Smart Grid Technology Planning Director

Summary

Join NRTC, a member-driven technology cooperative, as our Smart Grid Technology Planning Director. Leverage your experience with electric cooperatives to develop ten-year smart grid technology roadmaps for our 1,500 members. You will create strategic and financial plans, analyze smart grid data, and collaborate with subject matter experts. Your expertise in electric distribution, data analysis, and financial modeling will be crucial in translating complex information into compelling business cases. You will demonstrate strong communication and project management skills, working across organizational boundaries. This role requires a proven ability to successfully work across organizational boundaries for project execution and strong capabilities with Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.

Requirements

• Exceptional leadership skills, work ethic, and professionalism
• Ability to create high-level electric utility financial models designed to represent the performance of a financial asset, project, or other investment
• Candidates should be self-driven, able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously, and comfortable interfacing with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong written, analytical, presentation, and problem-solving skills
• Effective time/project management, relationship-building, and negotiation skills. Excellent written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to resolve conflicts and maintain positive relationships with internal and external clients
• Proficiency in Excel, Power Point, and Teams
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business management, finance, accounting, or equivalent work experience and certifications
• 5+ years of experience working directly with or advising utilities on smart grid technology
• Ability to travel for work at Member sites 30% of the time

Responsibilities

• Assist the Vice President of Smart Grid Technology Planning in management and delivery of smart grid technology roadmap projects by interviewing and procuring data from member co-ops, organizing, and facilitating workshops on smart grid topics, development of business cases and preparation of presentation materials
• Become a thought leader in communicating the future of smart grid technologies and analytics
• Create and/or modify business plans and financial models
• Create and present compelling stories that demonstrate insight in presentation format
• Stay current on smart grid technologies and roadmaps and provide thoughtful insights based on member challenges and capabilities
• Contribute to thought leadership and content around smart grid technology planning and grow into a recognized leader in the cooperative utility space around the future of data analytics and smart grid solutions
• Assist team members in the prospecting and deployment of Smart Grid solutions for AMI, resiliency, grid intelligence, distributed energy resources and strategic road map development
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct knowledge of load management programs and data analysis software
• Experience working on teams in electric utilities in load management, wholesale markets, or distributed energy resources