Associate Director-Energy Markets

Guidehouse•Austin, TX

3d•$135,000 - $225,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team’s work supports developers, operators and sponsors to bring in new grid-scale and community renewables, storage and green fuels resources. The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team assists utilities and large commercial companies in their ESG, decarbonization and renewable integration efforts. Our Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team develops and maintains a suite of quantitative market models that Guidehouse’s clients, renewable and storage players, and utilities depend on for capital investment decisions, business improvement and grid reliability. Through our wholesale and retail market expertise and modeling capabilities, we forecast energy market conditions across North America, along with generating resource additions and retirements, intra-day commercial optimization of assets using different market instruments, in an effort to identify business opportunities and quantify business risks. The Energy Markets & Systems Integrated Modeling Team maintains its independent view of North American wholesale power markets in its bi-annual Reference Case. Responsibilities of an Associate Director include, but are not limited to, the following: Originating, closing, l eading large and complex client engagements. Managing staff and assisting in related business development efforts. Tracking and analyzing energy market trends. Translating clients' inquiries and challenges into actionable scopes of work. Compiling reports, presentations, and other documents to communicate solutions, strategies, and analysis to clients. Supporting the day-to-day management of client relationships. Developing and using analytical models, programming, and simulations to forecast market prices, conduct research and development, and create tools to improve productivity and accuracy. Reviewing and approving model outputs via data collection, manipulation, and analyses, which may involve spreadsheet and database creation and management. On our team you’ll: Be an expert in ISO/RTO markets across North America, at the crossroads of local energy pricing, capacity auctions, ancillary services and shifts in load composition and demand response initiatives Be intimately familiar with the economics, policies and players driving renewables, battery storage development, green fuels and new power generation technologies. Supervise simulations of the future dispatch of the power transmission grid using an economic dispatch model. Review the addition/retirement of diverse generating resources using a capacity expansion model across ISO/RTO markets. Be an expert in how energy players procure power, integrate renewables, and maintain grid reliability. Help develop our Reference Case while expanding our client base. Mentor junior consultants in expanding their individual know-how and business acumen on energy markets, business development and client management skills.

Requirements

Must be a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident due to nature of client engagements.
Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics, energy finance, or engineering discipline AND seven (7) plus years of post-graduation work experience in a related field (e.g. consulting, strategy, project development); Or Master's degree in a business, economics, energy finance, or engineering discipline AND five (5) plus years of post-graduation work experience in a related field (e.g. consulting, strategy, project development).
Post graduation work experience with economic dispatch models such as: Aurora, Origin, PLEXOS, BID3, or PSO.
Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experienced with data analytics, data modeling and visualization.
Proactive and independent work style.
Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to travel.
Ability to work in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location.
Currently reside in the contiguous United States.

Nice To Haves

Preference will be given to candidates within reasonable driving distance of a core Guidehouse Office or Client Office location.
Graduate degree (Masters, MBA, PhD) in business, policy, economics, energy finance, engineering.
Experience in generation and storage asset management.

Responsibilities

Originating, closing, l eading large and complex client engagements.
Managing staff and assisting in related business development efforts.
Tracking and analyzing energy market trends.
Translating clients' inquiries and challenges into actionable scopes of work.
Compiling reports, presentations, and other documents to communicate solutions, strategies, and analysis to clients.
Supporting the day-to-day management of client relationships.
Developing and using analytical models, programming, and simulations to forecast market prices, conduct research and development, and create tools to improve productivity and accuracy.
Reviewing and approving model outputs via data collection, manipulation, and analyses, which may involve spreadsheet and database creation and management.
Be an expert in ISO/RTO markets across North America, at the crossroads of local energy pricing, capacity auctions, ancillary services and shifts in load composition and demand response initiatives
Be intimately familiar with the economics, policies and players driving renewables, battery storage development, green fuels and new power generation technologies.
Supervise simulations of the future dispatch of the power transmission grid using an economic dispatch model.
Review the addition/retirement of diverse generating resources using a capacity expansion model across ISO/RTO markets.
Be an expert in how energy players procure power, integrate renewables, and maintain grid reliability.
Help develop our Reference Case while expanding our client base.
Mentor junior consultants in expanding their individual know-how and business acumen on energy markets, business development and client management skills.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend