Technology Planning Analyst Specialist (TPA)
This position reports to the VP of Gas Technology Solutions (GTS) and provides communication, planning and coordination across GTS portfolio functions, other Technology Organization (TO) functions and Southern Company Gas (GAS) business functions to continually progress our vision for adding value, driving innovation and accelerating growth.
This position supports the office of the VP of Gas Technology Solutions including owning communications across multiple channels, leading key initiatives, contributing to transformation and representing the office the VP internally and externally.
This position will coordinate alignment of holistic technology roadmaps across portfolios and technology functions for the benefit of business and technology partners to understand long term plans, opportunities and dependencies. The TPA will establish mutually beneficial partnerships with key technology functions who directly engage with GAS including technology services, digital workplace solutions, technology security and enterprise technology solutions.
This position will collaborate with other TPA’s across TO, especially in Electric Technology, to leverage best practices and align processes to improve our efficiency, effectiveness and overall capabilities. The TPA will contribute thought leadership to how our technology plans and investments have clear and concise business justification that enable specific business strategies and add value.
This position will be responsible for engaging externally with industry across our ecosystem of peers and partners to bring innovative and emerging technology trends and best practices to bear at GTS, TO and GAS.
This position will develop relationships across executive, management and induvial contributor levels. This position will exemplify the values and behaviors we seek to demonstrate in how we drive results, elevate partnership and increase influence.
Job Responsibilities
- Develops high quality, concise and meaningful communications materials, and coordinates distribution, presentation and feedback loops to continuously reinforce the business challenges TO is solving, the value TO is adding, the innovation TO is driving and the growth of our business TO is accelerating.
- Facilitates engagement and communication across external and internal forums including industry associations, community service organizations, strategic vendor partners, key business partners, key technology partners, internal change champions and GTS employees.
- Gathers input from GTS portfolios, other TO functions and GAS strategy and business imperatives to create visual materials representing holistic technology roadmaps that translate business strategy into execution plans.
- Builds trusting partnerships with business and technology colleagues that align on adding mutually beneficial value for employees, customers, the company and the communities we serve.
- Influences organizational evolution of articulating business benefit, business value and business cases where appropriate for new ideas and projects that receive technology resources to execute on.
- Facilitates measurement and collection of agreed upon key performance indicators across GTS for measuring continuous improvement period over period.
- Brings innovative and emerging technology trends, tools and methodologies for awareness, evaluation and adoption at GAS.
- Represents values, mission and vision of VP and GTS leadership team when acting and communicating.
- Tracks and Oversees Technology Validation Process across TPA’s within GTS.
Education
- BS or BA degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related field is preferred; four (4) years relevant experience is acceptable.
Experience
- Experience communicating concisely and establish credibility with executives, management, customers and employees.
- Customer facing experience with relationship building demonstrated
- Experience in technology strategy and planning, business relationship management, business analysis and consulting
- Experience improving technology driven business processes
Skills & Competencies
- Demonstrate Southern Company ‘Values’, Technology Organization Diamond Tenets
- Strong knowledge of the utility business functions, including economic and value drivers, and impact of external industry trends, especially technology trends
- Proven collaborator bringing together business and technology colleagues leveraging broader enterprise expertise, tools and plans
- Customer focus orientation
- High Emotional Intelligence to foster productive relationship building
- Demonstrated ability to think and plan strategically; exhibit breadth in vision and innovative thinking, ability to generate strategic high quality deliverables
- Ability to prioritize and deal with multiple priorities in a fast paced environment
- Flexible, can work under stress with changing direction and with minimal supervision
- Proven track record of a high standard of excellence for self, and working with & through others to achieve success
- Proactive, takes initiative, self-motivated, overcomes obstacles, resilient
- Acts with speed while building consensus and bringing others along
Location
- Successful candidate must reside in GA or IL.
- Up to 4 days a week in person hybrid work arrangement.
- Travel Required as much as 25-50%
About Southern Company
Southern Company (NYSE: SO ) is a leading energy provider serving 9 million customers across the Southeast and beyond through its family of companies. Providing clean, safe, reliable and affordable energy with excellent service is our mission. The company has electric operating companies in three states, natural gas distribution companies in four states, a competitive generation company, a leading distributed energy solutions provider with national capabilities, a fiber optics network and telecommunications services. Through an industry-leading commitment to innovation, resilience and sustainability, we are taking action to meet customers' and communities' needs while advancing our goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our uncompromising values ensure we put the needs of those we serve at the center of everything we do and are the key to our sustained success. We are transforming energy into economic, environmental and social progress for tomorrow. Our corporate culture has been recognized by a variety of organizations, earning the company awards and recognitions that reflect Our Values and dedication to service. To learn more, visit www.southerncompany.com .
Southern Company invests in the well-being of its employees and their families through a comprehensive total rewards strategy that includes competitive base salary, annual incentive awards for eligible employees and health, welfare and retirement benefits designed to support physical, financial, and emotional/social well-being. This position may also be eligible for additional compensation, such as an incentive program, with the amount of any bonus/awards subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable incentive plan(s). A summary of the benefits offered for this position can be found here https://seo.nlx.org/southernco/pdf/SOCO-Benefits.pdf . Additional and specific details about total compensation and benefits will also be provided during the hiring process.
Southern Company is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant's qualifications are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Job Identification: 12716
Job Category: Information Technology
Job Schedule: Full time
Company: Southern Company Services
