Manager, Transmission Planning

Paces; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity compensation

401(k) match

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid company holidays and PTO

Job summary

Paces, based in New York, is seeking a Transmission Planning Director to lead a team in developing methodologies for transmission planning and market economics. The ideal candidate will have experience in power flow analysis, strong leadership, and a proven track record in the energy sector.

The position offers a salary range of $180,000 to $230,000 along with benefits such as equity compensation and health insurance. A hybrid work arrangement is available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience spanning transmission planning and power markets.
• Proven leadership experience managing engineers and ensuring quality of analytical deliverables.
• Deep expertise in steady-state power flow and contingency analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of transmission planning engineers and own the technical methodology.
• Expand the platform from transmission planning into market economics.
• Hire, develop, and mentor transmission planning engineers.

Skills

Transmission planning

Power markets

Leadership

Power flow analysis

PSS/E

Education

Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in engineering or related field

Tools

PSS/E

TARA

PowerWorld

PSLF

Job description

The Opportunity

In the next 30 years, the world will transform every part of the built environment to be climate positive green infrastructure. But today’s renewable energy development process can’t move fast enough to meet global goals. Paces exists to change that. We are providing software and services to accelerate power development and unlocking one of the greatest opportunities of our time: transforming how infrastructure gets built and ensuring it’s built with renewable energy.

Our Solution

Paces is building the development engine for renewable infrastructure and power projects. Our Agentic AI automates early‑stage due diligence and pairs it with in‑house expertise to accelerate late‑stage diligence. The platform streamlines siting, interconnection, and permitting for renewable energy and data center developers, real estate firms, EV charging companies, and more.

Our Team

We are building a team where people can proudly say their time at Paces is the most impactful, meaningful work of their career. Our amazing team in Brooklyn, New York includes incredible team members from tech companies like Meta AI, DeepMind, Tesla, various high‑growth startups, as well as industry leaders from TotalEnergies, Con Edison and GE.

Transmission Planning Director

Reporting directly to the Head of Solutions, the Transmission Planning Director will lead a team and drive the technical methodology for transmission planning and market economics.

What You’ll Achieve

• Lead a team of transmission planning engineers and own the technical methodology; study assumptions, dispatch logic, contingency criteria, and analytical scope.
• Expand the platform from transmission planning into market economics; define how congestion analysis, dispatch dynamics, curtailment forecasting, and production cost modeling integrate with our existing power‑flow infrastructure.
• Evaluate and manage vendor relationships for market data and simulation tools, making build‑vs‑buy‑vs‑partner decisions on analytical capabilities.
• Own external credibility. Defend methodology to developers or utilities and provide confidence that Paces’ analysis will hold up against the utility’s formal study.
• Work directly with Product to shape the power product roadmap, translating developer needs, regulatory developments, and technical feasibility into prioritized product investments.
• Represent Paces externally as a domain expert at conferences, in industry working groups, and in customer conversations.
• Hire, develop, and mentor transmission planning engineers and market analysts, building a high‑agency team culture where engineering rigor and startup speed coexist.
• Partner with engineering leadership to define what is automated and what remains human‑in‑the‑loop, setting the standard for delivering in days what consultants deliver in weeks without compromising quality.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience spanning transmission planning and power markets with meaningful depth on both sides.
• Proven leadership experience managing engineers, setting methodology standards, and ensuring quality of analytical deliverables at an RTO/ISO, utility, consultancy, developer, or IPP.
• Deep expertise in steady‑state power flow analysis, contingency analysis, and transmission planning criteria (NERC TPL standards).
• Proficiency in PSS/E, TARA, PowerWorld, PSLF, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of nodal market mechanics: SCUC/SCED, LMP formation, transmission constraint pricing. Ability to connect a thermal violation in a planning model to a congestion event in the market.
• Experience across multiple RTO/ISO markets.
• Track record of translating technical analysis into business decisions such as site selection, interconnection strategy, investment cases, or regulatory proceedings.

About You

• Operate at the intersection of grid physics and grid economics, having built expertise on both sides.
• Have strong opinions and are genuinely excited about how automation and AI can be applied to transmission planning and market analysis.
• Motivated by building new things rather than optimizing established processes at a large organization.
• Lead by raising the bar; care about technical quality while investing in developing people and creating an environment where engineers take ownership.
• Engaged with industry trends such as the data center load boom, FERC interconnection reform, flexible load frameworks, and the generation queue crisis.

Bonus Points

• Experience in data center interconnection; large load studies, co‑location analysis, or curtailable/flexible load frameworks.
• BESS or solar interconnection, deliverability analysis, or generation curtailment forecasting experience.
• Involvement in FERC proceedings, RTO stakeholder processes, or transmission planning working groups.
• Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in engineering or related field.
• Experience at a high‑growth startup or building a technical team from an early stage.

Compensation And Benefits

• $180,000 – $230,000 annual salary.
• Competitive equity compensation.
• 401(k) match.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid company holidays and PTO.
• Hybrid work arrangement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn approximately 3x per week.

About Paces

Paces is a company that enables the climate optimum use of land worldwide by providing software and services that accelerate renewable infrastructure development. We have raised more than $18M from investors including Navitas Capital, Resolute Ventures, and Y Combinator.