Manager, Resource Planning & Analysis

LUMA Energy•Torre, PR

About The Position

Leads the organization’s core functions in forecasting, production cost modeling, reliability planning, and regulatory support, ensuring operational efficiency, compliance, and resilience. Provides strategic insights through advanced analytics to optimize dispatch, fuel budgeting, maintenance scheduling, and contract strategies, directly reducing financial, reliability, and regulatory risks while enabling faster, high-confidence decision-making at the executive level.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, , Economics, or related field from an accredited university.
5 to 7 years' experience in energy planning, modeling, or utility operations, with responsibilities of planning, budgeting, with at least 3 years' overseeing employees directly, leading teams, budgets and projects in a Supervisor role.
Strong interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
Strong ability to develop and deliver effective presentations and facilitate meetings as related to strategy, training, and collaborating with various stakeholders.
Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior company personnel, external consultants, legal counsel, regulatory agency staff and industry stakeholders.
Ability to effectively prioritize workloads, meet deadlines and resolve conflicting priorities.
Proficient in MS Office Suite - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, MS Projects, and Project Management Tools.
Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and Spanish are preferred.

Responsibilities

Plans short- and long-term generation fleet forecasts to ensure alignment with load, fuel availability, regulatory constraints, and resource adequacy targets.
Manages configuration and quality assurance of Production Modeling and Optimization (PROMOD) and Power Market Simulation Software (PLEXOS) models, owning data inputs, assumptions, constraints, version control, and documentation to deliver accurate scenario analyses.
Calibrates models to historical performance and implements scenario libraries to enable rapid, high-confidence executive decision support.
Evaluates production costs and performs sensitivity analyses across fuel prices, outages, and market conditions to optimize dispatch strategies and reduce overall cost-to-serve.
Monitors and reconciles load forecasts with demand trends and Demand Side Management (DSM) targets to maintain reserve margin requirements and advise on resource adequacy actions.
Coordinates energy cost tracking and fuel budgeting processes, including hedging scenario analysis, to improve budget accuracy and mitigate financial risk.
Communicates modeling outcomes, system performance metrics, and reliability insights to regulatory bodies and executive leadership to guide policy and investment decisions.
Develops and manages departmental budgets to allocate resources effectively and meet operational targets.
Provides leadership, coaching, and performance management for direct reports, including setting clear expectations, conducting regular performance reviews, supporting professional development, and addressing personnel issues constructively to foster a high-performing and collaborative team environment.
Defines and monitors departmental KPIs to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
Leads, models and ensures consistent application of policies and regulatory standards across teams to support ethical operations and mitigate compliance risks.
Leads and validates the planning and execution of restoration and emergency preparedness activities to strengthen operational resilience and response capacity.
Assumes and oversees expanded duties aligned with organizational priorities and professional scope to drive departmental effectiveness and strategic alignment.