Description

Your responsibilities as Manager of Research and Development include:

• Collaborating with colleagues to establish and maintain processes to evaluate current and anticipated market and grid outcomes

• Staying current on market trends, technological innovations, and best practices and understand MISO’s objectives and priorities in formal strategy and planning processes

• Partnering with customers and stakeholders to understand current and future needs and the organizational, technological, and regulatory context in which they arise

• Establishing and refining processes to support and motivate the team and ensure effective outcomes

• Delivering on high-priority initiatives

• Ensuring team member goals are aligned with departmental and corporate objectives

• Coaching, developing, evaluating, and managing team member performance

• Establishing training and development plans in collaboration with other leaders

To be success as MISO’s Manager of Research and Development role, we’re looking for the following skills/experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in, Electrical Engineering, Business, Economics, or related field, with at least five (5) years relevant work experience required.

• Master’s degree or Ph.D. (preferred)

• Proven record of collaborative leadership accomplishments and a passion for leading teams (managing employee performance, coaching and mentoring)

• Experience in a management role in an applied research setting (e.g., academia, lab, industry research group), ideally undertaking electricity-focused research

• Some depth of technical experience with any of the following:

• Wholesale electricity market design, implementation, monitoring, settlements, and/or operation

• Market clearing engines and electricity pricing

• Development or application of computational methods in power systems analysis and operation

• Development or application of optimization or machine learning or similar methods

• Electric utility resource procurement, electric transmission and/or generation development

Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience and knowledge.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future – it’s what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

At MISO we offer a hybrid work environment and a comprehensive benefits package available on your first day of employment.

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We are looking for talented professionals who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in one of several disciplines. Please refer to the list below for the qualifying degrees.

Qualifications

Education

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Business Economics

• Bachelors or better in Electrical Engineering

• Masters or better in Electrical Engineering