Senior Contracts Negotiator

Summary

Join the California Independent System Operator (ISO) as a Sr. Contracts Negotiator! Under the direction of the Manager, you will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and implementing contracts and amendments related to the ISO's markets, services, operations, and interconnections. You will work with a wide variety of stakeholders, from individual generators to regulatory commissions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires expertise in electric utility industry contracts, ISO markets, and regulatory proceedings. The position offers a remote work schedule and relocation assistance. The pay range is $97,350 - $162,250 annually.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) or equivalent education, training or experience in Business Administration, Engineering, Economics or a closely related field
• Equivalent years of education and training, plus five (5) or more years related experience
• Experience related to electric utility industry contracts, including engineering, legal, and/or business experience
• Experience with ISO markets, scheduling, operations, contracts, or ISO Tariff provisions
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment as facilitator and team member
• Excellent analytical, verbal and written communication and documentation skills
• Ability to use deductive reasoning and analytical thinking with sound judgement and decision making skills
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to be self-starting and willing and able to work independently in a dynamic corporate organization under pressure of tight deadlines and aggressive expectations
• Self motivated, problem solving skills and the ability to influence others without direct authority
• Ability to express technical concepts in a non-technical manner

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and support the implementation of contracts and amendments of contracts related to the California ISO’s markets, services, operations, and interconnections of generating facilities and transmission assets to the ISO controlled grid
• Draft and provide subject matter expertise for ISO Tariff amendments and implementation
• Regularly interface and manage ISO interactions with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from individual generators to regulatory commissions at various organizational levels
• Collaborate with and lead cross-functional teams comprising of technical, business, and legal experts
• Act as subject matter expert in specific service areas affected by ISO regulatory contracts
• Demonstrate a high degree of technical, commercial, and regulatory expertise in negotiating and implementing various ISO contracts
• Draft, negotiate and support implementation of a wide variety of contracts and amendments related to market and/or program participants, utilities, balancing authorities, and generator, and transmission entities interconnecting to the ISO’s controlled grid
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and develop creative approaches to address specific utility or market participant circumstances in relation to ISO Tariff and ISO internal system requirements
• Draft, review and provide subject matter expertise on FERC filings regarding ISO agreements, data responses, and ISO Tariff
• Provide direction to other ISO departments regarding implementation of provisions of ISO agreements and the ISO Tariff
• Provide subject matter expertise and guidance on ISO policies and procedures and their relationships to ISO agreements and regulatory proceedings to other ISO business units, representatives of other organizations, and members of the public
• Prepare and present both verbal and written reports to ISO management and stakeholders, including public presentations to large groups of stakeholders
• Facilitate, advise and participate in projects that support ISO strategies and goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Experience drafting, negotiating, and administering electric utility industry contracts
• Detailed knowledge of the ISO Tariff and the ISO’s pro forma and non pro forma contracts

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Remote schedule eligibility
• Relocation Assistance
• Pay range: $97,350 - $162,250 / annually