Lead Analyst, Data Governance

About us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Analyst for our Data Governance department. This position can be based out of Waltham, MA our downstate Brooklyn, NY or Long Island, NY office.

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 puts 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, both ourselves and our business.

Job Purpose

The position reports to the Manager, Data Governance. The Data Governance Lead Analyst functions as a partner for the Data team working closely with IT, business, product and platform teams (for example Maximo, Salesforce, GIS and etc.). The Data Governance Lead Analyst will bring the capability of defining and maintaining new processes inclusive of end to end data requirements. This will include but not limited to process mapping, data mapping, strategy to manage data, risk and assumption identification, value case development, data change management and governance of data to ensure the reliability and safety of the National Grid’s assets and customer information.

Key Accountabilities

Support business/operation work stream team, participating in Agile sprints during full product roadmap

Works with the Lead Data Governance Analyst to sprint planning by helping define activities needed for current sprint to meet objectives (e.g., user interviews, experiments, pilots, etc.) § Construct business case, including value projections and detailed investment estimate; ensure these are aligned with product definition

Proactively identify riskiest assumptions and support product team in designing and executing experiments to increase confidence in business case assumptions

Define future-state operations solution (process, org change), including detailed current state-process and future-state process documentation

Accountable for change mgmt. and product roll-out plan, with help from the change mgmt. team as needed o Implement marketing, sales, business development, user acquisition, and user support strategies

Provide support to product & technical workstreams (e.g., RFP support, stakeholder mgmt., value alignment, IT governance, IT PMO) § Support preparation of materials for key stakeholder readouts (e.g., Digital Board meeting

Support day to day governance of National Grid’s Gas and Electricity data, this include but not limited to:

End to end review and triage of data impact on defect and improvement requests

Forum management

Deep dive analysis

Issue and risk management

Data privacy and security

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or engineering

At least 2 years working with (or within) utility

Minimum 3-5 years of relevant business experience and working on digital product teams

Lean Six Sigma/Continuous Process Improvement: Process mapping, establish the SIPOC, create and implement controls, and train the stakeholders on the process and the controls is a plus

Experience with industry standard utility applications such as Maximo, Salesforce, ESRI GIS Pro and etc is a plus

Experience designing and refining value case (e.g., financial value to the business, strategic value, etc.)

Experience in defining, testing, and refining product assumptions

More Information

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

Salary

Waltham $138,000 - $162,000/ Downstate $147,000 -173,000

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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