Section Manager, Research & Development, Emerging Technologies

Overview

Responsibilities

• Safety: Champion the integration of emerging technologies that enhance safety (along with operational excellence, customer experience, and compliance) across the enterprise.
• Compliance: Ensure R&D initiatives align with regulatory and internal compliance standards. Develop R&D initiatives that enhance the Companys regulatory compliance performance, posture, and reputation.
• Upstream/Downstream Engagement: Connect early-stage innovators with operating businesses to co-develop and deploy impactful solutions. Have purposeful field presence in operating businesses to uncover innovation opportunities.
• Data: Use data-driven insights to guide technology selection, investment management, and performance tracking. Document project progress, lessons learned, and outcomes for internal and external stakeholders.
• Value orientation: Evaluate R&D projects based on their potential to create tangible, measurable, and durable enterprise value.
• Cost Optimization: Identify and implement technologies that reduce operational costs without compromising safety, operational excellence, customer experience, or compliance.
• Tech Savviness: Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to the Companys operations. Become a readily available resource on utility-specific emerging technologies to all internal stakeholders.
• Agile Scrum: Apply Agile principles to lead team, manage workflows, prioritize initiatives, and iterate quickly.
• Problem Solving: Lead the team in solving complex operational challenges through innovative technology applications.
• Derisking: Design and oversee R&D pilots that validate technologies while minimizing risk to operations. Adhere to the Companys third-party risk management policy when working with any external stakeholders.
• Scaling: Build partnerships to scale successful innovations across the enterprise and potentially throughout the industry.
• Coaching & Mentoring: Build teams capacity through coaching, mentoring, and carefully curated professional development opportunities.
• Collaboration: Join and participate actively in working groups and teams facilitated by Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and other industry collaboratives and represent the Company at events, meetings, and visits.
• Presentations: Deliver compelling presentations to leadership and industry peers on R&D strategy, progress, and impact.
• Celebrating Success: Recognize contributions of others and celebrate successful R&D outcomes inclusively.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in any discipline or major and 8+ years of business work experience and 3+ years of supervisory experience

• 8-10 years Business work experience, required.
• 3-5 years Experience supervising people, required.
• Investment and/or entrepreneurial experience with measurable success, required.
• Experience using Agile, Scrum, or Rapid Results in project management or product development, required.
• Agile, Scrum, Rapid Results, Lean Six Sigma, and/or Project Management Professional certification, required.
• Experience using Artificial Intelligence (Microsoft Copilot) to address multiple business use cases to unlock process or product efficiencies, required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, required.

• Driver's License Required

• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.
• The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.