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National Grid Lead Product Owner - Clean Transportation in Syracuse, New York

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National Grid is hiring a Lead Product Owner – Clean Transportation for our Customer Organization.

This is a Hybrid Role – Must live within a commutable distance to one of our locations in Massachusetts (Waltham, Northborough, or Worcester, MA), Syracuse, NY, or Albany, NY.

Job Purpose

In this role you will lead a portfolio of clean transportation (electric vehicle) products and program offerings focused on vehicle-grid integration and managed charging, ensuring they meet customer and stakeholder requirements and align with the group’s strategic objectives. This role is on the Clean Transportation team, which supports all EV-related offerings in Massachusetts and Upstate New York.

Key Accountabilities

  • Brings new clean transportation products or offerings to market in support of National Grid’s electric vehicle (EV) priorities by analyzing customer insights, markets and technologies, regulatory environments, and product development needs.

  • Develops business plans and financial models to maximize product and offering impacts, including greenhouse gas reductions, customer benefits and savings, and electric grid benefits, while integrating with the existing business model.

  • Participates in regulatory proceedings in Massachusetts and New York, including developing testimony, presenting to regulatory bodies, testifying, and responding to information requests.

  • Participates in industry forums to advance National Grid’s priorities, particularly on electric vehicle-grid integration, managed charging, dynamic EV charging, load management, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G).

  • Works cross-functionally with program implementation, marketing, engineering, IT, regulatory, and other functional groups to launch and scale products. Delivers on time, on target, and on budget.

  • Makes recommendations to ensure there is a healthy pipeline of current and future clean transportation products and offerings.

  • Maintain awareness of the electric vehicle and EV charging markets, utility and energy markets, customer insights, and other relevant information to advise the Clean Transportation team.

Qualifications

  • B.A. or B.S. required (Masters degree preferred) and 7+ years related work experience.

  • Ability to synthesize diverse inputs, think creatively, and find practical solutions to complex issues. Experience extracting insights from diverse datasets, research, reports, and colleagues.

  • Well-organized and able to balance competing priorities. Ability to move forward amidst uncertainty and complexity.

  • Experience leading collaborative, cross-functional groups to deliver results.

  • Experience with developing and interpreting KPIs, financial forecasts, and business models.

  • Experience in clean energy and/or clean transportation is preferred, though not required.

  • Experience with vehicle-grid integration and load management is preferred, though not required.

  • Experience in utility operations and regulation is preferred, though not required.

  • Experience analyzing large datasets preferred, though not required.

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Salary

$131,000 - $154,000 a year - Massachusetts

$116,000 - $137,000 a year - Upstate, NY

Salary commensurate with location and experience

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. 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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