Technology Planning Analyst Sr.

Technology Planning Analyst Sr.

 

JOB SUMMARY:    

This Technology Planning Analyst, Sr will support innovation, enhance reliability, and help drive constructive regulatory technology investments across Southern Company Gas (GAS) spanning for Local Distribution Companies (LDCs): Atlanta Gas Light, Chattanooga Gas, Nicor Gas and Virginia Natural Gas.  Working with the Enterprise Decision Support and Data Governance (EDGE) program will support the team and business partners architecting, delivering, and operationalizing a cohesive data and analytics framework. This framework will empower GAS to optimize operational data for process automation and informed decision-making. Another aspect of this role will be to assist in promoting and executing data-driven Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions to boost innovation, efficiency, and value across GAS operations. Additionally, this role will support the new strategic technology practice centered on technology health and problem management will be under this leader’s purview, aiming to identify and mitigate chronic issues across GAS’s technology landscape.

 

This position will collaborate with others to provide thought leadership to support strategic leadership shaping and evolving the culture within GAS and the Technology Organization (TO) to enhance partnership, value realization, and talent development. At its core, this position works to ensure our technology investments (cost, people, and infrastructure) are optimal, adhere to standards and is aligned with GAS Technology Solutions and the business.  Consideration must be given to all technology delivery components, including resources, hardware, software, and outside services. The Technology Planning Analyst is depended on to collaborate with others to provide thought leadership on technology direction and decisions based on emerging technologies, industry trends, best practices, and sound business processes. Planning and analysis responsibilities include defining and supporting investments that enable achievement of business objectives and advance the company’s capabilities to provide a competitive advantage. The position helps build and maintain strategic partnerships, clarifies and documents needs and business processes, elicit requirements as required, and supports business cases. The position may also lead the execution of technology projects, including requirements gathering, ideation, support business case development in partnership with multiple stakeholders and contractors, technology evaluation and acquisition, and overall planning and delivery activities. This position is responsible for promoting and supporting the realization of what is possible with technology.

 

This position is reports to the Manager, Data Solutions & AI.

 

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS: (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills) 

 

Education 

• BS or BA degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field is required or equivalent work experience.

 

Experience and Knowledge 

• 5 years of experience in portfolio management, business relationship management, business analysis/consulting or experience in Operation Services business units preferred.
• Demonstrated business acumen combined with expertise that establishes credibility.
• Build and maintain strategic partnerships to apply knowledge of the business and appropriate technology for streamlining business processes, reducing costs, improve efficiency, and improving customer satisfaction. 
• Understand and articulate the mission, vision, goals, strategic and tactical initiatives of GAS Technology and the business teams; develop strategic technology plans with the business units on a company, team, or system-wide basis. 
• Understand and articulate the mission, vision, goals, strategic and tactical initiatives of the technology organization. 
• Anticipate and communicate the business unit's technology needs to the technology organization to ensure that technology priorities are established, prioritized, and driven by the business needs to maximize value of technology investments. 
• Communicate technology initiatives and updates and educate on technology capabilities and opportunities to the business unit and represent the business unit's interests/concerns/issues on these points. 
• Provide active support in the development, communication, and implementation of technology strategic plans and initiatives. Consults with business stakeholders on technology capabilities and on TO products and services.
• Facilitate a team of technology teammates, BOTS partners and business unit management to ensure appropriate handling of business partner strategic and tactical needs.