Senior Manager, Transmission & Interconnection

Valid8 Financial, Inc.; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Valid8 Financial, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager for Transmission and Interconnection in Albuquerque, NM. This role will own the transmission and interconnection strategy for utility-scale solar and battery storage projects, ensuring risk-adjusted interconnection outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s in Engineering and 7+ years of experience in transmission planning. Responsibilities include managing interconnection processes and advising stakeholders on project viability and risks. Join us to help shape renewable energy's future!

Qualifications

• 7+ years in transmission planning and interconnection.
• Expertise in ISO or RTO processes and transmission planning.
• Ability to manage complex interconnection workstreams end to end.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive interconnection strategy and execution.
• Lead high complexity interconnection execution.
• Advise stakeholders on interconnection implications.

Skills

Transmission planning

Interconnection strategy

Grid integration

Project management

Regulatory frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PE, PMP, or Six Sigma certification

Tools

PSS/E

PowerWorld

Job description

The Senior Manager, Transmission and Interconnection owns transmission and interconnection strategy and execution for a defined portfolio of utility scale solar and battery storage projects, including development and M&A opportunities as applicable. This role is accountable for risk adjusted interconnection outcomes, including point of interconnection strategy, queue and study execution, agreement negotiation support, and portfolio reporting of cost, schedule, and constraint impacts. The role partners with Development, Origination and M&A, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, and Legal, and manages external consultants and utility and ISO or RTO interactions to drive interconnection decisions to closure and reduce surprises.

Role Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; electrical engineering with a power systems focus strongly preferred. Master’s degree in electrical engineering preferred. PE, PMP, and/or Six Sigma certification preferred.

Years of Experience: 7 plus years of relevant experience in transmission planning, interconnection, grid integration, and or power system studies supporting utility scale renewables and storage; utility, ISO or RTO, and/or leading consulting experience strongly preferred.

Additional Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

Demonstrated ability to model Vesper's values, Accountability, Respect, Courage, Collaboration, and Continuous Improvement, through day to day behaviors (e.g., flags risks early, communicates directly, involves the right stakeholders early, and documents and shares learnings).

Expert understanding of ISO or RTO interconnection and transmission planning processes, tariffs, and regulatory frameworks, including ability to anticipate and respond to process reforms.

Demonstrated ability to own complex interconnection workstreams end to end, including constrained areas, significant network upgrades, and storage heavy configurations.

Advanced technical oversight of transmission planning, capacity screening, and grid modeling, including ability to review assumptions, validate outputs, and explain implications clearly.

Working familiarity with common modeling tools and data platforms such as PSS/E, TARA, PROBE, PowerWorld, UPLAN, and third party market and grid datasets as applicable.

Strong commercial judgment translating technical outcomes into decision quality recommendations on capex, schedule, congestion and curtailment exposure, and project viability.

Strong cross functional influence skills, including ability to align stakeholders, drive decisions to closure, and reduce rework without direct authority.

High standards for governance and documentation, including disciplined assumptions tracking, risk registers, decision logs, and executive ready reporting.

Ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities, surface trade offs early, and deliver accurate outputs on deadline with minimal rework in a lean environment.

Strong vendor and consultant management capability, including clear scopes, deliverable standards, QA QC, and performance accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Define and drive portfolio level transmission and interconnection strategy for assigned markets and projects, including point of interconnection approach, queue positioning, and risk adjusted development sequencing.

Lead high complexity interconnection execution through ISO or RTO and utility processes by driving application quality, study progression, issue resolution, and milestone discipline.

Own interconnection agreement negotiation support by developing negotiation strategy inputs and risk positions and partnering with Legal and Commercial to drive decisions to closure.

Establish and maintain governance, standards, and templates for interconnection tracking, forecasting, and executive ready reporting across the assigned portfolio.

Evaluate adverse study results and develop mitigation pathways, including upgrade alternatives, phasing, reconfiguration, restudies, and withdrawal and re entry options, with clear go no go recommendations.

Direct technical oversight of consultant modeling and QA QC by validating assumptions against tariff requirements, project design basis, and Vesper standards and by ensuring deliverables are decision ready.

Advise Development, Origination and M&A, Engineering, Finance, and executive stakeholders on interconnection implications for valuation, siting, financing readiness, and commercialization pathways.

Represent Vesper in ISO or RTO stakeholder processes as applicable and translate policy and process changes into portfolio impacts, risk updates, and recommended actions.

Improve throughput and quality of interconnection outcomes by implementing repeatable workflows, checklists, decision logs, and reporting mechanisms that reduce cycle time and errors.

Other duties as assigned.