Senior Analyst, Commercial Strategy

natgridProd•Waltham, MA

21h•Hybrid

About The Position

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. At National Grid Ventures, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are celebrated. We utilize the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities. The Senior Analyst will support National Grid Ventures (NGV)’s growth agenda by providing research, insight, and analysis across competitive transmission opportunities across ISO/RTO markets and large-load market entry and scaling strategy. The role will focus on market, competitor, and policy analysis to support bid / contract development, strategic decision-making, and risk evaluation for transmission, generation, and other grid-enabling infrastructure investments, as well as process optimization to support efficient workflow across our portfolio.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with 1-3 years relevant professional experience; strong quantitative and analytical skills.
Experience in the power sector or in strategy, infrastructure, or energy-related consulting or corporate roles.
Ability to translate complex data and analysis into clear business insights and strategic recommendations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare executive-ready presentations.
Foundational understanding of U.S. power markets, regulatory structures, and transmission economics.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with ISO/RTO transmission planning and competitive solicitation processes.
Experience with generation and transmission project development concepts such as interconnection, permitting, scheduling, and cost estimating.
Comfort working in emerging or ambiguous market environments and building analytical frameworks from first principles.
Ability to develop evidence-based points of view and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Monitor and synthesize industry, market, and policy developments impacting competitive transmission and large-load interconnection and translate them into implications for NGV strategy and pipeline prioritization.
Develop and maintain a structured market evaluation framework for large load opportunities, including market sizing, interconnection mechanics, transmission and generation solutions, commercial models, and project screening metrics.
Maintain opportunity and pipeline prioritization, identifying where large-load demand and transmission investment intersect, and support early-stage opportunity screening and project development diligence.
Gather competitive intelligence on transmission developers, utilities, hyperscalers, and infrastructure investors to understand positioning, bid strategies, and market entry approaches.
Organize and maintain internal pipeline tracking processes, including project iterative evaluation and prioritization
Track competitor projects and partnerships across ISO/RTO markets to inform business case development, risk assessment, and investment decisions.
Support project-level financial analysis, including development of NPV and IRR ranges, sensitivities, and scenario analyses for early-stage screening and investment evaluation.
Develop standardized screening metrics and scoring tools to compare opportunities across regions, technologies, and commercial structures.
Work closely with origination, finance, and legal teams to translate market and technical inputs into decision-ready investment materials.
Support the development of competitive bid proposals and responses to ISO/RTO and state-led solicitations, including evaluation of solicitation criteria and coordination across internal workstreams.
Prepare clear, concise executive-level materials summarizing market insights, competitive positioning, and business case recommendations.
Collaborate with business development, technical, regulatory, policy, and finance teams to support project development and strategic initiatives, including process improvements to support efficient work across our teams and portfolios.
Contribute in project-specific roles, including joint ventures or cross-functional teams, as needed.