About the position
National Grid is hiring a Director of Electric Data & Systems for our NY Electric team in Upstate, NY. This hybrid position reports to its home base as required and requires some travel to our local offices. Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating, and our expertise and track record put us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful, we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow ourselves and our business.
Responsibilities
- Develop, grow, and coach a high-performing team to drive data strategy, management, and governance to meet NY Electric's operational and transformational objectives.
- Lead NY Electric data strategy, roadmaps, and execution while coordinating with the broader Group data transformation ambitions.
- Identify the data capabilities and needs required to achieve transformation outcomes in coordination with the broader electric organization.
- Develop roadmaps with prioritized investments sequenced over time.
- Define and manage a resource strategy for the delivery of data plans and tier 1 system support.
- Define and own the execution of data platform as well as product build and management.
- Build a robust community across NY Electric to further data governance and ways of working.
- Execute key data workflow and gap closure work to enable business outcomes.
- Manage the successful delivery of strategies, tracking progress, and ensuring accountability to meet roadmap requirements.
- Work closely with the IT function to develop technology strategy and execution that underpin the ambition of the business.
- Ensure clarity on benefits being delivered, tracking them from project inception through to realization.
- Drive change and communication around data for NY Electric to influence and inspire change across the organization.
- Develop relevant communications and engagement with stakeholders and senior leaders.
- Collaborate with internal and external change management and communications organizations.
- Act as a coordinating point to provide business insights from across the NY Electric organization.
- Proactively grow a network with other utilities and industry partners to leverage best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience as a business leader at a senior level managing change programs.
- Experience with support services and data systems for key legacy enterprise systems such as Smallworld GIS, ASPEN and IMAP (ArcGIS Online).
- Solid knowledge of utility processes and data workflows.
- Significant experience in commissioning/managing large-scale technology projects and programs within the electric utility operations environment.
- Track record of managing key stakeholders at senior levels in a large publicly listed organization during a change program.
- Strong leadership capabilities to lead, motivate, and develop required departmental capabilities.
- Excellent problem-solving and strategic skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional teams and deliver project results in a comprehensive and timely fashion.
- Ability to communicate and work with people at all levels and across organizational boundaries.
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with strong project management skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with coaching skills strongly desired.
- Solid knowledge of technical aspects including data architecture, modeling, database management, data warehouse/data lake, data analytics and system support.
- A valid driver's license with a safe driving history that meets National Grid's Safe Driver policy.
Benefits
- 401k
- health_insurance
- dental_insurance
- vision_insurance
- paid_holidays
- paid_volunteer_time
- tuition_reimbursement
- professional_development
