Job Description

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Location: The role can be based in either New York or Massachusetts.

About Us

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.

Job Purpose

Lead the delivery of a new EMS SCADA platforma missioncritical system for realtime operation of the power grid across National Grids New York and Massachusetts regions. The Program Lead serves as the primary bridge between Operations, IT, and external technology partners.

Program Leadership & Strategy

• Lead the delivery of the EMS SCADA system deployment, replacing legacy grid control and monitoring platforms while ensuring seamless operation of the power network.
• Define and maintain the business vision, success criteria, and value roadmap for the new EMS platform.
• Represent control room operators, grid planners, reliability engineers, and other operational stakeholders.
• Partner closely with IT and operations leadership to align scope, schedule, and deliverables.
• Manage contracted business integrated support and coordinate matrixed business resources for effective project delivery.

Continuous Improvement & Value Delivery

• Manage and track program progress against schedule, budget, and key performance indicators.
• Track dependencies and risks, including business process, resource management, and data management.
• Measure improvements in reliability, situational awareness, operator efficiency, and system performance postdeployment.

Business Requirements & Design

• Lead the definition, documentation, and validation of detailed business and functional requirements.
• Facilitate workshops with operators and SMEs to ensure the new EMS supports all operational workflows.
• Support solution design reviews to confirm vendor and IT designs match operational capabilities.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change Leadership

• Act as the voice of the business throughout design, build, testing, and deployment phases.
• Communicate program progress, risks, and decisions to executive sponsors and operational leadership.
• Develop and drive change adoption strategies, including communications, training, and transitioning operators from legacy EMS to the new platform.

Implementation & Testing Oversight

• Support IT and vendor teams in planning and executing system integration testing (SIT), factory acceptance testing (FAT), and site acceptance testing (SAT).
• Oversee business participation in user acceptance testing (UAT), scenario simulations, and operator training.
• Ensure operational readinessincluding procedures, playbooks, staffing, training, and failover processesprior to cutover.

Risk & Compliance Management

• Identify operational risks related to system changes and work with cybersecurity, compliance, and reliability teams to mitigate them.
• Ensure the new EMS meets NERC CIP requirements and aligns with industry best practices for reliability and resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and at least 10 years of experience as a business leader managing crossfunctional teams and change programs.
• Significant experience commissioning/managing largescale technology projects and programs within the electric utility operations environment, ideally with EMS SCADA or similar grid control systems.
• Strong track record of managing key stakeholders at senior levels in a large publicly listed organization during a change program.
• Experience navigating dynamic political and regulatory environments, including familiarity with compliance and reporting.
• Strong understanding of electric utility operations and key partners (e.g., ISO/RTO, NERC).
• Strong leadership capabilities to lead, motivate, and develop departmental capabilities and future leaders.
• Excellent problemsolving and strategic skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multifunctional teams and deliver project results comprehensively and on time.
• Ability to communicate and work with people at all levels and across organizational boundaries.
• Valid drivers license with a safe driving history that meets National Grids Safe Driver policy.

Salary Range

• Downstate, NY: $237,000 $279,000
• Upstate, NY: $197,000 $232,000
• Massachusetts: $221,000 $260,000

National Grid is an equalopportunity 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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