Manager Integrated Systems Planning

APS • Phoenix, AZ

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Manager Integrated Systems Planning provides the strategy execution, management and maintenance of APS's Integrated System Plan (plan of record). Responsible for building, leading, and sustaining a high-performing team that coordinates cross-functional inputs across Resource Planning, Transmission, New Generation, and Finance. Responsible for organizing and executing recurring data and model reviews with applicable business areas to confirm that key assumptions, constraints, and portfolio inputs (e.g., load forecast, project scope/schedule, costs, transmission dependencies, fuel/market assumptions, financing considerations) are current, complete, and traceable for portfolio-level decisions. Facilitate working sessions and forums to surface material changes, document impacts, drive action ownership, and ensure decision materials and dashboards reflect the latest information. Provides analytical leadership and integration support to improve planning defensibility, reduce rework, and enable timely, high-quality recommendations to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelors' degree in Business, Finance, Engineering or related field
• 8 years of directly related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three (3) years prior leadership experience required.
• In-depth knowledge of the electric utility industry, including knowledge of ACC and FERC regulation; generation, transmission and distribution engineering parameters, competitive wholesale electric and gas commodity markets and behaviors, and both regional and national energy trends.
• Requires experience in utility planning and/or utility asset negotiation and contracting.
• Familiarity with utility system operations and up-to-date knowledge of utility scale generation technologies

Nice To Haves

• MBA or MS in Finance or Engineering is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day execution support for the Integrated System Plan (plan of record, including coordinating plan refresh activities, consolidating inputs, and preparing integrated updates for leadership review.
• Build, lead, and manage the ISP team, including hiring/onboarding as needed, setting clear expectations and priorities, assigning work, coaching and developing talent, and holding the team accountable for timely, high-quality deliverables that support portfolio-level planning decisions.
• Establish and run a repeatable cadence for data and model reviews with Resource Planning, New Generation, Transmission Strategy and Development and other applicable business areas to ensure that inputs required for portfolio decisions are up to date, complete, and aligned (e.g., load forecast, resource expansion cases, transmission solutions/constraints, project costs and schedules, construction/execution assumptions, fuel/market inputs, and finance assumptions). Identify gaps, inconsistencies, or stale inputs; drive resolution and document decisions and changes.
• Coordinate cross-functional forums to identify significant changes, assess impacts, and drive actions to completion; partner with ISP stakeholders to resolve issues and secure required approvals/alignment for generation and transmission projects to move into execution; and escalate risks, dependencies, and key decisions to the Director with clear options and recommended paths forward.
• Maintain and improve planning tools, templates, and reporting (e.g., dashboards and assumption logs) that provide transparency into current plan inputs, changes between cycles, and implications for reliability, affordability, and execution feasibility. Ensure planning materials used for leadership decisions reflect the latest validated data and model outputs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager