DEPUTY CTO GRID SOLUTIONS - Dallas, Texas (Hybrid)
About The Position
Our client is world’s best engineering & technology service providers. They are multi-billion-dollar technology, engineering, construction, and financial services conglomerate specializing in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, high-tech manufacturing, digital transformation and technology services. The Deputy CTO – Grid Solutions will provide technology leadership and strategic oversight for the Grid Solutions product portfolio within Digital Energy Solutions. This role acts as the second-in-command to the CTO for the Grid Solutions segment, responsible for driving the technology roadmap, innovation programs, and product development initiatives across grid automation and grid intelligence platforms. The Deputy CTO will lead both New Technology Initiatives (NTI) — advanced technology development and platform innovation and New Product Initiatives (NPI) — development and commercialization of grid software platforms. The role will ensure strong alignment between product engineering, market requirements, and deployment readiness for global utility customers. The Deputy CTO will oversee the technology roadmap and product development for platforms including DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management System), APM (Asset Performance Management), NeuralGRID™ Time Series Historian, Utility SCADA Platforms, WAMS (Wide Area Monitoring System), PDC (Phasor Data Concentrator), and Substation Gateway / Protocol Gateway Platforms. These products form the core Grid Digital Platform stack supporting utilities, transmission operators, and renewable grid integration programs.
Requirements
- 18+ years of experience in power systems, grid automation, or utility digital platforms.
- 10+ years of leadership experience managing product development or technology organizations.
- Experience leading technical product management for grid software platforms such as: DERMS, Utility SCADA, Grid analytics platforms, Wide area monitoring systems, Utility data platforms / historians.
- Experience working with global utilities, transmission operators, or grid modernization program.
- Experience in several of the following domains: Grid Platforms (DERMS / Distributed energy management, Utility SCADA systems, Grid analytics platforms, Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS), Phasor Data Concentrators (PDC)), Grid Data Platforms (Time-series data systems, Asset performance analytics, AI/ML for grid operations, Digital twin for power systems), Grid Architecture (Transmission & distribution automation, DER integration architectures, Control center and edge architectures, Cloud-edge hybrid grid platforms).
- Strategic technology leadership.
- Platform architecture thinking.
- Grid domain expertise.
- Product innovation and roadmap leadership.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
- Global technology team leadership.
- Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship or transfer.
Responsibilities
- Support the CTO in defining and executing the technology strategy for grid digital platforms.
- Drive architecture and roadmap development for the Grid Solutions product portfolio.
- Ensure alignment of product development initiatives with evolving utility market requirements, grid modernization programs, and DER integration trends.
- Champion platform-based architecture and reusable technology frameworks across grid products.
- Lead the New Technology Initiatives (NTI) team responsible for advanced technology innovation.
- Identify emerging technologies relevant to grid modernization.
- Drive innovation programs and technology prototypes.
- Establish technology partnerships with research institutions and industry partners.
- Transition validated technologies into productization pipelines.
- Lead the New Product Initiatives (NPI) organization responsible for product development and commercialization.
- Product architecture definition and engineering governance.
- Platform development for DERMS, APM, SCADA, Historian, WAMS, and gateway solutions.
- Ensuring scalability, cybersecurity, and interoperability of product platforms.
- Driving product lifecycle management and version roadmaps.
- Supporting global product launches and market adoption.
- Support strategic customer engagements with utilities, grid operators, and energy developers.
- Provide technical leadership during large grid modernization opportunities involving DERMS, SCADA, or WAMS platforms.
- Collaborate with sales and solution engineering teams to shape large strategic bids.
- Represent the company in industry forums related to grid modernization, DER integration, and grid analytics.
- Develop strong technical leadership within product teams.
- Mentor architects, product managers, and engineering leaders.
- Build global product engineering capability for Grid Solutions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
