Technical Leader IV

EPRI • Washington, DC

1d • $160,000 - $174,559

About The Position

The Technical Leader is a senior technical R&D leader responsible for advancing and transforming research, technology development, and research-derived products such as EPRI VantagePoint to support EPRI's evolving technical and digital future. The role leads complex, high-impact R&D initiatives that connect emerging technologies, EPRI research capabilities, data and digital approaches, member needs, and industry challenges. The Technical Leader works across research programs and organizational boundaries to modernize how research is conducted, how technical knowledge and results are delivered, and how research outcomes are translated into scalable products, platforms, tools, services, and other practical applications.

The position requires substantial technical credibility, recognized subject matter expertise, and independent judgment. The Technical Leader may lead multidisciplinary teams without direct management responsibility. Product management and research-to-product experience are desired capabilities that complement, but do not replace, the role’s primary technical R&D leadership responsibilities.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in science, engineering, computer science, data science, or a related technical field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 15 or more years of progressively responsible experience in R&D, engineering, technology development, digital technology, applied science, or a related technical environment.
• Recognized subject matter expertise and technical credibility in one or more relevant fields.
• Experience leading complex, high-impact, multidisciplinary research or technology-development initiatives with substantial independence.
• Demonstrated ability to solve highly specialized technical problems where limited precedent exists.
• Experience designing or overseeing R&D that advances technical knowledge and delivers practical industry value.
• Experience translating research, data, models, or emerging technologies into practical applications.
• Experience leading complex projects involving multiple disciplines, external contributors, budgets, resources, and delivery commitments.
• Established member, advisor, or industry relationships and experience representing technical work externally.
• Ability to communicate complex strategies and results to experts, members, senior leaders, and nontechnical audiences.
• Experience mentoring researchers, engineers, scientists, or other technical professionals.
• Advanced technical and scientific judgment.
• R&D strategy and leadership.
• Complex problem solving and systems thinking.
• Research transformation and digital modernization.
• Research-to-product translation and technology transfer.
• Technical project, budget, and partner leadership.
• Cross-program and cross-sector influence.
• Member and industry engagement.
• Technical communication and thought leadership.
• Technical mentoring.
• Product and technology road mapping.
• Prototyping, piloting, deployment, and adoption.
• Effectiveness in complex, matrixed environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with digital technologies, data, analytics, software, automation, or AI.
• Product management, technical product management, product-development, or product-owner experience.
• Experience developing technical, research, or product roadmaps and evaluating investments.
• Experience conducting member or customer discovery and translating needs into requirements and priorities.
• Experience developing business cases for technical capabilities or research-derived products.
• Experience leading prototypes, pilots, demonstrations, deployment, technology transfer, or adoption.
• Experience working with external software, technology-development, or research partners.
• Energy or electric utility industry experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, high-impact R&D and/or technology-development initiatives, including EPRI VantagePoint, requiring significant technical judgment, creativity, and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Work independently on highly specialized technical objectives and problems where limited precedent exists and innovative thinking is required.
• Design and oversee research activities that advance technical knowledge and deliver value to members and the industry.
• Lead technical reviews, feasibility assessments, design discussions, and technical decision forums.
• Maintain deep involvement in state-of-the-art research and technology development.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to researchers and technical staff.
• Preserve technical rigor as research outcomes are converted into practical solutions.
• Define technical strategies and go-to-market roadmaps for research-derived products such as EPRI VantagePoint, considering member need, mission alignment, technical feasibility, impact, scalability, risk, investment requirements, and EPRI differentiation.
• Apply emerging digital approaches to improve research methods, analysis, collaboration, knowledge transfer, delivery, and member value.
• Evaluate research processes, outputs, tools, data, methodologies, and intellectual property for opportunities to benefit from new technical or digital approaches.
• Establish repeatable approaches for transitioning traditional research outputs into interactive, scalable, reusable, or digitally enabled solutions.
• Promote adoption and transfer of successful approaches across EPRI research programs.
• Maintain relationships with members, advisors, industry stakeholders, technology providers, research organizations, academia, and technical networks.
• Understand technical challenges, emerging needs, workflows, and opportunities for R&D.
• Communicate complex research strategies, results, and emerging capabilities to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Represent EPRI in industry forums, workshops, conferences, technical networks, and collaborative initiatives.
• Lead initiatives involving researchers, technical specialists, program teams, software resources, providers, contractors, and other contributors.
• Identify common R&D challenges and opportunities for shared solutions across programs and sectors.
• Create alignment among stakeholders with different requirements, priorities, and constraints.
• Influence technical direction without relying on direct authority.
• Promote reuse, collaboration, knowledge transfer, and technical consistency.
• Lead complex technical initiatives, including scope, milestones, objectives, dependencies, risks, resources, budgets, and outcomes.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary internal teams and external research, software, technology, vendor, and contractor partners.
• Provide oversight to achieve technical, schedule, and financial commitments.
• Evaluate external technical capabilities and recommend partnership approaches.
• Lead or support research proposals, collaborations, and new technical opportunities.
• Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, resource requirements, and recommendations to leadership.

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in EPRI’s annual incentive program, subject to the plan’s terms and conditions.
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid family leave
• Life and accident insurance
• Paid time off, including flexible vacation, sick leave, and holiday pay

What This Job Offers

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