Director, Transmission & Interconnection Strategy

Avangrid; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with 12% match

Professional development and career-ad

Job summary

AVANGRID POWER, LLC is seeking a Director of Transmission/Interconnection to lead national interconnection strategies across ISOs/RTOs, guide contractual negotiations, and manage a team of analysts. The role collaborates with origination, development, and policy groups to align strategies with business plans and regulatory requirements.

The position requires extensive experience in interconnection agreements, FERC filings, and senior-level communication with utilities, regulators, and project

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in negotiation of interconnection agreements with consideration of a renewable projects’ overall schedule and risk profile.
• Thorough knowledge of ISO tariff procedures and schedule for generator interconnections, applicable engineering, work practices and procedures, and safety requirements.
• Knowledge of Federal, ISO, FERC and state interconnection, market and transmission development, planning, interconnection and operating procedures.
• Strong ability to understand and communicate complex issues in a simple and understandable manner verbally and in writing.
• Ability to communicate and work effectively with personnel at various levels within ISO, other transmission owners, members, and generation owners.
• Demonstrate expertise in relationship/team building and key stakeholder relationship building.
• Demonstrate ability to influence and lead others.
• Ability to work effectively with all levels of the Avangrid Power organization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Avangrid Power Origination, Development, Project Delivery, Asset Management and Policy groups to align interconnection and transmission strategies and spend with greenfield development projects overall schedules.
• Develop and execute interconnection and transmission strategies across all U.S. ISOs and RTOs in support of Avangrid Renewables’ national business plan.
• Represent Avangrid Renewables’ transmission and interconnection strategy before transmission owners, ISOs/RTOs, and regulatory stakeholders across the country.
• Manage internal work procedures for interconnecting generators consistent with established Avangrid Renewables policy and business goals.
• Originating, negotiating and coordinating all new interconnection agreements, studies with ISO’s and third parties in accordance with regional tariffs and FERC orders.
• Management of existing interconnection agreements ensuring efficient and effective compliance with operational, financial and administrative terms and conditions.
• Support the Senior Director in executive-level activities, including financing readiness, common facilities agreement strategy and execution, and FERC filing support.
• Manage relationships with transmission owners and ISO/RTOS by participating in key conferences, boards, and taskforces to develop opportunities for collaboration.
• Regular collaboration meetings with key internal stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely information exchange.
• Lead and develop a team of interconnection analysts, providing coaching, performance feedback, and professional development to build technical capability and succession readiness.
• Set priorities, direct day-to-day work, and manage team workload and resources across regions to ensure timely, accurate execution of transmission and interconnection deliverables.
• Provide strategic direction to the team, ensuring coverage, technical support, and prioritization across all U.S. ISO/RTO regions as workload and business priorities require.
• Promote a collaborative, accountable team environment that supports knowledge sharing, cross-training, and consistent process execution.

Skills

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

AVANGRID POWER, LLC is seeking a Director of Transmission/Interconnection to lead national interconnection strategies across ISOs/RTOs, guide contractual negotiations, and manage a team of analysts. The role collaborates with origination, development, and policy groups to align strategies with business plans and regulatory requirements.

The position requires extensive experience in interconnection agreements, FERC filings, and senior-level communication with utilities, regulators, and project