Senior Program Manager

About NEEA 

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) is an alliance of more than 140 electric and natural gas utilities and energy efficiency organizations working on behalf of Northwest energy consumers to increase the adoption of energy-efficient products services and practices. Since 1997, the region has achieved the equivalent to enough energy to power more than 700,000 Northwest homes each year.  

The alliance is powered by harnessing the energy, brainpower, and innovative thinking of motivated professionals like you. NEEA places a high value on diversity, and welcomes individuals from all backgrounds, identities and fields of expertise, with or without previous experience in the energy industry. Are you talented, committed, and motivated? If the answer is yes, we encourage you to apply to help us create a vibrant future for all Northwest communities. 

Follow this link to our website and learn more about the organization. 

NEEA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This position is based in the Portland, OR metro area with a minimum of 2-days work onsite at NEEA’s office location. Finalists must have eligibility to work in the US as NEEA is not able to provide VISA sponsorship or have remote work outside of the US. 

Summary 

The Senior Program Manager is the business manager of one or more programs that transform markets for energy efficient products, services, and practices. This role will have a focus on a new Commercial Whole Building Efficiency project aimed at motivating and equipping the commercial building sector to undertake deep energy efficiency and decarbonization retrofits. Working with regional stakeholders, the project will deliver tools and resources that address known barriers to commercial sector engagement and develop a new commercial whole building market transformation program.  

The Senior Program Manager is responsible for: 

• Assuring the overall design, planning, resourcing, and execution of assigned market transformation program(s).  
• Leading and operationalizing the overall program strategy while building and managing critical market relationships to implement market transformation programs and is accountable for delivering the associated business results.  
• Effectively collaborating, influencing and navigating challenging issues within Program teams 
• Developing and ensuring timely implementation of program plans against milestones, as well as identifying, escalating, and resolving issues resulting from development efforts 

The incumbent will share our deep commitment to diversity and inclusion and advancing practices, strategies and policies that achieve equitable outcomes for all. 

Salary range: $100,000 - $120,000 exempt 

• salary is based on the applicant's experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities 

Could This Be Your Dream Job? 

Do you enjoy starting up new projects and charting paths forward towards ambitious goals? Are you part of the commercial building construction and/or management community and want to tap into those connections to build a program that will resonate with them? Are you comfortable leading cross-functional teams and partnering across organizations to work on high profile, complex, results-driven projects? Does the prospect of building trusting partnerships with national stakeholders to bring value to Northwest consumers excite you?  

The Typical Day May Include… 

• Manage daily program operations including stakeholder management, internal/external reporting, overseeing development of Initiative Life Cycle documentation, executing implementation strategies, and managing contractors and program budgets. 
• Guide the NEEA project team in centering the needs of the market in the market transformation design process by gathering market insights from owners, developers, facility managers, contractors, commercial real estate bankers and agents, and others who are active in the commercial building space. 
• Working with the NEEA team and contracted experts to guide which financial products, emerging technologies, and behavioral strategies will best resonate with the commercial building market and how to best leverage them in our market transformation work. 
• Actively coordinate with organizations supporting Building Performance Standards and Building Emissions Performance Standards locally and nationally to ensure NEEA’s activities and resources work synergistically in the market.  
• Identify implementation partners that will bring the necessary expertise and capabilities to NEEA’s tools, resources and intervention development. 
• Lead cross-functional team in developing and continuously refining and implementing the