Senior Interconnection Manager

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the utility interconnection and new-service initiative across Highland's development portfolio, overseeing the process from initial diligence to energized service.

• Lead utility diligence efforts to verify each site's feasibility from a utility perspective — assessing available capacity, service voltage, necessary upgrades, timelines, and costs.

• Prepare and oversee new utility service and interconnection applications, ensuring they progress to approval on an expedited, portfolio-wide timeline.

• Act as Highland's main liaison with electric utilities, overseeing utility timelines, budgets, and any escalations.

• Functionally supervise and evaluate the quality of external partners engaged in utility diligence and application processes.

• Ensure utility workflows align with design and permitting processes so that utility milestones are integrated into design packages punctually.

• Manage the selection of rate schedules and tariffs.

• Contribute utility upgrade and service costs to project budgets, aiding in the development of a repeatable unit-cost installation framework.

• Establish and maintain a repository of utility requirements, processes, and contacts categorized by territory.

• Cultivate relationships and standardized interconnection playbooks with major utilities.

• Proactively eliminate utility roadblocks before they impact project timelines.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Development & Construction.

• Willingness to travel approximately 20% of the time.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or 8+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Significant experience collaborating with electric utilities — including interconnection, new service requests, and service upgrades — from the developer, customer, or utility perspective.

• Program or portfolio management experience coordinating multiple concurrent projects and external partners.

• Proven ability to advance utility applications and approvals within tight timelines.

• Demonstrated experience in negotiating phased or partial interconnection agreements with utilities.

• Experience with utility interconnection for distributed energy resources (e.g., BESS, solar) or large commercial/industrial electrical loads.

• Familiarity with EV charging, edge compute/data center power, or renewable energy development.

• Knowledge of interconnection standards and utility processes (such as IEEE 1547, utility tariffs, and state interconnection regulations).

• Experience collaborating with permitting authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) and engineering consultants.

• Previous experience at or embedded within an electric utility; PMP or equivalent certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary along with a performance-based bonus program.

• A supportive, highly collaborative, and team-oriented work environment.

• Opportunity to collaborate with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues.

• Comprehensive Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees and their dependents.

• Generous Paid Time Off policy.

• 401(k) program with company matching.