Senior Manager, Market Solutions Engineering

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) applies cutting-edge technology to operating a reliable electricity system, managing competitive markets for wholesale electricity, and planning for the Empire State's energy future.  The NYISO’s Market Structures department invites applications for a full-time Senior Manager, Market Solutions Engineering.  

The Senior Manager, Market Solutions Engineering is responsible for setting technical direction and leading the research, market technology, production support, implementation, and external engagement functions that support NYISO’s energy, capacity, and TCC market systems. This position provides strategic leadership across Market Design, Market Operations, Grid Operations, Market Mitigation and Analysis, Information Technology, System & Resource Planning, and Product and Project Management to advance NYISO’s strategic initiatives and long-term market vision.

The Senior Manager leads the development and evolution of market technology solutions, oversees preliminary and feasibility simulation studies for future market products, and ensures market applications remain functional and aligned with market rules and reliability criteria. The role also directs projects that build upon the Energy Market System and Business Market System to support emerging resource technologies and New York State renewable integration objectives.

The position provides leadership for day-ahead and real-time energy market engineering support, production issue resolution, vendor and consultant engagement, implementation readiness, testing coordination, external research engagements, and ongoing technical support for market software and market participant inquiries.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Provide strategic leadership for Market Solutions Engineering and Market Research and Engineering teams, including research, prototype development, market technology strategy, implementation support, production support, and long-term market solution planning.
• Lead collaboration with Market Design, Project and Product Management, Information Technology, Operations, Grid Operations, Market Mitigation and Analysis, System & Resource Planning, and other business areas through the full project lifecycle, from market design and requirements development through implementation, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
• Direct engagement with vendors and consultants supporting NYISO production systems and market applications; review vendor-proposed solutions, provide direction on design notes development and ensure solutions align with market rules, operational needs, reliability criteria, and long-range market strategies.
• Provide strategic direction to Grid Operations and Market Operations teams regarding production changes, market software enhancements, prioritization of improvements, and resolution of software issues encountered in day-ahead and real-time market operations.
• Define, sponsor and lead studies of future market products and technologies using prototyping, simulations, historical data analysis, and other sound technical approaches to validate requirements, assess technical robustness, evaluate potential market outcomes and consumer impacts, identify market behavioral risks and confirm compliance objectives.
• Present, explain and defend technical approaches, study results, implementation strategies and recommended solutions to senior management, stakeholders, vendors, and internal cross-functional teams.
• Balance market operations and grid operations operational enhancements with NYISO’s long-term market plans and strategic planning priorities.
• Lead the technical development of mathematical models and optimization-based solutions for energy, capacity, and TCC markets, including commitment, dispatch, pricing, resource adequacy modeling approaches to meet peak system demand and capacity accreditation factors used in resource adequacy models.
• Administer and provide direction on software modifications to Security Constrained Unit Commitment, Real-Time Scheduling, unit commitment, dispatch and pricing programs, including enhancements related to MIP solution approaches, dynamic reserves procurement, account for constraint-specific transmission shortages, modeling generator duct firing operational limitations, participation models for Energy Storage Resources, Co-located Storage Resources, aggregation resources, distributed energy resources, large load participation models in wholesale electricity markets, scarcity pricing enhancements, external transaction pricing, and broader regional market