Assistant Director, Power Generation & Storage

Description

• Manage the transfer of new technology to commercial and market stakeholders via public-private partnerships to which all parties contribute to the cycle of strategic input, technical concepts, funding for and participation in research and development projects, review, oversight, and feedback.
• Oversee the development of multi-year program plans, annual operating plans, Congressional budget requests, and guide strategic studies which influence and guide these plans. Develop annual program budget requirements, approve of, and manage the use of appropriated funds, and interpret guidance to all funded research.
• Prepare and justify integrated R&D budgets across multiple state and federal offices and execute budget decisions. Serve in a similar role for NYSERDA initiatives and corporate crosscuts as necessary, on topics such as (low-GWP refrigerants), etc.
• Provide strong and effective workforce management, including skills identification, training, hiring and performance management for NYSERDA. Anticipate personnel requirements and put necessary mechanisms in place to ensure effective operations and succession planning. Manage the deployment of assigned staff and ensure that sufficient contract and full-time staff are available to complete program tasks at a high-performance level.
• Provide technical and scientific leadership to the building and building equipment industry and to the Innovation Unit. Work closely with U.S. industry, non-profit, advocacy groups, academia, and the National Laboratories to quickly identify technology, market and research needs required to create and grow a robust industry for the development, deployment, and adoption of (firm capacity, energy storage, and generation / energy efficiency and buildings / grid distribution, transmission, and management) technologies.
• Direct analyses and reviews to ensure conformance of program execution within established NYSERDA policies and develop funding and guidance issued to field organizations and other recipients.
• Perform all managerial and supervisory responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion across the workforce.
• Management, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of NYSERDA Innovation Unit involving research, development, and demonstration activities across a broad range of technical focus areas.
• Overcome barriers to using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
• Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably in the clean energy transition.
• Lead the management of staff and contractor access and credentialing for all office, IT, computer, badge, corporate cards, etc.
• Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
• Assist with NYSERDA HR, Payroll, mandatory training, and other similar reminders for I&R compliance.
• Provide expert technical and strategic input and respond to inquiries as needed to other government offices. Interface regularly with other government agencies to ensure consistency of approach, identify synergies and eliminate inefficiencies related to technologies.
• Lead travel training and compliance efforts for all staff travel and re-imbursement via the NYSERDA travel system.
• Development and implementation of a sector strategy designed to achieve sector level goals contributing toward NYSERDA’s overarching goals.
• Identify and interpret legislative requirements for their program areas and manage the implementing activities that satisfy these needs.
• ensuring critical materials (agenda, talking points, presentations, etc.) for scheduled activities are collected, organized, and circulated before the meeting, engagement, or activity.
• controlled correspondence management of documentation of key decision memos, presentations, etc. to manage internal sign offs and approvals in a systematic and organized way.
• Direct technology RD&D and analysis investments at the National Laboratories, with leadership responsibility for the production of high-quality, transformative research into critical technology areas.
• Coordinate with other program areas to incorporate results of research projects, including renewable energy technologies, into their designated program areas. Coordinate with the appropriate state and federal stakeholders to demonstrate these technologies at sites and facilities.
• Serve as a leader for U.S. participation in matters and activities related to the international technologies’ community, and the technologies aspects of the international community, including cooperative research and development, exchanges of technical information, conferences, workshops, and summit meetings. Maintain close contact and sensitivity to the technology base and decision makers of U.S. industry to keep abreast of their accomplishments, capabilities, trends and needs, and be the focal point for governmental organization of the state of the U.S. industrial base with respect to technologies.
• coordination of I&R wide training activities – from initial discussion, approval for training activities, and implementation of I&R specific training activities
• Provide input to regulatory actions and market transformation programs.
• Assist with gatekeeping and prioritization of competing priorities.
• work in close coordination with the multiple teams within I&R to ensure each team is continuously improving internal information sharing with the VP of Innovation and back to each of the teams.
• Direct the formulation and integration of the scientific, market factor, engineering and technical requirements necessary to structure an effective and impactful technology programs.

Requirements

• Ability to perform all managerial and supervisory responsibilities with demonstrated experience fostering respect, diversity, equity, and inclusion across the workforce.
• Masters degree and 6 years’ experience with demonstrated success in setting strategy and delivering services at scale or scope within business or government operating environments including 3 years of supervisory experience
• Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience with demonstrated success in setting strategy and delivering services at scale or scope within business or government operating environments including 3 years of supervisory experience

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance