Phillips 66 is seeking a
Lead Data & AI Governance Engineer to lead the development of governance policies, standards, control frameworks, and operating models required to enable reliable AI-driven access to data within our Enterprise Data Platform. This role is responsible for establishing enterprise governance frameworks, defining accountability structures, and driving strategic alignment across business, IT, Enterprise Architecture, SAP, ETRM, Enterprise MDM, Information Security, and platform engineering teams. The successful candidate will help translate governance objectives into practical enterprise standards, controls, roadmaps, and operating processes that ensure Enterprise Data Platform assets are discoverable, understandable, trustworthy, and fit for AI-driven use.
What You'll DoGovernance Strategy & Operating Model- Lead development of governance policies, standards, frameworks, and operating models supporting Enterprise Data Platform Governance.
- Establish governance metrics, certification criteria, accountability models, and compliance monitoring processes.
- Define governance requirements for metadata, data quality, stewardship, data modeling, and AI readiness.
- Drive governance adoption through stakeholder engagement, training, communications, and change management.
Data Reliability Governance- Establish enterprise frameworks for Data Quality, Data Stewardship, Data Certification, Data Lineage, Data Observability, Compliance Monitoring
- Define enterprise baseline data quality requirements and control standards.
- Establish stewardship responsibilities, escalation paths, and issue-resolution processes.
Data Modeling & Metadata Governance- Define Enterprise Data Platform standards for Data Modeling, Naming Conventions, Common Identifiers, Units of Measure, Dataset Linking, Semantic Modeling, Metadata Management
- Define governance requirements for Business Context Metadata, Data Discovery Metadata, and Data Model Metadata.
Enterprise Data Foundation Strategy- Partner with SAP, ETRM, Enterprise MDM, Enterprise Architecture, and platform engineering teams to assess opportunities for reusable enterprise data foundations.
- Define long-term strategies for shared datasets, reference data, master data, standardized hierarchies, and cross-domain interoperability.
- Develop roadmap recommendations that improve data reuse, integration, analytics, and AI-driven access across the Enterprise Data Platform.
Security, Risk & Compliance- Partner with Information Security and appropriate enterprise stakeholders to define governance requirements for Data Classification, Access Control, Retention & Archival, Regulatory Compliance
- Ensure governance controls align with enterprise policies and compliance requirements.
What You'll Bring - Required- Legally authorized to work in the job posting country.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data architecture, data engineering, or related disciplines.
- 3+ years' experience implementing governance capabilities within enterprise data platforms.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Databricks, Unity Catalog, Genie, Python, and SQL.
What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred- Experience leading enterprise data governance programs within large or regulated organizations.
- Experience implementing Data Quality and Stewardship frameworks
- Experience with Enterprise MDM, Master Data, or Reference Data initiatives
- Experience working with SAP and ETRM platforms
- Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog, Genie, Metric Views, and Semantic Modeling
- Experience supporting AI-enabled analytics and enterprise data consumption
- Background in energy, manufacturing, logistics, or other asset-intensive industries
Compensation Range This position has a base salary range of $160,200 - $195,800.
At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role's requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.
Total RewardsAt Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being - physical, emotional, social, and financial - is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results - personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:
- Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
- 8% 401k company match
- Cash Balance Account pension
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
- Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services
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To be consideredIn order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 8/20/2026.
Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
