DERMS Program Lead - Grid Operations & Innovation

Con Edison; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Con Edison is seeking a Clean Energy Project Lead for DER Integration to guide operational adoption of DERMS, develop governance frameworks, and coordinate across Electric Operations, Grid Edge Lab, and product teams. The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong communication, and expertise in utility operations.

The candidate will translate business needs into testable technical scenarios, support change management, and ensure safe grid operations while advancing DER adoption and

Qualifications

• Experience developing operating policies, procedures, or business processes.
• Knowledge of electric utility operations and control center functions.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving operations, engineering, and technology.
• Excellent written and oral communication, public speaking experience.
• Experience developing operational use cases, workflows, or operating scenarios.
• Experience presenting recommendations to technical and leadership audiences.
• Familiarity with renewable energy and Distributed Energy Resources.
• Ability to work independently and in multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience documenting formal procedures.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity requirements related to OT is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between Electric Operations, Control Centers, Engineering, customer clean energy program implementation teams, DERIM, and the Grid Edge Lab to ensure alignment of DERMS capabilities with operational needs.
• Facilitate the development of policies, procedures, operating practices, and governance frameworks required to support DERMS deployment and DER integration.
• Develop detailed operational use cases and monitoring and control scenarios for validation within the Grid Edge Lab and implementation within the DERMS platform.
• Prepare presentations and become a subject matter expert in critical DER initiatives and provide high level summaries as needed.
• Coordinate with Product Owners and Lab Project Lead to ensure operational requirements, business processes, and operator workflows are incorporated into product planning and implementation activities.
• Collaborate with the Grid Edge Lab team to translate operational needs into test objectives, evaluation criteria, and demonstration scenarios.
• Support organizational readiness and change management activities to align Electric Operations, Control Centers, Engineering, and other stakeholders with evolving DERMS capabilities and operating models.
• Develop procedures and operational guidance for the monitoring and control of Distributed Energy Resources to support safe, reliable, and efficient grid operations.
• Translate business requirements into use cases and associated technical solutions, which may result in DERMS product enhancements, development of in-house tools and technology, or other technological and/or business process solutions.
• Facilitate workshops, working groups, and cross-functional meetings to build consensus on operational approaches, policies, and future-state business processes.
• Prepare documents detailing data flows, data requirements, system requirements, integrations & testing plans.
• Coordinate with IT groups, including Enterprise Technology & Security and Enterprise Architecture.
• Communicate insights from analytics to business users and decision makers.
• Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.
• Ensure implementation of "Company safety, health and environmental programs for employees whose work is directed. Ensure that safe work practices are followed and the environment is fully protected in accordance with Company policy and governmental regulations."
• Commitment to Operational Excellence Guiding Principles, and adherence to the Company's Standards of Business Conduct and other Company procedures including Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and security.

Skills

Presentation skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Communication skills

Collaboration

Multitasking

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Master's Degree in related field

Tools

SCADA

Job description

Con Edison is seeking a Clean Energy Project Lead for DER Integration to guide operational adoption of DERMS, develop governance frameworks, and coordinate across Electric Operations, Grid Edge Lab, and product teams. The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, strong communication, and expertise in utility operations.

The candidate will translate business needs into testable technical scenarios, support change management, and ensure safe grid operations while advancing DER adoption and