Director, Grid Asset Data Integrity

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Position Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Set organizational goals, provide leadership, oversight, management, delegation and coordination of various internal and external organizations.
• Act as the GIS visionary leader and/or Business Sponsor to ensure projects align with the company’s long-term strategy.
• Communicates vision and roadmap to team that contributes to the success of the grid asset and data integrity team.

• Act as the key liaison between field operations, design, field engineering, IT, distribution control centers, external vendors, etc., to ensure asset management related business processes are optimally performed.
• Maintain intimate knowledge of strategic objectives of the company and keep up with changing business drivers and new supporting technologies to ensure performance and compliance.
• Maintain effective and on-going communication and dialogue with all distribution, transmission or natural gas departments regarding key items such as GIS strategy & direction, goal setting, status and performance, compliance with regulatory and Company requirements.

• Lead the overall department’s efforts to acquire and record asset data efficiently
• Drive the highest level of quality by establishing organizational roadmaps; developing policies and procedures; defining training; working with operations leadership; applying QA/QC methodologies, etc.
• Monitors team results to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Initiates actions to ensure objectives are achieved and improvement opportunities are addressed.
• Monitors and adjusts work plans to ensure completion of work within schedule, standards and financial constraints.

• Act as GIS/Asset Records visionary SME and Business Sponsor on IT and Data Quality projects to ensure the multitude of projects align with the long-term strategy.

• Develop and lead high-performance team to ensure event free, system reliability, growth, and program/project goals are achieved.
• Provide coaching, direction, mentoring, and leadership to career path staff/team members.
• Share tools, learnings, expertise in manner consistent with corporate leadership.
• Serve as model of leadership for change.

Required/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geology, Information Technology or Other Related Degree
• In addition to required degree, eight (8) or more years related work experience
• In lieu of Bachelor’s degree(s) AND eight (8) or more years related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND nine (8) or more years related work experience

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree – Business or Technical
• Expertise in: GIS; ESRI Portal; ESRI Utility Network, ESRI ArcGIS; Data Quality; Databases; Project Management
• Demonstrated ability leading multiple work groups
• Experience managing an organization across multi-jurisdictional/state boundaries
• Strong interpersonal and analytical skills and the ability to work collaboratively across organizations.
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills to express ideas and influence a wide audience.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate team members
• Demonstrated ability to implement and lead others through changes
• Understanding or experience in a variety of engineering, construction, and operating areas within the electric or natural gas utility.
• Understanding of distribution reliability drivers & solutions.
• Demonstrated strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrated influencing and negotiation skills
• Ability to perform complex team functions and/or lead independent matrixed work teams to achieve business goals
• Demonstrated ability to manage large, complex budgets.
• Demonstrated ability to motivate and lead a diverse team of management professionals across multiple geographic locations.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills and ability to work with high levels of Company leadership.
• Ability to understand what activities must be undertaken within a functional area to achieve the goals of the organization.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, deal with abstract variables, and draw valid conclusions.
• Demonstrated ability to monitor and achieve financial and operational objectives
• Demonstrated working knowledge of distribution, transmission or natural gas systems and equipment and associated safety policies, practices, and procedures.
• Strong understanding of advanced spatial analysis practices
• Strong knowledge of Distribution, Transmission and/or Natural Gas, Technology Processes, and Regulatory Requirements
• Effective conflict management skills
• Ability to interact effectively with both business and technical staff
• Ability to work with internal and external customers
• Experience leading and developing business cases
• Experience leading the creation of data driven decision making and KPIs
• Ability to identify and execute continuous improvement initiatives
• Certified GIS Professional (GISP) Certification
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Working Conditions

• Hybrid – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to the designated Duke Energy facility.
• Position requires periods of sitting at desk and working with computers.
• It may also require occasional walking over uneven terrain.
• Requires occasional overnight travel.
• The position provides company storm support.

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

Represented/Union Position

Visa Sponsored Position

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.