Assistant Director, NYISO Center of Excellence

Albany, NY

Fusco Personnel is actively recruiting for an Assistant Director, NYISO Center of Excellence, to join our client in leading the nation in the fight for global climate change and the transition to a clean-energy powered economy. 

This is a full-time, direct hire position offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Directs PAR project managers (including supervision of a director report) as well as staff from across several departments to efficiently participate in the governance structure of the NYISO, representing both the interests of end-use consumers and New York’s policy direction
• Engages with Executive to both raise awareness of relevant NYISO issues and to seek consensus positions in support of coalition building and formal voting activities
• Engages with NYISO staff and fellow NYISO stakeholders to either gain understanding or achieve consensus on important market issues
• Monitors FERC related activity that could impact New York ratepayers, organize Authority-wide positions and co-authors filings or comments to FERC on selected subject matter
• Assists New York State energy policy decision-makers by quantitatively assessing the impact of energy, environmental and economic policies and programs on the State’s citizens, businesses and environment; and helping foster informed energy planning through the quantitative analysis of energy issues and policies
• Supports development of the State Energy Plan, including research of a wide variety of energy topics for further analysis and inclusion in the Plan, collaboration with other topic-specific experts within NYSERDA and at other State agencies, and drafting of specific portions of the Plan and the supplemental Transmission and Distribution Study
• Manages external contractor teams engaged in analysis on behalf of NYSERDA as well as participate in and lead teams from NYSERDA and other State agencies to advance projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• Perform all managerial and supervisory responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion across the workforce
• Strong knowledge base of:  
• fuel and electricity market structure and dynamics and energy and environmental regulatory structures
• clean energy, environmental and climate policy approaches and mechanisms in New York and other jurisdictions
• economic considerations of clean energy alternatives including environmental externalities
• energy system modeling tools and methods
• Genuine passion for matters relating to energy production and use along with an interest in supporting a dynamic and talented team
• Top-notch communications and interpersonal skills that resonate with audiences of different backgrounds and the ability to communicate persuasively, concisely and unambiguously in speech and in writing for broader audience consumption
• Self-starter who acts independently, directs one’s own work and can handle diverse tasks quickly and accurately within a high-performance environment
• Keen awareness of the economics, regulations, institutional and market drivers, and other factors that affect decision-making of partners and other stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree (preferably in engineering, economics, or mathematics) with 8 years of relevant experience including 4 years of supervisory experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree (preferably in engineering, economics, or mathematics) with 6 years of relevant experience including 4 years of supervisory experience

 Salary

• $123- $156k

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