Program Director – Grid Flexibility

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of the prominent US utility flexibility deployment from the initiation of the program through its implementation and long-term value realization.

• Oversee delivery timelines, facilitate decision-making, and ensure effective coordination and execution.

• Generate necessary documentation, artifacts, and assets while addressing functional gaps.

• Establish credibility and foster relationships with stakeholders at a major US electric utility that is highly regulated.

• Navigate the complex operational layers and control-room environment of the utility.

• Coordinate alignment among product, engineering/technology, delivery, and customer-facing teams.

• Influence product and delivery trade-offs even without direct reporting lines to the product team.

• Take charge of the business case, value realization, customer expansion, and revenue linkage.

• Maintain both delivery and commercial accountability for the success of the program.

⛳️ Requirements

• Senior-level experience at the Director, Senior Director, or Head-of level in program, implementation, delivery, or utility-transformation leadership.

• Extensive experience in grid modernization programs.

• Strong understanding of Demand Response, DERs, VPPs, DERMS, AMI, and grid operations.

• Proven experience in managing stakeholders within regulated US electric utilities.

• Experience in navigating the operational and control-room aspects of a utility.

• Recent end-to-end responsibility for a complex grid program, encompassing planning, governance, and cross-functional execution.

• Experience in driving core project management instead of delegating it to a separate PMO layer.

• Commercial or solution ownership, with exposure to P&L or accountability for value realization.

• Authorization to work in the country of application; visa sponsorship is not available.

• Willingness to travel frequently within the US every 2–3 weeks.

• Based in the US East Coast; experience in Virginia, the Mid-Atlantic, or the broader East Coast utility ecosystem is advantageous.

• Experience with physical or locational grid constraints is a plus.

• Recognized credibility in the US utility or flexibility ecosystem is an added advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement.

• Opportunity to engage with innovative global energy and grid technology.

• Commitment to an equal opportunity workplace.

• Support for reasonable accommodation.

• Global mission aimed at enhancing energy systems.

• Client travel within the US every 2–3 weeks.