Lead Analyst, Flexibility Platform Strategy (ESMP)

National Grid; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

National Grid in Waltham, MA is seeking a Lead Analyst (ESMP) to accelerate grid flexibility through digital investments and DER enablement. Hybrid work arrangement supported, with collaboration across IT and business teams.

The role focuses on delivering the ESMP vision, governing a portfolio of digital tools, and engaging stakeholders to ensure scalable, reliable grid modernization outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Passion for decarbonization and driving innovation.
• 3+ years in digital product ownership or related roles.
• Experience with energy markets, DERs, or utility operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver digital strategy enabling grid flexibility and DERs in Massachusetts.
• Own design and implementation of a portfolio of digital investments with IT liaison.
• Define requirements for digital capabilities supporting flexibility markets; engage vendors.
• Collaborate with Digital and IT teams to develop enabling tools and systems.
• Ensure market design aligns with system capabilities and scalability.
• Plan procurement, data, measurement, and settlement for markets at scale.
• Manage digital products through IT governance and present to leadership.
• Support digital communications and website content for National Grid activities.
• Deliver governance frameworks underpinning digital initiatives.
• Represent National Grid externally at industry forums and regulatory activities.

Skills

Digital product ownership

Stakeholder management

Digital product strategy

Energy markets or utility ops

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About us

National Grid is hiring a Lead Analyst (ESMP) for our Flexibility Platform Strategy department in Waltham, MA. This is a hybrid role.

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

As the clean energy transition accelerates and electrification increases demand on the electric grid, utilities are pursuing innovative strategies to unlock the value of distributed energy resources (DERs) and grid flexibility to enhance system reliability, strengthen grid resilience, and enable a more efficient energy system. Non-Wires Alternatives (NWAs), Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), and other flexibility solutions can provide reliability, resilience, and operational benefits to the electric grid.

National Grid's Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP) outlines a pathway to a more flexible, resilient, and customer-centric electric system capable of supporting electrification and decarbonization goals. To advance this vision, National Grid is seeking to accelerate the deployment of grid flexibility solutions to support Massachusetts' clean energy and climate goals. National Grid's Non-Wires Alternative program, and broader grid flexibility initiatives that develop innovative approaches to leveraging energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, distributed generation, and other distributed energy resources (DERs) to deliver value to customers and the electric system, will require a series of digital investments to enable the best customer experience and an efficient operational implementation.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop and deliver National Grid's digital strategy for enabling grid flexibility and distributed energy resources (DERs) to contribute to grid services in Massachusetts, ensuring alignment with regulatory priorities and business needs, and the objectives of National Grid's ESMP.
• Take ownership of the design and implementation of a portfolio of digital investments to support the long-term success of the desired end state of a flexibly-managed electric distribution network, including liaising with internal IT functions to prioritize work across the wider US Electric portfolio.
• Define and articulate requirements for digital capabilities supporting flexibility markets and operational requirements, engaging with third-party vendors, where necessary.
• Collaborate with Digital and IT teams to support development and prioritization of enabling tools and systems.
• Working with others, ensure flexibility market design is aligned with system capabilities and scalability considerations.
• Contribute to planning for the procurement, data, measurement, and settlement processes required to operate markets on a scale.
• Take responsibility for managing the portfolio of digital products through the internal IT governance process, presenting to IT and Electric leadership when required.
• Contribute to digital communication channels and specific website content to promote National Grid's activities in the flexibility space.
• Responsibility for delivering and enforcing governance frameworks that underpin wider digital initiatives, ensuring effective portfolio governance, strategic alignment, investment prioritization, stakeholder engagement, risk oversight, and the realization of intended business outcomes.
• Represent National Grid externally through industry forums, stakeholder engagement, conferences, regulatory proceedings, and other development activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Passion for decarbonization, clean energy, and driving innovation.
• 3+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Digital product ownership or project management of a suite of tools used to enable operational and market-facing capabilities.
  • Stakeholder management experience working with cross-functional senior leadership teams and third-party vendors.
  • Digital product strategy, platform enablement, or technology implementation supporting energy markets or utility operations.
• Experience collaborating with utilities, DER developers, aggregators, flexibility providers, or other energy market stakeholders.
• Ability to influence and align diverse technical, commercial, regulatory, and external stakeholders.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• Understanding of utility regulatory frameworks, grid modernization initiatives, and the Massachusetts clean energy landscape preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools.

Salary

$136,000 - $160,000 a year

National Grid will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. You must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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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. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

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