Job Title: Electrification Strategy & Analytics Associate III
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Electrification Strategy & Analytics Associate III will support the development of its customer-to-grid solutions strategy with a focus on electrification and innovative flexible load programs within Duquesne Light's Electrification Solutions Team. This role will support market transformation activities including conducting customer and market research, developing technology adoption forecasts, modeling grid impacts, conducting research and developing new customer and analytical solutions, and assisting with advancing strategic relationships with internal and external leaders. This role requires regular travel throughout Duquesne Light service territory.
Location: Hybrid, (Nova Place, Pittsburgh)
Job Duties and Responsibilities:- Support the development and implementation of DLC's electrification, flexible load, and customer-to-grid strategy.
- Develop technology adoption and grid impact models to support planning and identify opportunities for flexible load solutions to mitigate system constraints.
- Develop, validate, document, and maintain repeatable analytical models, data products, and tools that translate electrification adoption, customer usage, and grid data into actionable strategy, customer, program, planning, investment, and regulatory insights.
- Develop business cases and financial analyses, including adoption, throughput, revenue, cost-effectiveness, incentive, and infrastructure-impact assumptions, with documented methodologies, limitations, scenarios, and sensitivities.
- Assist with evaluating, piloting, and supporting adoption of emerging technologies, analytics tools, customer engagement platforms, energy management solutions, and grid modernization systems that advance company objectives and customer outcomes.
- Support the development and expansion of customer and internal tools that use energy, program, and grid data to improve customer insights, program delivery, planning, and decision-making.
- Conduct market research, customer research, policy analysis, program evaluation, and other related work to support development of strategy and programs.
- Collaborate with internal business partners to assist with developing a legislative and regulatory strategy that aligns with business objectives.
- Translate analytical results into clear recommendations for strategy development, program design, customer targeting, grid planning, investment prioritization, and regulatory proposals.
- Prepare and deliver clear presentations and represent the Company at internal and external meetings and events.
- Lead on-going tracking of program performance, KPIs, prepare regulatory reporting and identify continuous improvement opportunities across the electrification solutions product portfolio.
- Facilitate documentation of data management, governance and quality procedures, methods, and techniques and provide control and oversight for related Data Governance and Quality enterprise-wide processes within the Electrification Solutions business area.
- Assist with development of strong strategic relationships with customers, industry associations, and other key stakeholders to promote the company's interests and objectives.
Additional Responsibilities:- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
- Storm role duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Required:- Bachelor's degree in business, economics, data science, analytics, energy, public policy, sustainability, or related field required.
- Three (3+) years of relevant experience required.
- A driver's license or a reliable mode of transportation is required for travel.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience with quantitative analysis, electrification or emerging technologies, utilities, energy policy, and/or conducting modeling is highly desired.
Skills/Abilities:- Ability to work with complex datasets and develop quantitative analyses using Excel and at least one analytical or programming environment, such as Python, R, SQL, or an equivalent platform.
- Ability to synthesize and clearly communicate complex technical, financial, regulatory, and data topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to translate business needs into analytical, data, and technology requirements.
- Ability to evaluate emerging technologies and identify practical business and customer applications.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Energy and enthusiasm for creating innovative, sustainable change in the Pittsburgh region.
- Ability to adapt and thrive to support rapidly changing business needs.
- Excellent attention to detail, creative, self-motivated, and organized.
ScopePrimary focus is on daily deliverables, outputs and reporting. Typically, accountable for managing one's own time and workflow. Responsible for using prescribed guidelines to analyze situations and solve problems. Work activities are typically moderate to complex in nature requiring the incumbent to draw on previous knowledge to perform role. Continues to build knowledge base but has a solid foundation to act independently the majority of the time. Still draws on experts and managers when needed but less frequently.
Decision ImpactThe problems and issues faced are vague. Incumbent draws on past experience on a regular basis. Accountable for direct level of reasoning and decision making.
Hybrid WorkPosition follows our hybrid work model, with a minimum of two days working in the office and the remaining days working remotely. Reporting location and frequency may be subject to change based on job role and department needs.
Storm RolesAll Non-Union Employees will serve in storm roles as appropriate to their role and skillset. Please be sure to discuss storm roles with the hiring manager for this position, as duties can vary across the Company. Examples of storm roles could include but aren't limited to duties such as: working with operations for service center support or with the communications, customer service or government affairs teams to respond to public and customer requests for information, etc.
Data GovernanceUtilize data to make business decisions as appropriate for the position, support data stewardship activities and partner with IT on underlying data needs.
