Vice President of Energy Supply Management

Grant PUD•Ephrata, WA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Vice President of Energy Supply Management is an executive leadership role accountable for the strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes of Grant PUD’s energy supply, wholesale market, portfolio management, resource planning, and commercial operations capabilities. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Power and Market Operations and serving as part of Grant PUD’s executive leadership structure, the position provides enterprise stewardship for power portfolio strategy, commercial and trading operations, resource adequacy, organized market participation, power supply risk management, and long-term resource evaluation. The role is designed to strengthen and mature Energy Supply Management during a period of load growth, clean-energy requirements, resource adequacy obligations, regional market evolution, wholesale market complexity, and constrained firm energy resources. Success depends on disciplined decision-making, transparent risk management, measurable portfolio performance, reliable resource planning, and long-term value creation for customer owners. The position leads Energy Supply Management and aligns wholesale energy-market activities, power portfolio strategy, commercial operations, industry and market research, business intelligence, analytics, resource planning, and risk coordination with Grant PUD’s strategic direction. It works across divisions and with external partners to support reliable, affordable, risk-informed, and forward-looking power supply decisions. The role provides recommendations and decision support to the Senior Vice President of Power and Market Operations, General Manager/CEO, executive leadership, and Board of Commissioners. The position requires NERC CIP access. Incumbents must meet and maintain eligibility under Grant PUD’s Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure and undergo background screening for access to critical physical and/or cyber assets. The role may be eligible for a hybrid work arrangement; most work is performed in a standard office setting, with onsite work at assigned Business Unit locations and travel between District facilities, regional meetings, industry forums, partner locations, and stakeholder engagements. The typical shift is eight hours.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, economics, finance, engineering, energy management, public administration, or a closely related field, or two additional years of directly applicable experience in lieu of a degree.
Ten or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in electric utility operations, wholesale energy markets, power supply, resource planning, commercial operations, portfolio management, energy trading, market analytics, or a closely related field.
At least five years of experience leading people at the senior manager, director, or equivalent level, programs, projects, or cross-functional teams, including leading managers, senior professionals, or technical subject-matter experts.
Demonstrated experience leading and advising on strategic decisions involving power supply, market participation, resource adequacy, energy risk, financial analysis, or long-term resource planning, including oversight of complex energy transactions or contracts.
Strong understanding of electric utility operations, wholesale power markets, energy contracts, resource planning, and the financial and operational drivers of power supply decisions.
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues clearly to executive leadership, governing bodies, technical teams, external partners, and other stakeholders.
Advanced knowledge of wholesale energy markets, merchant operations, power portfolio management, commercial operations, resource adequacy, market analytics, and utility resource planning.
Strong understanding of how load growth, clean-energy policy, regional market evolution, transmission availability, resource adequacy obligations, and generation performance affect power supply strategy.
Ability to evaluate and communicate tradeoffs related to cost, reliability, risk, timing, market exposure, regulatory requirements, and customer-owner value.
Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives involving technical, financial, legal, operational, market, and policy considerations.
Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with internal teams, external counterparties, industry organizations, consultants, regulators, and regional market partners.
Ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, and make recommendations in high-impact, time-sensitive, and ambiguous situations.
Ability to build trust, provide clear direction, develop employees, and foster collaboration across teams with differing technical perspectives and business priorities.
Meet and maintain eligibility for NERC CIP access under Grant PUD’s Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure and complete the applicable background screening.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in business administration, economics, finance, engineering, energy management, public administration, or a related graduate-level field.
Executive-level leadership experience in a public power utility, electric utility, regional market organization, power marketing entity, generation owner/operator, or energy trading and portfolio management organization.
Experience with organized wholesale markets, resource adequacy programs, market settlements, scheduling, hedging, energy risk governance, or market-rule compliance.
Experience leading or supporting Integrated Resource Plan implementation, capacity acquisition, renewable or storage procurement, emerging resource evaluation, commercial readiness, or long-term power supply strategy.
Experience working with executive leadership, elected or appointed boards, commissioners, regulators, public power organizations, regional energy partners, or external counterparties.
Experience with Pacific Northwest public power and regional energy institutions, markets, or regulatory requirements, such as BPA, WRAP, Markets+, CETA, or the Climate Commitment Act.
Successful completion of GPUD’s designated succession planning program.

Responsibilities

Establish and lead an enterprise-wide Energy Supply Management strategy and governance model, translating forecasts, market conditions, resource assumptions, performance, risks, and priorities into a multi-year roadmap with defined outcomes, measures, decision rights, and governance.
Drive disciplined execution across energy supply, wholesale markets, portfolio management, commercial operations, resource planning, and risk coordination through performance standards, operational controls, decision frameworks, and continuous improvement.
Develop Grant PUD’s merchant operations capability, including portfolio optimization, energy procurement and sales, market participation, scheduling, settlement awareness, and integrated analytic, commercial, operational, and risk-informed decisions.
Oversee strategies for reliable and cost-effective service while managing wholesale-market volatility, resource adequacy requirements, regional market changes, load growth, and clean-energy obligations.
Lead power supply planning and resource evaluation, including Integrated Resource Plan implementation, capacity and resource-acquisition strategies, and evaluation of solar, battery storage, enhanced geothermal systems, small modular reactors, natural gas, and other generation technologies.
Oversee commercial and trading operations, ensuring appropriate controls, delegated-authority alignment, documented decision frameworks, exposure limits, escalation protocols, and compliance with policies, contracts, market rules, regulatory requirements, and confidential market information protocols.
Coordinate with The Energy Authority and other external partners to strengthen trading, portfolio management, market analytics, and market-risk capabilities and integrate external support into internal processes and decisions.
Provide executive oversight of participation in regional market and resource-adequacy programs and related regional coordination efforts.
Develop, monitor, and communicate financial, operational, market, and risk performance indicators, including portfolio performance, exposure trends, market conditions, resource-planning assumptions, and decision-quality measures.
Partner with Power Production, Transmission Strategy and Development, Power Delivery, Finance, Legal, Enterprise Risk Management, Large Power Solutions, and other business units on operational impacts, commercial opportunities, transmission dependencies, resource integration, and risk mitigation.
Provide timely strategic recommendations to the Senior Vice President of Power and Market Operations, General Manager/CEO, executive leadership, and Board of Commissioners, explaining tradeoffs involving cost, reliability, risk, timing, optionality, compliance, and customer-owner value.
Attend Board of Commissioners meetings as requested and provide information, reporting, and counsel to support Commission understanding and decision-making.
Represent Grant PUD with public power organizations, regional market entities, utility partners, industry groups, regulators, and other stakeholders on energy supply, markets, resource adequacy, and portfolio management.
Lead managers and professional staff by setting expectations, developing talent and succession plans, reinforcing analytical and operational discipline, and fostering a high-performance, collaborative, accountable culture.
Ensure work products, decisions, and recommendations reflect sound analysis, customer-owner value, prudent risk management, financial stewardship, operational reliability, and alignment with Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.
Develop and administer Energy Supply Management budgets and oversee negotiation, execution, administration, and performance of power supply, market participation, and related commercial agreements within delegated authority and approval requirements.
Translate long-term vision into enterprise priorities and measurable outcomes, align financial, corporate, and network strategies, establish performance expectations, monitor balanced-scorecard results, and anticipate and mitigate strategic, operational, financial, and reputational risks.
Align enterprise resources, organizational structure, governance, and major change initiatives to advance the business; model leadership expectations and reinforce accountability, safety, service, and continuous improvement.
Conduct work consistent with Grant PUD’s mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and the Grant PUD/IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence; maintain knowledge of and adhere to applicable laws, regulations, security requirements, policies, and procedures.
Actively support the safety program by following safety policies, reporting hazards and unsafe incidents or close calls within 24 hours, accepting safety feedback, and promoting safety practices, initiatives, hazard identification, metrics, and compliance.
Travel reliably between District facilities, regional meetings, industry forums, partner locations, and stakeholder engagements.
If needed to operate a Grant PUD vehicle for business purposes, follow the Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy.