Project Manager

New York State Energy Research • City of Albany, NY

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About The Position

As a leader in advancing New York’s energy transition, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is a credible, objective and trusted partner in energy planning and in deploying new innovative technologies to build an affordable, abundant, reliable, and clean energy system. NYSERDA works with stakeholders statewide, including residents, business owners, developers, community leaders, local government officials, universities, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs, and more, to develop, invest, and foster conditions that:

Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
Advance solutions for using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably in the clean energy transition.

JOB OVERVIEW

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) seeks a creative, self-motivated and knowledgeable individual in the role of a Project Manager, with policy analysis, applied research (social science, market), technical (engineering, data science), qualitative, quantitative, psychology (behavioral or organizational) or program evaluation skills to join its Market Characterization & Evaluation Team. This position will report to the Program Manager of Market Characterization & Evaluation and the duties will include some or all of the following:

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years’ experience in policy analysis, applied research (social science, market), technical (engineering, data science), qualitative, quantitative, psychology (behavioral or organizational) or program evaluation
• Experience working in a team environment both as a leader and active team member.
• Outstanding project management skills and initiative with demonstrated success in managing concurrent multiple projects adeptly with a focus on budget, schedule and deliverable quality; demonstrated problem-solving ability with a proactive and collaborative style; ability to facilitate consensus-building among multiple stakeholders
• Ability to be proactive from initiating value-added analyses to quickly identifying and resolving issues, contributing to improving NYSERDA’s overall evaluation work and suggesting improvements to management
• Ability and appetite to learn and assimilate new information and think holistically through complex problems with technical and non-technical components
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills that resonate with audiences of different backgrounds; possesses the ability to communicate persuasively, concisely and unambiguously in speech and writing.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of energy policy issues and analysis as well as working knowledge of NYSERDA’s clean energy programs, including understanding of markets in which NYSERDA’s clean energy programs operate including targeted customers, involved stakeholders and principles of technology diffusion/market transformation
• Excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities. Demonstrated capability to conduct analysis in clean energy technology operation and performance, energy efficiency, electrification, demand response, renewable energy generation, environmental impacts, economics, or program evaluation; familiarity with programs such as SAS, Python and/or other open-source resources, as well as tools such as Visio and Qualtrics are desirable
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, sampling approaches and data collection methods and standards
• Understanding of technical data sets, databases, database management, and data retrieval
• Master’s/advanced degree with 4 years’ experience in policy analysis, applied research (social science, market), technical (engineering, data science), qualitative, quantitative, psychology (behavioral or organizational) or program evaluation

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the planning and conduct of evaluations on NYSERDA’s evolving set of clean energy programs and initiatives, including innovation and research and market development programs with a focus including but not limited to market impacts, market transformation, measurement and verification, process evaluation, etc. This work may include planning and conducting evaluation work in the following areas: Market-based evaluation to inform and assess NYSERDA’s influence on markets, including market acceleration/ transformation and market adoption by defining baseline market conditions and measuring and quantifying changes over time Impact evaluation to measure and verify the energy and non-energy impacts of a program, project or technology Process evaluation to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of program implementation and inform ongoing improvements to the program design and delivery including customer experience
• Serve as an evaluation liaison to NYSERDA program staff for purposes of: Assisting with program design, implementation and management, including creating program logic models; identifying key measurement indicators in alignment with NYSERDA’s Common Metrics Framework; developing the associated evaluation plan(s); implementing the evaluation plan(s) and providing real-time feedback in the form of actionable recommendations and synthesized insight Supporting the identification, collection, storage, and documentation of data necessary to perform ongoing assessments and comprehensive evaluations Proactively and adeptly researching and characterizing data in support of evaluation activities Facilitating efficient and effective evaluation management processes that produce actionable insights
• Develop and perform analyses of program processes, outcomes and impacts, including quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Perform in-house analytical work as well as manage projects undertaken by consultants
• Perform all job responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees