Program Manager, Market Scaling

Description

• Overcome barriers to using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
• Develop and manage key senior-level relationships with market, policy and other critical stakeholders
• Drive a set of initiatives/programs that builds customer confidence and accelerates adoption of energy efficiency and building electrification at scale, including but not limited to:
• Identify how key strategies and programs will need to evolve over time to meet market needs, including through ongoing engagement and feedback from a broad set of stakeholders, including NYS sister agencies, key market actors (e.g., building service providers, manufacturers), trade associations, technical organizations, economic and environmental organizations, utilities, and community groups
• Oversee delivery of programs to meet established rules and requirements, including but not limited to funding sources, budget, performance management, outcomes, and market impact metrics.
• Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
• Piloting, demonstrating, and replicating emerging technologies that are compatible with existing building infrastructure, simplify the decarbonization process and improve net present value of energy efficiency and building electrification solutions
• Oversee all operational aspects of the Market Scaling group, including overall budget planning, project management and execution, back-end systems and database development, performance reporting, program evaluations and communicating outcomes.
• Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably in the clean energy transition.
• Lead and manage staff that work on the Market Scaling group
• Foster a culture of excellence grounded in people development, learning, problem solving, and teamwork
• Building public private partnerships to unlock the investment opportunity of clean energy solutions
• Integrating financing solutions where appropriate
• Ensure effective management and delivery of services, incentives, and other project-based transactions
• Manage financial, staff and contractor resources for efficiency and effectiveness
• Oversee delivery of the Market Scaling group’s programs to meet planned objectives, key results, and other performance metrics that track market transformation progress
• Running programs intended to work with developers, owners, and operators to design and build high performance, low carbon buildings in a manner that is cost effective and replicable
• Oversee the Market Scaling group, including guiding individuals to identify, prioritize and implement a series of compelling market interventions that will have significant impact in advancing and scaling resource efficient decarbonization across New York State
• Maintain a network of stakeholders, market participants, trade associations, peer program administrators, policy experts, and other sources of insight to inform design and enable improvement of NYSERDA's solutions
• Be responsive to executive, NYS sister agencies, and other high-priority requests for information, coordination and engagement
• Guide staff to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities while also facilitating effective change management within the group to ensure adoption of new roles and responsibilities within the team
• Develop and build a high-performing, highly collaborative group
• Manage key external-facing communications related to the Market Scaling group, including working with other relevant teams at NYSERDA
• Deliver critical market insights that can help promote replicability and reduce soft costs related to building energy efficiency and decarbonization measures
• Oversee effective and efficient management of program operations, with an ongoing eye for improvement, including identifying and implementing opportunities to standardize and streamline across programs.
• Build multidisciplinary networks within NYSERDA, and at the NY Green Bank, Department of Public Service, other agencies, and the Governor's office to advance New York State goals and priorities
• Develop staff and colleagues to meet NYSERDA's goals and their own professional goals; serve as a mentor and a role model

Requirements

• Perform all managerial and supervisory responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion across the workforce. Highest level of communication and interpersonal skills involving the ability to work cross-functionally to understand requirements, present alternatives and recommendations
• Is aware and responsive to organizational dynamics, and understands how such dynamics shape decision-making and internal and external-facing strategies
• Self-starter who acts independently, directs one’s own work and can handle diverse tasks quickly and accurately within a high-performance environment
• Skill in gaining and using insight and feedback from stakeholders and market actors and the market context to formulate strategy and design and evolve solutions
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience with a demonstrated record of success in setting strategy and successfully delivering services or solutions at scale or scope including 3 years in a supervisory role within business or government operating environments.
• Related professional certification in energy or building science or engineering preferred.
• Puts the team first; a track record and natural predisposition toward investing in the success of colleagues and building productive relationships across a diverse organization
• Master’s degree and 6 years’ experience, particularly in policy, public or business administration, architecture, engineering, real estate, urban planning, or related field including 3 years in a supervisory role.
• A track record as an exceptional manager, coach, mentor, and developer of talent
• Experience with data analysis, proficiency with Salesforce, Tableau or MS Project.
• Insight and understanding into a broad array of interventions across sectors, building, and customer types, including effectively communicating why, what and how
• Demonstrate leadership and strategic vision vis-à-vis external stakeholders (e.g., developers, trade associations, manufacturers, design and engineering firms, policymakers, regulators, community groups, etc.) including building strategic partnerships and coalitions to help advance the market change that is needed
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability; an entrepreneurial edge, resourcefulness, adaptability, and an instinct for surfacing value and pragmatic solutions
• Keen awareness of the economics, policy and political dynamics, regulations, institutional and market drivers, and other factors that affect decision-making of program partners, customers, and other stakeholders – and of the implications for impactful NYSERDA and utility, interventions across the sector

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance