Manager, Data Innovation; Hybrid

Eversource will not offer immigration‑related sponsorship for this position (e.g., H‑1B, O‑1, J‑1, TN, E‑3, etc.). Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment with Eversource will not be considered.

The Manager of Data Innovation holds a critical and unique position at the epicenter of the Engineering organization. This role is responsible for leading and accelerating the Company’s transition to automation and data‑based decision making, ensuring the right initiatives are prioritized by quantifying business value, risks, and operationalization, and employing expert knowledge of learning models and data innovation techniques. The successful individual is passionate about cross‑functional work and change management, can interface with multiple internal and external stakeholders, turn their needs into learning models and automation initiatives, and deliver end‑to‑end products.

This role will lead a team of engineers with deep experience in data innovation and automations, and is expected to be highly visible internally and externally. The ideal candidate is an effective presenter, has former supervisory experience, and has experience in the utilities/energy sector.

• Exemplify an innovative mindset across the Company, always focusing on projects with high business value, high return on investment, and the ability to be quickly operationalized.
• Lead the Company’s transition to data‑based decision making and be passionate about workforce transformation and change management.
• Take a central role in creating an enterprise‑wide data foundation, including evaluating source data quality, data relationships, etc.
• Ideate, visualize, showcase, and convince stakeholders across innovation projects’ and products’ lifecycle; from conception and proof of value to implementation and operationalization.
• Align deliverables with stakeholder needs and creatively stagger incremental products to deliver value when needed.
• Understand how Company data can support Company needs and strategic directions, and lead and prioritize engineering modeling and analytical tool development to support that.
• Set targets for innovation initiatives and quantify the benefits of build‑vs‑buy by researching industry best practices, commercial products, and performing literature reviews, bearing in mind Eversource‑specific constraints.
• Act as the liaison across the entire engineering organization for innovation initiatives and be agile in working with IT.
• Work diligently to advance the Company’s strategic goals with regulators and other stakeholders.
• Lead a diverse team of data analysts, data engineers, and electrical engineers and support the hiring process as needed.
• Mentor and onboard new staff and keep abreast of the team’s career development.
• Set high standards of excellence and have the ability to achieve desired results by effectively prioritizing work for yourself and your team, and assuming responsibility and accountability to promote Eversource’s customer‑first standards.
• Presents internally to stakeholders as well as externally, for example in professional organizations like IEEE.
• Drive regulatory responses and ensure company engagement and representation in applicable regulatory proceedings, technical sessions, and working groups.

• Highly knowledgeable in electric power systems.
• Demonstrated expertise with complex analytical modeling and data models.
• Strong optimization skills.
• Strong probabilistic, risk‑based analysis skills.
• Demonstrated experience with coding (Matlab, Python, R, SQL) and databases.
• Experience with cloud computing in Linux and Windows environments (Azure is a plus).
• Must be an effective presenter.
• Skilled in working cross‑functionally with multiple teams and with team members of various backgrounds.
• Ability to exercise cost control.
• Experience with regulatory projects is considered a plus.

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative discipline required.
• Master’s Degree preferred.

• Minimum of ten years of experience in data science or data analytics.
• Experience in the utility…