Associate Director Digital Transformation

Join us in leading thechange!

EPE is seeking a dynamic and experienced Associate Director to lead and grow our Digital Transformation (DX) line of business. This individual will play a pivotal role in delivering high-impact digital and operational solutions for utility clients. The ideal candidate brings a unique blend of technical depth utility industry knowledge leadership capabilities and business development acumen and strategic thinking to deliver and grow our next-generation service offerings.

This is a high-visibility role requiring deep utility industry experience strong project delivery capability and the ability to guide clients through complex digital initiatives from roadmap development to implementation oversight.

Howyou can make an impact:

Client Engagement & Delivery Leadership

• Lead complex digital transformation engagements across domains such as:
• Operations Optimization (Engineering workflows dashboards analytics data mapping)
• Technology Strategy & Implementation (Roadmaps software rationalization pilots integrations)
• GIS & Data Services (Modernization migrations visualizations)
• Change Management (Adoption stakeholder engagement organizational readiness)
• Lead ENER-i enablement at utilities and Independent System Operators:
• Conduct discovery workshops to map ENER-i functionality to client requirements.
• Own configuration data ingestion and API integration plans.
• Develop value cases and success metrics; create reference stories to accelerate market adoption.
• Define and document functional and non-functional requirements technical architectures and integration strategies across multi-vendor environments.
• Guide software selection implementation and rationalization projects ensuring alignment with client goals and enterprise architecture standards.
• Oversee or contribute to data transfer system integrations and API-based solutions with hands-on support when required.
• Use Python and other tools to assist with data cleaning transformation and automation when necessary to enable scalable client solutions.

Technical & Strategic Leadership

• Act as a technical lead and advisor working with client IT OT and engineering teams to align transformation efforts with enterprise systems and architecture.
• Support current/future state assessments gap analysis and cost-benefit evaluations to inform roadmap and implementation plans.
• Provide oversight and input into technology pilots solution design testing and implementation governance.
• Stay current on emerging technologies utility digital trends and integration best practices (DERMS ADMS AMI 2.0 cloud data platforms edge computing).

Business Development

• Originate qualify and close DX opportunities leveraging your network within IOUs munis co-ops and ISOs.
• Support and lead RFP responses solutioning and proposal development aligning technical services with client priorities.
• Drive adoption of the ENERi software platform by crafting persuasive RFP responses and solution proposals that tightly integrate the technology with EPEs consulting implementation and changemanagement services.
• Represent EPE at conferences webinars and standards working groups; publish thought leadership on digital grid topics.

Internal Growth & Mentoring

• Mentor and coach junior team members in technical and consulting skillsets.
• Collaborate across disciplines (engineering data analytics software) to build integrated offerings that maximize client value.

Bring your passion here whats needed:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10 years in the utility or energy sector including 5 years in technical leadership consulting or solutionarchitecture roles.
• Proven track record delivering enterprise IT/OT integrations (e.g. GIS ADMS DERMS CIS SCADA data lakes) in regulated utility environments.
• Demonstrated ability to develop complete functional / nonfunctional requirement sets for largescale software implementations.
• Handson expertise with:
• Python or equivalent scripting for data transformation/automation.
• API design data pipelines ETL/ELT and middleware orchestration.
• Cloud services (Azure AWS) and modern data architectures.
• Experience leading product enablement or gotomarket efforts ideally for utility software platforms.
• Exceptional communication skills with Csuite technical and field stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure AWS) and data lakes/warehouses.
• Previous experience in a consulting or client-facing role with proven business development contributions.
• Direct involvement in commercializing or selling software solutions (e.g. SaaS subscription enterprise licensing).
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance frameworks (FERC 2222 NERC CIP IEEE 2030.5).

Location: Applicantsin proximity to Austin TX or Champaign IL preferred but will also consider remote applicants.

Travel: The ability to travel is required (up to 25%).

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