Director/ Senior Director Power Markets

ICF•Reston, VA

6d•Remote

About The Position

ICF is seeking a senior power markets executive to strengthen its market presence and expand its position in emerging digital infrastructure markets. The role is intended for an established industry professional with deep power market expertise, strong client relationships, and the ability to translate market insights into business opportunities and strategic growth. Initial priorities are to elevate ICF’s senior market presence and expertise and to build a growth platform for digital infrastructure clients. As the business evolves and the individual demonstrates impact, the role may take on broader strategic, organizational, and business responsibilities, potentially including leadership of a larger part of the Power Markets business. The successful candidate will serve as a senior advisor and external representative of ICF, engaging executives and decision-makers and sharing perspectives on market fundamentals, resource adequacy, generation investment, transmission, load growth, market design, and emerging issues. The candidate will also define and execute a growth strategy for digital infrastructure clients, including data center developers, hyperscalers, infrastructure investors, and other market participants. This includes identifying priority clients and differentiated offerings, connecting capabilities across power markets, transmission and interconnection, natural gas, engineering, and project development, and building relationships and a pipeline of opportunities. Over time, the role may contribute to broader Power Markets strategy, go-to-market and business development, cross-ICF collaboration, organizational development, leadership and talent development, thought leadership, innovation, and the use of technology, automation, data, and AI. Success in the initial phase will be measured by stronger senior-level market presence and a credible digital infrastructure strategy, differentiated offerings, priority-client agenda, and growing opportunity pipeline.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations research, economics, or a related field.
At least 15 years of experience in energy market forecasting and analysis.
Experience with electricity market and transmission reliability analysis tools, such as AURORA, PROMOD, PSLF, or PSS®E.
Experience in consulting, client management, business development, thought leadership, and overseeing technical staff for task delivery.

Responsibilities

Serve as a recognized senior expert and market voice for ICF on power markets, including market fundamentals, resource adequacy, generation investment, transmission, load growth, and market design.
Advise senior client executives and decision-makers on investment, development, planning, and strategic decisions.
Translate market expertise into commercially relevant perspectives, thought leadership, and client conversations.
Represent ICF externally through conferences, executive briefings, publications, and direct client engagement.
Expand senior-level client relationships, enhance ICF’s market visibility, and convert market credibility into business development opportunities.
Develop and own a growth strategy for ICF’s emerging digital infrastructure business.
Identify priority digital infrastructure client types, their needs, and differentiated offerings for data center developers, hyperscalers, infrastructure investors, and other participants.
Develop integrated solutions addressing power availability, market and price outlooks, interconnection, natural gas and generation strategy, project development, and investment decisions.
Build relationships with priority market participants and develop a focused pipeline of engagements.
Establish an organizational model and cross-ICF collaboration to serve digital infrastructure clients effectively.
Test offerings with clients, learn from early engagements, and scale the highest-value propositions.
Potentially help shape the Power Markets business strategy and growth agenda, identify priority markets and investments, and lead broader go-to-market, account-development, and business-development initiatives.
Potentially strengthen collaboration across power markets, transmission, natural gas, engineering, environmental, implementation, and related capabilities.
Potentially help evolve organizational structures and operating models, build leadership bench strength, develop future leaders, support succession planning, and recruit and integrate senior talent.
Potentially establish priorities for thought leadership and external market engagement, advance technology, automation, data, and AI, and contribute to the long-term positioning and reputation of the Power Markets business.