Digital Strategist

**About the Role**:
As a Digital Strategist, you will be required to live within the United Kingdom as you will be required to work from our Warwick HQ for 2 days per week minimum. You’ll have the flexibility to work from home for up to 3 days per week dependent on the needs of the business and the requirement to be onsite, national twice quarterly travel will be required for site visits. The Digital Strategist will join IT and Digital working in a harmonised partnership with the National Grid group of diverse energy businesses to deliver technology which revolutionises the way we operate. As we lead the charge towards a carbon-free future, our teams are embracing disruptive changes in our industry by working with Agile methodologies and adopting digital mindsets to drive efficiency and bring new capabilities for our internal and external customers. The Digital Strategist will input to the direction of Asset Operations’ multi product Agile Release Train whilst connecting the ART back to objectives the management team cares about, helping the ART to clearly understand the importance of their work. You’ll effectively leverage feedback from within AO to uncover unmet needs, to validate a new concept, or to improve an existing product. The Digital Strategist will input to the product strategy and the outcomes driven by the product teams, with the ability to make effective adjustments to direction or process to maximize those outcomes.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Represent customers in the definition of innovative digital solutions aligning to business strategy
- Provide insights into product, technology and market trends
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams ensuring scope, design, concept test and delivery of products
- Plan, schedule, monitor and report on portfolio-related activities
- Ensure the portfolio contributes to the overall achievement of the portfolio identifying issues
- Collect, summarise and report on portfolio measures reporting on portfolio status
- Analyse market and/or user research, feedback, expert opinion and usage data
- Initiate and lead ambiguous, complex and significant programmes
- Engage with senior stakeholders to clarify the strategic context for investment options
- Plan and lead scoping, requirements definition and priority setting for complex, strategic programmes
- Maintain the funding business case confirming continuing business viability at regular intervals
- Determine the strategic approach to understanding stakeholder objectives and requirements
- Responsible for AO input into T3, and future Price Controls, Non-Operational TOTEXT submission

**About You**:
Are you a self-motivated, creative and adaptable professional who is strategy and customer focused and has excellent time management, influencing, communication and problem-solving skills? If so, our The Digital Strategist vacancy may be for you:
**Essential**:

- A full driving licence that permits you to drive in the UK
- Extensive experience of developing and implementing digital strategies
- Experience of producing copy writing
- Experience of developing successful business cases
- Experience of delivering digital transformation
- Experience of solving complex digital business challenges across varied workstreams/business units
- Experience of budget management

**Desirable**:

- SAFe Agile Delivery certification
- Experience gained from the Electricity Transmission industry

**What You'll Get**:

- Competitive salary between £55,000 - £80,000 per annum dependent on capability
- Performance based bonus
- 37 Hours per week Monday to Friday
- Enhanced 28 days annual leave plus 8 statutory days and option to buy/sell days
- Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
- Professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave financial support
- Flexible benefits including a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few
- Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through
- Health, fitness and wellbeing support apps

At National Grid we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. We aim to empower everyone to take control and influence their career and will provide the right support along the way so you can succeed.

**About Us**:
National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone in the UK, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today - and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy - we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making