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Overview

Con Edison, a multibillion-dollar energy utility, is leading the clean energy transition in New York City and Westchester County. We are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to integrate distributed resources into our electric and gas systems, enable the deployment and adoption of bulk energy storage systems, and scale adoption of all manner of energy efficiency and distributed energy resources for our customers.The Con Edison Energy Storage team seeks a motivated individual with strong analytical skills and strategy experience to serve a key role in shaping and implementing the Company's energy storage strategy in line with the 2024 Energy Storage Order. The Section Manager- Energy Storage Strategy will be a motivated, strategic thinker who leads complex operational and financial analyses, manages strategic initiatives, and drives the process of obtaining strategic alignment, both across the organization and with external stakeholders, in a broad and rapidly evolving business environment to implement the Energy Storage vision for the regulated utility. In addition, this position will focus on potential industry changes for an evolving power grid for New York and emerging energy storage technologies. This includes providing more information to stakeholders about system needs to direct customer solutions in areas where they will have the greatest benefit to the system and our customers, developing the Company roadmap for future bulk storage use cases and business models, and a deep understanding of emerging energy storage technologies use cases.Further, the Section Manager will support regulatory, technology, and data analytics work to ensure the grid's capabilities can support the coming transition and New York State's CLCPA mandates clean energy goals; will lead the development of new Company storage market participation and accounting processes that deliver on expected customer benefits and will inform detailed economic modelling analysis and regulatory filings related to bulk energy storage which include whitepapers, technical conferences, and interrogatories.Finally, the Section Manager will leverage strong emotional intelligence and communication skills to motivate internal teams in setting new processes and developing new business models for energy storage. They will act as a leader that advocates for and drives strategy towards implementation both internally and externally, garnering maximal support for success.

Responsibilities

Core Responsibilities

• Identify new business opportunities aligned with strategic objectives, develop business cases, and implementation plan to facilitate Company energy storage and State CLCPA goals.
• Refine and implement the Company strategy for achieving NYS Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCPA) energy storage goals by working across other impacted groups within Customer Energy Solutions, Energy Management, and Central Operations.
• Manage development of the companys roadmap for future bulk storage procurements and business models; understand emerging energy storage technologies use cases, and support regulatory, technology, and data analytics work to ensure the grids capabilities can support the coming transition and clean energy goals
• Own the strategic initiatives for Energy Storage and interface with various Company groups to share energy storage learnings, shape policy direction and identify new opportunities for energy storage that align with the Company's storage strategy and vision.
• Engage with external stakeholders, such as PSC, NYSERDA, Joint Utilities and other Market participants, on energy storage.
• Assist in communication and coordination with other utility and non-utility storage/Distributed Energy Resource (DER) teams to benchmark best practices, gather lessons learned, and identify potential new solutions for utility issues.
• Coordinate with Transmission Planning on renewable resource adequacy needs to ensure bulk energy storage projects are designed with maximum value to both the distribution systems
• Support the companys bulk energy storage procurement and deployment strategy and continue to develop the Companys Utility Dispatch Rights functional expertise.
• Demonstrate core business skills and specialized knowledge that will advance energy storage objectives and contributes to the Companys long term energy storage goals.
• Analyze market model alternatives to facilitate informed decision making and assists in the formulation of the Companys strategic direction; develop presentations and effectively communicate findings to senior management.
• Engage with regulators, and support the reporting requirements of Bulk Energy Storage objectives to New York Public Service Commission and Staff
• Lead tasks related to authoring white papers, rate case filings and other regulatory documentation.
• Commit to the ideals of developing a proactive, customer-centric culture to foster trust and confidence among customers (both internal and external) and improve value for all our stakeholders.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Qualifications

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelor's Degree Degree in Electrical, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering and 8 years work experience in Engineering, Finance, Corporate Strategy, or Management Consulting. Must have minimum 4 years' experience in their field of engineering or
• Master's Degree MBA or equivalent business degree and 6 years of related work experience Must have experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, investment banking, or finance or

Relevant Work Experience

• Proven leadership skills, innovation, and ability to adapt to change. Required
• Deep knowledge and experience in energy market modelling including capacity, energy, and ancillary services values and NY State incentive structures Required
• Must have work experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or strategic finance role. Required
• Experience analyzing information, either technical or financial, and making recommendations based on that information and analysis. Required
• Demonstrate strong business acumen with knowledge of business operations in the areas of utility planning, renewable project development, business case analysis, and corporate strategy development. Required
• Knowledge of clean energy technologies and business models with demonstrated experience leading strategy development and business alignment. Required
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated by experience in facilitating cross-functional meetings, crafting and delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including executive audiences. Required
• Ability to conduct presentations to audiences of senior utility leaders, government stakeholders, and energy thought leaders. Required
• Ability to do both independent, rigorous research and also contribute to a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment is essential. Required
• Strong knowledge of computer applications such as MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Projects) Required
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and distill data and information into business insights, and effectively communicate insights in meetings, presentations, and in writing. Prior experience working with or for electric or gas utilities and understanding of business model preferred. Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills
• Develops and delivers effective presentations
• Ability to lead/manage others
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents
• Instills commitment to organizational goals
• Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, etc.

Licenses and Certifications

• Driver's License Required

Physical Demands

• Sit or stand to answer a phone for the duration of the workday
• Sit or stand to use a keyboard, mouse, and computer for the duration of the workday
• Stand to use/operate office equipment for the duration of the workday

Additional Physical Demands

• Must be able to respond to Company emergencies by performing a System Emergency Assignment to restore service to our customers.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Consolidated Edison is an equal opportunity employer and, as such, affirms in policy and practice its commitment to recruit, hire, train, and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, citizenship, eligible veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by law. Con Edison is a federal contractor subject to VEVRAA and desires to receive priority referrals of protected veterans. To learn about your equal employment opportunity protections as part of the application process please visit http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

Minimum Salary: 140000.00 Maximum Salary: 190000.00 Salary Unit: Yearly