Lead Analyst, Data Governance Job Details | National Grid

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support business/operation work stream team, participating in Agile sprints during full product roadmap
• Work 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 management and product roll-out plan, with help from the change management team as needed
• Implement marketing, sales, business development, user acquisition, and user support strategies
• Provide support to product & technical workstreams (e.g., RFP support, stakeholder management, 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, including end-to-end review and triage of data impact on defect and improvement requests
• Manage forums, conduct deep dive analysis, and handle issue and risk management related to data privacy and security

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or engineering
• At least 2 years working with (or within) utility industry
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant business experience and working on digital product teams
• Experience with industry standard utility applications such as Maximo, Salesforce, ESRI GIS Pro
• Experience designing and refining value cases (e.g., financial, strategic value)
• Experience in defining, testing, and refining product assumptions
• Knowledge of process mapping, establishing SIPOC, creating and implementing controls, and stakeholder training is a plus
• Lean Six Sigma/Continuous Process Improvement experience is a plus

Nice to Have

• Experience with industry standard utility applications such as Maximo, Salesforce, ESRI GIS Pro
• Lean Six Sigma/Continuous Process Improvement: Process mapping, establish the SIPOC, create and implement controls, and train stakeholders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, technology, or engineering
• At least 2 years working with (or within) utility industry
• Minimum 3-5 years of relevant business experience and working on digital product teams

Benefits & Perks

• Salary range: Waltham $138,000 - $162,000 / Downstate $147,000 - $173,000
• Career advancement opportunities within and across bands
• Inclusive culture that values diversity and employee engagement