Lead Data Analyst, Asset Strategist

About Us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Data Analyst, Asset Strategist for our Integrated Planning and Solutions department in Syracuse, NY. 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

An Asset Strategist in Integrated Planning and Solutions will develop and drive short- and long-term asset management policy, strategy and work plans ensuring alignment with National Grid’s Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP). This role will work with leaders in the electric organization to provide insight and recommendations for required modifications to existing process and approaches, both in breadth and depth, to drive incremental value in performance, delivery, cost and risk across Company assets; where capital investment decisions making and operations & maintenance decisions making are optimized at an individual asset level and system level to meet customer and stakeholder needs and expectations. Asset Strategists act as a bridge between engineering detail and business strategy, translating data and technical insight into clear, defensible plans that guide capital and operational spending.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and drive short- and long-term asset management policy, strategy and work plans ensuring alignment with National Grid’s Strategic Asset Management Plan (SAMP).
• Collaborate directly with the Engineering, Asset Operations, Planning, Finance, and Regulation teams to evaluate existing assets classes to identify process changes that will drive near-term and long-term value.
• Drive the continued development of improved risk-based decision making within NY Electric, supporting executive communication for how the business balances safety, reliability, environmental impact, customer outcomes, and cost when prioritizing investments.
• Contribute to asset management reviews, audits, and continuous improvement initiatives to ensure they are aligned with strategic initiatives.
• Translate asset risks and needs into clear investment cases that support capital programs.
• Provide evidence for regulatory submissions, internal governance reviews, and leadership decision making.
• Drive the review current asset management plans and strategies and develop new approaches to capture a holistic view of asset risk that extends beyond asset condition and operational stress.
• Represent the company on industry and regulatory working groups as appropriate.
• Assure the focus and attainment of business goals and objectives.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree; preferably an engineering related field or engineering policy required.
• 6 years of relevant experience minimum.
• Certificate in Asset Management preferred.
• Knowledge of relevant industry practice, standards and legislation preferred.
• Knowledge of current trends within the industry and developments in legislation or regulation preferred.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to work well across all company functions with staff from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience with dealing leaders throughout the organization.
• Demonstrate the ability to influence others.
• Work in a Project Management team environment.
• Adapt approach and consider what is important to the audience and tailor message accordingly.
• Actively build and maintain a network of relationships, outside normal business contacts.
• Takes personal responsibility for correcting problems promptly and non-defensively; communicate engineering customer expectations to monitor delivery of engineering projects and satisfaction.
• Proactively make changes to improve performance, efficiency and effectiveness of processes; for example, challenge existing engineering procedures and highlight areas for improvement.
• Possesses positive expectations for team members and express regard for them.
• Receptive to change and willing to change ideas or opinions based on new information or contrary evidence.

More Information

Salary: $139,000 - $163,000 per year
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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.