About us
National Grid is hiring a Senior Analyst for our New England Digital, Data, and Process Performance organization.
This position can be located in the Massachusetts region with a primary location in Waltham, MA. This is a hybrid (not remote) position, with visits to the office a couple of times a week.
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.
Job Purpose
This Analyst will join the New England Digital, Data, and Process Performance team and will be responsible for supporting with Regional and Global Business units to manage the intake and prioritization of a portfolio of projects on behalf the New England Electric organization.
Key Accountabilities

• Understand digital product priorities and non-digital projects for multiple business units as they relate to the digital product, data, and process performance.
• Guide the business units through the implementation of Product Development Lifecycle and the ?agile ways of working' methodology (Lean Portfolio Management / Leading SAFE methodology)
• Assist in the creation and tracking of the New England Electric strategic objectives as they relate to transformational initiatives.
• Reporting: Establish, maintain, and provided transparency for the New England digital portfolio to various executive stakeholders.
• Governance:
• Support governance meetings and reporting, arranging and inputting to executive steering.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with senior executives, particularly commodity, Product, and Technology leaders across the global organization.
• Ensure optimal budget management, benefits realization, portfolio reporting and story-telling, and change control processes are in place for projects within the portfolio.
• Support product and project teams with the gathering of estimates and develop business cases with the business units in order to properly track performance and progress.
• Use KPIs and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to demonstrate progress and ensure that projects are realizing benefits. Help leads the business units shift to an outcome-focused performance culture.
• Provide portfolio level status reporting regarding project milestones, success criteria results, metrics, deliverables, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership and to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, and key stakeholders.
• Ability to work across commodities (Gas & Electric) and jurisdictions (NY and MA).
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with global functions and organizations, including Information Technology / Digital Technology (IT/DT) and Finance.

Qualifications
The candidate will have and should demonstrate the following:

• Bachelor's degree from college or university or strong equivalent experience
• Strong portfolio management experience and ability to effectively manage a portfolio of multiple projects and initiatives concurrently.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize critical objectives to meet key performance deadlines and periodic top-down executive requests
• Senior level presentation and communication skills. Able to communicate efficiently and effectively with teams.
• Leadership & Influence : Ability to get people to buy into and deliver on change. Drive ownership and accountability within the project team. Advocate for team vision, mission and objectives. Ability to effectively line manage and delegate.
• Product Development Lifecycle Process : Understanding and experience of end-to-end product management and development processes and methodologies, inclusive of Agile.
• 2-5 years of professional project or portfolio management experience.
• 2-5 years of professional experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment.
• Ability to build relationships across the organization at different levels, lead interactions with large groups and manage senior stakeholders within and outside of the organization.
• Tech Expertise : Strong experience of technology and tools to support portfolio and individual project management. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel) is required. Expertise in other data management/portfolio management tools is preferred (JIRA Align).

More Information
Salary: $106,000 - $125,000
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.
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.
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Nearest Major Market: Waltham
Nearest Secondary Market: Boston

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