Strategic Policy Specialist II

Southwest Power Pool; Little Rock (AR); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Excellent health insurance plans

Relocation bonus

Hybrid work environment

401(k) with employer match

Job summary

The Strategic Policy Specialist II at Southwest Power Pool, Inc. develops and implements engineering policies to support SPP's objectives. You will work with internal teams, external stakeholders, and regulators to ensure timely policy changes and regulatory compliance.

In this role you will analyze requirements, run feasibility studies, and manage cross-functional collaboration. Strong communication and data analysis skills, plus experience with power systems tools, are favored.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, engineering or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of job-related experience.
• Four years of engineering/technical experience may substitute for degree requirement.

Responsibilities

• Executes and organizes engineering policy initiatives by analyzing regulatory requirements and stakeholder input to ensure timely, high-quality policy changes.
• Facilitates cross-functional collaboration with internal teams, external stakeholders, and industry experts to align policy outcomes with organizational and regulatory needs.
• Conducts feasibility studies and impact assessments to evaluate proposed policy changes, ensuring recommendations are data-driven and support operational excellence.
• Drafts and presents stakeholder education materials, establishes agendas, meeting minutes, and compiles department meeting materials in a consistent manner.
• Ensures compliance with governing documents (SPP OATT, FERC, NERC, SPP By-Laws) and maintains intermediate knowledge of industry standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Written communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics, mathematics, engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

PowerBI

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Job description

SPP is about more than power. We’re about the power of relationships. Our employees have the opportunity to work together to ensure electricity is delivered reliably and affordably to the millions of people living in our service territory. We have been voted one of Arkansas’ Best Places to work by Arkansas Business and we are looking for a member of our team who is passionate about our mission to keep the lights on!

We have a core ideology here at SPP that we stand by: Do the right thing, for the right reason, in the right way.

We believe in supporting our employees through a fantastic benefits package:

• Competitive and transparent pay with bonus opportunities
• Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
• Relocation bonus (if applicable)
• Hybrid working environment for positions that are eligible
• Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a pension (defined benefit plan) fully funded by SPP

PLEASE NOTE: This position may not be performed remotely from California or New York City, NY, nor can SPP sponsor employment visas or student-work authorizations (STEM OPT) for this position. Please ensure you are eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship prior to applying.

COMPENSATION INFORMATION

The salary range(s) represents our good faith estimate for the role at this time. While we strive to provide competitive and transparent compensation, there may be circumstances where an offer is above or outside of the listed range. We are open to discussing salary expectations with qualified candidates considering factors such as the candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies, experience and geographic location will all be considered during the hiring process.

Strategic Policy Specialist II Salary range: $70,320 – $87,895

Overview

The Strategic Policy Specialist II, is responsible for developing and implementing engineering policies that support SPP's organizational objectives. This role enables timely and consistent policy changes by facilitating stakeholder engagement, regulatory compliance, and cross-functional collaboration. The position partners with internal teams, external stakeholders, and policy decision makers to facilitate policy processes and ensure alignment with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Core Responsibilities

• Executes & organizes engineering policy initiatives by analyzing regulatory requirements and stakeholder input to ensure timely, high-quality policy changes that advance SPP’s strategic goals. Provides data driven views
• Facilitates cross-functional collaboration with internal teams, external stakeholders, and industry experts to align policy outcomes with organizational and regulatory needs.
• Conducts feasibility studies and impact assessments to evaluate proposed policy changes, ensuring recommendations are data-driven and support operational excellence. Creates project schedules to deliver policy-related initiatives on time and within budget, supporting departmental goals and cost control measures.
• Contributes to organizational capacity for policy implementation and stakeholder engagement via staff secretary or other facilitation role, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders in order to reach successful policy, implementation and production activities. Drafts and presents stakeholder education materials, establishes agendas, meeting minutes, and compiles department meeting materials in a consistent manner to foster trust and transparency.
• Ensures compliance with governing documents (SPP OATT, FERC, NERC, SPP By-Laws, Criteria) and maintains intermediate knowledge of industry standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in economics, mathematics, engineering or other related fields;
  • Four (4) years of extensive engineering or technical related experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirement
• 2 years of job-related experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the electric utility industry, database management systems, data analysis and ad hoc report writing
• Experience with decision-making in a multi-client environment
• Familiarity of one or more power systems analysis tools applicable to power system steady state, dynamic, production costs & economics, or database management systems.
• Project management, Business Analysis or similar experience or certificates.

Other Requirements

• Strong inter-personal and teamwork skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with communication and data handling software such as Microsoft Office© Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, SharePoint, PowerBI, O365, etc.

Travel Requirement

This position requires minimal travel (0-20%)

SPP is an equal opportunity employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, age, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Further, SPP makes good faith efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact us at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request. We will only respond to messages left that involve a request for a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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