Posted: Jul 29, 2026

Duke Energy is hiring for this Data Governance role in Charlotte, one of the metros GRC Careers tracks for governance, risk, and compliance hiring.

Establishes data quality rules, data dictionary standards, and lineage mapping across smart grid and customer utility databases. Partners with analytics and security teams to enforce data governance standards and privacy compliance. Conducts periodic data quality reviews across enterprise systems.

This role is based in Charlotte on-site. Local candidates benefit from being close to Duke Energy's teams and regional hiring market. Confirm the exact in-office expectation and any relocation support with the employer.

Data governance establishes ownership, quality, and controls over data as an asset. It is foundational to trustworthy analytics and AI, spanning cataloging, lineage, and access. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as data management frameworks, data quality and lineage standards, and privacy and security controls.

Strong candidates emphasize data ownership and stewardship, quality and lineage, catalog and access controls, and enabling analytics and AI on a trusted data foundation. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how Duke Energy would apply data management frameworks, data quality and lineage standards, and privacy and security controls, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.