Principal Manager, Data Science & Asset Analytics [Hybrid]

Key Skills

Data Analytics, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Lean Six Sigma, PowerBI, Project management, Python Programming, R Programming, SAS, Snowflake

Job Description

Become a Principal Manager, Data Science & Asset Analytics at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you’ll play a key role in using data analytics to directly inform the selection, installation, maintenance, and retirement of SCE’s electrical grid assets. This includes managing a team of 3 Senior Managers that oversee data scientists, data engineers, and analysts to: (1) utilize asset models and perform complex analytics that directly inform our wildfire mitigation, infrastructure replacement, and asset class strategies; (2) create data visualization tools that help teams across T&D and ASP manage their performance and work flows; (3) extract key data from our records to enable internal and external stakeholders to understand the performance of our electrical assets.

As SCE prepares for the Clean Energy Future, the use of asset data will become increasingly important for making the best choices for how the electric grid should be expanded, modified, and maintained. This position will play a key role in developing SCE’s enterprise electrical asset data strategy that encompasses what data is most important as well as how that data is best utilized. 

As a Principal Manager, Data Science & Asset Analytics, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Asset Health & Risk Models: Developing and managing asset health and risk models to inform wildfire, climate adaptation, public safety, reliability, and resiliency strategies
• Turning Data into Actionable Information: Developing and managing data visualization reports/dashboards for teams across T&D and ASP that support performance management and/or work management functions
• Regulatory Advocacy and Compliance: Supporting key regulatory activities including computation of risk spend efficiencies and fulfilling data requests for General Rate Case (GRC), Wildfire Mitigation Plan (WMP), and other regulatory filings or compliance obligations
• Advanced Tools: Utilizing automation, machine learning, and data engineering to enhance analytical capabilities and streamline processes (e.g., creation of new data pipelines to support data science modeling)
• Maturing Capabilities: Enhancing data science standards to advance SCE’s wildfire risk modeling in alignment with the WMP Maturity Model
• Roadmap to the Future: Developing an enterprise electrical asset data strategy that will enable SCE to achieve electrification objectives of Pathway 2045 and SCE’s vision for the Clean Energy Future
• People Development: Developing, coaching, and mentoring the managers and skip-level reports in their own personal development. Facilitate organizational functions and develop key relationships across the enterprise.

Qualifications

The essentials

• 7 years of combined experience managing/supervising a workforce/team and/or project management experience including scope, schedule and budget.
• Experience utilizing data analytics to address key business objectives

The preferred 

• Bachelor’s or Masters Degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, Data Science, or other related discipline.
• Experience with the ISO 55000 and/or application of asset management principles in business operations
• Experience performing or overseeing performance of risk analysis and modeling
• Experience utilizing tools such as SAS EG, HANA, Python, R, Snowflake, PowerBI, etc. to extract data to produce business insights
• Experience working with large amounts of structured and unstructured data to generate business intelligence.
• Experience reviewing complex queries, analysis, or modeling to ensure results are accurate and reasonable.
• Experience developing and/or driving transformational change efforts
• Experience developing business strategies enabled by data analytics
• Experience interfacing with C-Suite and senior executives to facilitate key decisions
• Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement process certifications or experience
• Effective communication and building relationships across departments and business units.

You should know

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage.
• Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• While minimal, occasional overnights may be required for site visits or external meetings.
• This position will require periods of time working outside of normal working hours in support of Regulatory filings and other emergent operational needs.