Senior Advisor, Market & Sector Evolution

Independent Electricity System Operator

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The IESO is committed to ensuring Ontario’s electricity system meets the province’s needs today and into the future. We are charged with purpose, delivering reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity for homes, businesses, and communities across the province. We are energized to grow, embracing opportunities to shape the future of a dynamic and evolving energy sector while advancing our careers. We are powered by teamwork, supported by diverse and passionate colleagues who foster respect, celebrate successes, and thrive on shared achievements. At the IESO, it’s not just what we do—it’s who we are!

Our central role includes managing the provincial power grid in real-time, overseeing and evolving Ontario’s electricity market, engaging with government, municipalities and Indigenous communities, and planning for Ontario’s future electricity needs. Our employees play a key role in driving grid innovation, protecting the system from threats, advancing the province’s energy conservation programs, and forecasting and procuring the electricity resources we’ll need in the decades to come. This role is part of the Markets and Sector Evolution team within Markets and Reliability. This is a union job.

The energy sector is rapidly evolving, offering exciting new opportunities for those who want to make a difference.
You will shape market design changes that influence how participants engage in Ontario’s electricity market and how market services evolve to meet future needs. You will lead complex, end‑to-end projects with high visibility to both stakeholders and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., engineering, economics, business, public policy, or related).
• Typically, 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience.
• Demonstrated experience in electricity market design, rule development, market operations and settlement, and power system economics (or closely related work).
• Strong understanding of bulk power system fundamentals and how market outcomes interact with reliability and system operations.
• Experience developing structured options, impact assessments, and cost-benefit and risk assessment for senior management decision-making.
• Significant experience producing high-quality technical writing (e.g., design option, policy/position, guidance, manuals, and other similar documents).
• Proven ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to gather input, explain complex topics clearly, and incorporate feedback.
• Experience leading projects or major workstreams, including managing timelines, deliverables, and cross-functional dependencies.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate degree is an asset but not required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and interpret market, policy, regulatory, technology, and consumer trends to identify emerging issues/opportunities and inform market evolution priorities.
• Identify and frame market evolution challenges/opportunities using market performance insights, stakeholder input, policy direction, and jurisdictional learnings.
• Develop market design options (rule, manual, and/or process changes) and define how options interact with existing market systems and participant behaviours.
• Quantify expected impacts and benefits (e.g., efficiency, competition, reliability, flexibility) using appropriate analytical methods and clear assumptions and limitations.
• Develop implementation plans, including requirements, sequencing, dependencies, timelines, and cost estimates; coordinate with delivery teams.
• Assess trade-offs, implementation risks, and market impacts; propose mitigations and decision points.
• Produce clear, decision-ready recommendations and supporting documentation (e.g., issue papers, option assessments, decision memos, reports).
• Present findings and options to leadership and governance forums; respond to questions and refine materials based on direction.
• Plan and execute structured engagement activities (materials, webinars, written submissions, response-to-feedback).
• When market design changes are approved, initiate or support implementation projects through handoff, early delivery support, and design clarifications.
• Coordinate across IESO teams where market design intersects with planning, procurement, operations, settlement, and program delivery.
• Lead internal and external working groups, coordinate related work within the IESO, and support both IESO and stakeholder readiness for market design changes.
• Develop RFP documentation, support consultant selection/contracting, and manage consultant deliverables by supporting analysis and materials.
• Provide limited supervision to team members supporting assigned initiatives.
• Represent the IESO on internal/external committees, advising on market design.
• Perform other responsibilities consistent with the role.

Benefits

• Best-in-class benefits and long-term support in the form of a defined benefit pension plan.
• Work in a dynamic and evolving sector that offers exciting opportunities and the chance to explore new career paths.
• Leadership that values meaningful discussions, welcomes feedback, and prioritizes career development.
• A strong, inclusive culture and a collaborative team environment with a shared passion for impactful work.
• Compensation packages that are regularly reviewed to remain competitive and to best accommodate the diverse needs of our employees.

What This Job Offers

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