Director Grid Transformation

At ERCOT, our diverse and dynamic work environment provides a platform on which employees can work together to build the future of the Texas power grid and wholesale market utilizing the latest technologies and resources.  We encourage you to join our talented, dedicated workforce to develop world-class solutions for today and tomorrow’s energy challenges while learning new skills and growing your career.

ERCOT is committed to fostering diversity and inclusion at all levels of our company. It is the cornerstone of our corporate values of accountability, leadership, innovation, trust, and expertise. We accept and celebrate those that join us and recognize that individuals with a wide variety of talents, ideas, and experiences propel the innovation that drives our success. A diverse and inclusive workforce strengthens us and allows for a collaborative environment to solve the challenges that face our industry today and in the future.
 

The Texas electric power grid is undergoing rapid transformation with changes to the resource mix, decentralization of generation, electrification, emerging prosumers, and digitization. Director, Grid Transformation is a visionary leader who oversees the research and innovation - programs and initiatives that are needed to effectively manage the complexities of a rapidly transforming grid, make ERCOT future ready, drive thought leadership and help electric power industry at large.

JOB SUMMARY

The Director Grid Transformation role creates and communicates a vision which anticipates, identifies, and explains challenges and opportunities that ERCOT will encounter as the Texas electric power grid transforms. This role will develop approaches, processes, and solutions that allows ERCOT to maximize its effectiveness and progressively achieve higher levels of readiness. This position will implement Grid Transformation programs and initiatives using highly skilled matrixed resources from across the organization and will guide and recommend investments in staff, systems, and solutions. This position will establish new partnerships and expand the existing research and innovation partnerships and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

JOB DUTIES

• Responsible for hiring, coaching, training, and performance management of staff.
• Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers. Interactions frequently involve special skills, such as negotiating with customers or management regarding matters of significance to the organization.
• Typically directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers within ERCOT. Has overall control of planning, staffing, budgeting, managing expense priorities, and recommending and implementing changes to methods.
• Responsible for budgetary decisions within functional area according to organizational policy/guidelines. Recommends financial decisions that impact area of responsibility.

ADDITIONAL JOB DUTIES

• Provides leadership and ensures accountability for successful implementation of grid transformation programs and initiatives.
• Provides strategic and technical expertise to internal and external stakeholders and brings awareness of research and innovation activities.
• Contributes to the development of solutions using knowledge gained through industry experiences.
• Explores various solution modalities such as white papers, research papers, proof of concepts, pilot programs, prototype development etc.
• Leads cross functional teams working on the initiatives in a matrixed structure across the organization.
• Reports and tracks, trends and issues related to emerging generation, transmission, and distribution technologies and the potential impacts to ERCOT.
• Develops and manages both formal and informal personnel networks and relationships with energy research and innovation eco-systems, global academic institutions, and industry consortiums to gather information, coordinate action, and build cooperation with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Explores partnerships and collaboration opportunities and establishes clear governance structures to ensure progress and timely communication.
• Examples include ISO/RTO councils, PSERC, G-PST, Universities, EPRI, CEATI, etc.
• Builds the department, develops staff, and serves as a coach, mentor, and a role model within the grid transformation department and broader organization.
• Responsible for setting goals for the matrixed organization working on grid transformation initiatives.
• Develops a high-performing, highly collaborative culture within the grid transformation department and broader organization.
• Leads the organization of annual innovation summit from identifying the theme, panel sessions, m