Technical Business Development Strategist – EMA

We are designing the grid of the future!

The Technical Business Development Strategist Energy Market Analysis & Regulatory bridges electricity market economic regulatory and technical expertise with business development to help EPE identify shape and pursue strategic opportunities across the North American energy industry. This is not a traditional sales role. The Strategist uses industry expertise and market intelligence to identify where regulatory market policy and investment changes are creating client needs determine where EPE can provide value establish relationships with the right decision-makers and develop those needs into qualified opportunities. Working closely with EPEs Energy Market Analysis (EMA) Regulatory and Business Development teams this individual will help EPE proactively pursue the right clients with the right services at the right time. This reflects the intent of the current role which connects market and regulatory developments directly to client engagement and opportunity development.

Howyou can make an impact:

Market Intelligence & Strategic Growth

• Monitor electricity market regulatory policy and investment developments across FERC state and provincial commissions ISO/RTOs utilities transmission organizations developers and other industry participants.
• Identify business opportunities created by market reforms regulatory requirements resource planning transmission expansion interconnection reform large-load growth renewable and storage development resource adequacy congestion procurement and energy infrastructure investment.
• Translate market signals regulatory filings stakeholder initiatives and industry trends into target clients engagement strategies and actionable business development opportunities.
• Develop data-informed target lists and business development strategies in partnership with EMA Regulatory and BD leadership.
• Provide market feedback to help EPE identify emerging client needs and develop or refine service offerings.

Technical Business Development & Client Engagement

• Serve as a technically credible representative of EPE with utilities ISO/RTOs regulators transmission owners developers investors large energy users and other energy-industry stakeholders.
• Understand and effectively communicate EPEs EMA and Regulatory capabilities including:
  • Production cost modeling and market simulation
  • Energy and capacity forecasting
  • Congestion curtailment and transmission economic analysis
  • Resource planning resource adequacy and capacity expansion
  • Market design participation and settlements
  • Asset valuation and transaction advisory
  • Regulatory strategy and proceedings
  • FERC policy and compliance
  • Tariff development and interpretation
  • Interconnection policy and reform
  • Power supply procurement and integrated resource planning
  • Economic cost-benefit and regulatory analysis
• Understand the business applications of market simulation platforms such as PLEXOS PROMOD UPLAN and Market N*Sight and recognize when EPEs modeling capabilities can address client needs.
• Ask informed technical economic regulatory and strategic questions to uncover client challenges and identify opportunities for broader EPE support.
• Recognize opportunities requiring integrated EMA Regulatory Transmission Planning or other EPE capabilities.

White-Space Development & Relationship Building

• Lead white-space development for EMA and Regulatory identifying organizations where EPE has limited or no existing presence and developing strategies to establish relationships and create opportunities.
• Research target organizations and identify the appropriate decision-makers and influencers across market strategy regulatory affairs resource planning transmission corporate development finance interconnection operations and executive leadership.
• Leverage industry experience professional networks EPE relationships stakeholder groups conferences and other industry forums to establish meaningful paths into target organizations.
• Develop client engagement strategies based on known challenges market and regulatory drivers relevant EPE capabilities competitive considerations and relationship gaps.
• Partner with Account Managers to identify opportunities to expand EMA and Regulatory services within existing EPE accounts.
• Represent EPE at targeted industry conferences ISO/RTO stakeholder meetings regulatory forums working groups and client engagements that support market intelligence relationship development and opportunity creation.

Opportunity Development & Proposal Strategy

• Convert identified market signals and client needs into qualified business opportunities in collaboration with EMA and Regulatory leadership and subject matter experts.
• Translate client challenges into preliminary scopes analytical approaches deliverables assumptions schedules and resource requirements.
• Independently develop substantial portions of technical proposals and scopes of work with appropriate technical leadership providing final validation.
• Lead or support pursuit strategy positioning differentiators win themes and technical messaging.
• Participate in RFP reviews and bid/no-bid decisions based on technical fit client relationships market intelligence competitive positioning resources and probability of success.
• Maintain continuity from initial market signal through client engagement opportunity development proposal development and handoff to the delivery organization.

Bring your passion heres whats needed:

Education & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Economics Finance Energy Public Policy Business or another discipline relevant to electricity markets and the energy industry.
• 7 years of experience in electricity markets utility strategy regulatory affairs energy economics resource planning ISO/RTO operations energy consulting project development or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience working with utilities ISO/RTOs developers regulators transmission organizations investors or other energy-market participants.
• Strong understanding of North American electricity markets and the interaction among market structures regulation transmission generation load and investment decisions.
• Experience developing technical or advisory scopes proposals analyses recommendations regulatory materials or similar client deliverables.

Technical & Business Development Skills

• Working knowledge of wholesale electricity markets ISO/RTO structures energy and capacity markets production cost modeling congestion resource adequacy market participation settlements and transmission economics.
• Familiarity with FERC state utility commissions ISO/RTO tariffs and market rules regulatory proceedings and interconnection policy.
• Ability to interpret market studies regulatory filings tariffs planning documents and industry developments and identify potential consulting opportunities.
• Ability to connect market and regulatory developments to clients financial operational planning and investment needs.
• Strong consultative communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to engage technical regulatory commercial and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to independently research target organizations identify the right stakeholders secure meetings uncover needs and advance opportunities.
• Strong technical and business writing skills with the ability to develop scopes of work proposals presentations and client-facing materials.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across Business Development EMA Regulatory Transmission Planning and other EPE practices.
• Willingness and ability to travel for client meetings stakeholder forums conferences and EPE strategy sessions.

Preferred Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Prior experience with an ISO/RTO utility regulatory commission developer market participant or energy consulting organization.
• Direct experience with one or more North American markets including ERCOT MISO PJM SPP CAISO NYISO ISO-NE IESO or AESO.
• Experience with PLEXOS PROMOD UPLAN Market N*Sight or comparable market-modeling platforms.
• Experience with market design tariffs regulatory proceedings resource planning interconnection policy asset valuation transaction advisory or infrastructure investment analysis.
• Existing industry relationships and demonstrated involvement in relevant stakeholder groups regulatory proceedings working groups or industry forums.

Lead the Change!

Be a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence. For more than half a century Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space we are focused on building a modern secure and resilient grid. Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can transform the future of energy.

How we support you:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical dental and vision with 100% premium coverage foryou
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• MyShare Employee Ownership Program
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)

Location: This position will be remote US

Travel: Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less)

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