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Do you have experience helping utilities develop a portfolio of programs for energy efficiency, demand response, or building electrification? Are you passionate about helping utilities achieve their decarbonization goals? Do you track the latest trends in regulatory policy affecting utility clean energy programs and portfolios?
Were looking for a client-facing subject-matter expert with experience in providing actionable recommendations to utilities. Someone who can make complex analysis actionable and clear. We expect this person to act as an industry-facing expert on how utilities can solve problems related to resource adequacy, load flexibility, and energy savings in a dynamic regulatory and political environment. Wed like you to jump in on day one to support junior researchers, solve real-world problems for our utility clients through written reports and live presentations, and lead DSM-focused, client-facing projects. If you have deep knowledge of the utility industry, experience with energy efficiency and demand-response programs, and excellent analytical and communication skills, wed love to talk with you!
The research manager role serves as the business domain expert for, sets the direction of, and manages the entire product lifecycle for the E Source demand-side management (DSM) research service. To be successful in this role, youll need to be the face of E Sources demand-side management offerings by aligning our products and content to meet the needs of our utility clients. This is a unique opportunity at the center of a major energy industry transformation, helping utilities evolve and advance their portfolios of DSM programs.
E Source provides predictive data science, research and advisory, and solution services to help utilities make decisions that benefit their customers, their bottom line, and our planet.
What will make you a good fit
Utilities across the US and Canada face the same fundamental, day-to-day challenges: to ensure reliable service for every customer while maintaining and modernizing aging distribution networks and meeting regulatory requirementsall while keeping rates affordable. At the same time, climate change has created a common, universal call to action: to reduce our carbon impact, improve our environment, and ensure the prosperity of future generations.
At E Source, were dedicated to helping every utility become a Sustainable Utility. That means doing the hard work it takes to achieve goals that often seem at odds with one another:
Environmental responsibility:* Decarbonizing operations, reducing emissions, eliminating water leaks, and finding efficiencies Reliability:* Providing safe, continuous, and consistent service in the face of increasing volatility caused by climate change, including extreme weather, drought, and fire Equity:* Making services and programs truly available to all, especially low- and moderate-income residential customers and small and midsize businesses who are often disproportionately impacted by societal events Financial stability:* Ensuring a bottom line that affords capital and operational expenditures while enabling innovation and giving back to our communities
E Source blends industry-leading research, predictive data science, and solution services to help utilities make better decisions to serve their customers, their bottom line, and our planet. With a commitment to practical innovation, we use more than three decades of utility-focused experience and our unique solution set to help our clients become a Sustainable Utility.
The budgeted salary for this position is $90,000 to $120,000 USD + 8% annual bonus. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.
This person can work 100% remote, but preference will be given for a hybrid schedule from of our physical office located in Boulder, Colorado.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the US. Were unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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