Director, Distributed Energy Resources
EnergySolutions
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Wyoming • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $145,000 - $180,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Oversee successful delivery of a portfolio of demand response, automated demand response (ADR), data visualization reporting and storage programs to achieve goals, execute deliverables on time and budget, and deliver high client satisfaction.
- Develop strong cross-department coordination with our information systems team to develop, maintain and enhance the custom software used to implement our programs.
- Monitor program performance metrics, budgets, and timelines; identify and address risks or bottlenecks proactively.
- Stay current on energy codes, incentive programs, and emerging technologies to inform strategic decisions.
- Review and approve client deliverables, proposals, and reports to ensure compliance and high standards.
- Demonstrate understanding and capabilities of project and program management to be successful in the role.
- Lead a team. Determine and formulate policies and strategies to manage and motivate people.
- Supervise and support a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration, accountability, and professional development.
- Manage workload distribution, including recruiting, staffing, and assigning work across the team.
- Conduct performance management and supervision of department staff.
- Facilitate internal communications, team meetings, and cross-functional coordination to drive operational excellence.
- Maintain regular communication with department staff and management to direct priorities.
- Maintain and develop client and partner relationships, ensuring continued service excellence, and demonstrating exceptional client management skills.
- Engage with clients, partners, and stakeholders to ensure satisfaction, resolve issues, and strengthen relationships.
- Facilitate collaboration across internal and external teams to achieve shared goals effectively.
- Lead/support development of proposals and business development efforts.
- Initiate, lead, and follow through on proposals for new and current projects and programs.
- Support business development by identifying new opportunities and contributing to proposal strategy.
- Collaborate with department and company leaders to execute a strategic growth plan for Energy Solutions’ DERs products.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, energy, policy, engineering, or a related field.
- A minimum of 12 years of work experience including at least 5 years of supervision and leadership of multigenerational teams.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with program implementation and growth, ideally in demand response and/or storage program administration.
- Familiarity with the North American DERs market ideally in energy and utility business and market for demand response and/or storage and with a focus on California.
- Effectively worked with and/or managed operational teams, ideally managing implementation or product teams, to provide the necessary outcome to a client.
- Experience working with software development and bridging that gap between client needs and software costs and timelines.
- Demonstrated outstanding problem solving, quantitative, and analytical skills.
- Ability to solve complex problems, provide solutions and balance competing priorities.
- Experience leading contract negotiations and renewals with clients.
- Strong client management and project management skills.
- Proven track record of successful supervision or organizational leadership experience.
- Strong financial acumen including budgeting, cost management, and maximizing profitability.
- Demonstrated ability to provide thought leadership to achieve energy and climate goals.
- Ability to work in a team-oriented collegial and collaborative, but fast-paced and dynamic environment at a growing company.
- Exceptional interpersonal and written communication skills.
- Detail oriented with ability to manage time and organize competing priorities.
Benefits
- Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes a generous retirement package.
- Energy Solutions provides an excellent benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance.
- Other pre-tax contribution plans.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
program implementationdata visualizationbudget managementperformance metricscontract negotiationsanalytical skillsproblem solvingclient managementproject managementfinancial acumen
Soft skills
leadershipteam managementinterpersonal skillscommunication skillscollaborationorganizational skillsstrategic thinkingclient relationship managementtime managementdetail oriented