Standards Strategy Director

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Standards Strategy Director overseeing innovation in electrical grid standards for S&C Electric Company's Technology Breakthrough and Innovation team. Focusing on aligning product development with regulatory standards and strategies.

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $151,140 - $200,318 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Identify "standards gaps" in S&C's product portfolio, i.e areas where S&C's products and relevant standards misalign in ways that might disadvantage those products.
Collaborate with product managers to prioritize steps to address those gaps.
Develop strategies and tactics with S&C team members in standards-making bodies (such as IEEE and IEC) and trade associations such as NEMA to close standards gaps and advocate for standards to meet the needs of emerging technologies.
Build relationships within appropriate standards-making bodies to ensure S&C's perspective is represented at the committee and sub-committee level and reflected in PARs and standards initiatives.
Ensure S&C short-and long-term product roadmaps have appropriate "landing zones" in existing and emerging standards, which facilitate the execution of those roadmaps.
Position S&C and, where appropriate, lead initiatives within standards-making bodies, to ensure electricity distribution equipment meets the needs of new and emerging applications both for utilities and C&I.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10 years participation in an international standards-making body, at least at the sub-committee level.
Undergraduate Degree within Engineering or related field
Solid understanding of the process of standards-making, through their inception, publication and maintenance.
Excellent communication skills to work across the range of S&C stakeholders and ensure product requirements are developed with due consideration for their standards implications.
Ability to work with, and influence industry stakeholders to achieve consensus around key topics which are important to S&C and support the expansion of electricity usage.
Ability to travel frequently, including internationally to support S&C's standards strategy

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical & Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Account (HSA), Group Life Insurance, optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance, Wellbeing Resources including Employee Assistance Program and Family Forming Benefits (i.e., Adoption and Fertility support)
Leave Benefits: Vacation Time, Sick Time, Paid Holidays and Company Shutdown days, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves, Paid Parental Time and Military Leave
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) Retirement Savings and Employee Stock Ownership Plan (KSOP) offering traditional and Roth 401(k) options and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) component; KSOP participants can receive annual ESOP company contributions of over 11% of eligible earnings (3% Core, up to 3.5% Match, Variable Periodic).

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Hard Skills & Tools

standards-makingproduct roadmap developmentstrategic planninggap analysisstakeholder engagementconsensus buildingtechnical advocacyelectrical engineeringproduct management

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationinfluencerelationship buildingorganizational skillsproblem-solvingnegotiationleadership