Strategy Senior Specialist -(2L)

Con Edison, a multibillion-dollar energy utility, is leading the clean energy transition in New York City and Westchester County. We are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to integrate distributed resources into our electric and gas systems, enable the deployment and adoption of bulk energy storage systems, and scale adoption of all distributed energy resource interconnection for our customers. This is a great role to demonstrate your ability to drive results, apply cross-disciplinary skills to the clean energy space, collaborate closely with diverse teams, meaningfully support customers, and gain firsthand experience with the clean energy transition.

The Strategy Senior Specialist for Energy Storage will be responsible for conducting financial and operational analyses, developing and owning analytics tools, incorporating market intelligence, and partnering with internal and external stakeholders to support successful deployment of storage. These efforts will allow the Company to identify emerging trends, monitor customer progress, pinpoint common bottlenecks and inform data-driven process improvements.

The Senior Specialist will be a motivated, strategic thinker who manages strategic initiatives in a broad and rapidly evolving business environment to implement the clean energy vision for the regulated utility. In addition, this position will focus on potential industry changes for an evolving power grid for New York and emerging energy storage technologies. Further, the Senior Specialist will support regulatory, technology, and data analytics work to ensure the grids capabilities can support the coming transition and New York States CLCPA mandates clean energy goals.

Core Responsibilities Identify new opportunities aligned with strategic objectives, develop business cases and implementation plans to facilitate Company energy storage and State CLCPA goals.

Support the Companys efforts to develop and communicate Utility Dispatch Rights (UDR) storage and DER interconnection policies, including hosting stakeholder sessions and conducting customer outreach and education activities

Support long-term planning and analysis of grid implications and coordinate efforts among Storage, Distribution Generation, and Flexible Demand teams.

Lead data analysis around energy storage, identify emerging trends, and monitor customer progress to identify bottlenecks and pinpoint data-driven improvements.

Manage development of the Companys road map for storage integration to ensure regulatory and technical policies align and grid capabilities can support the clean energy transition.

Engage with external stakeholders, such as PSC, NYSERDA, Joint Utilities and other market participants.

Support tasks related to authoring white papers, rate case filings and other regulatory filings.

Commit to the ideals of developing a proactive, customer-centric culture to foster trust and confidence among customers (both internal and external) and improve value for all our stakeholders.

Perform other related tasks and assignments as required.

Required Education/Experience Bachelor's Degree and 3 years' work experience or

Master's Degree and 2 years' work experience

Preferred Education/Experience Bachelor's Degree and 3 years' work experience in engineering, finance, economics or related field

Master's Degree and 2 years' work experience in engineering, finance, economics or related field

Relevant Work Experience Demonstrated ability to analyze and distill data and information into business insights, and effectively communicate insights in meetings, presentations, and in writing, required.

Ability to deal with ambiguity and comfortable working in a dynamic environment, required.

Intellectual curiosity and enthusiasm for learning new skills, required.

Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated by experience in facilitating cross-functional meetings, crafting and delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders, including executive audiences, required.

Ability to do both independent, rigorous research and also contribute to a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment is essential, required.

Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Projects), required.

Knowledge of clean energy technologies and business models, preferred.

Knowledge and experience in energy market modelling including capacity, energy, and ancillary services values and NY State incentive structures, preferred.

Prior experience working with or for electric or gas utilities and understanding of business mode, preferred.

Prior experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or strategic finance role, preferred.

Licenses and Certifications Driver's License Required

Additional Physical Demands The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.

The selected candidate will be assigned a System Emergency Assignment (i.e., an emergency response role) and will be expected to work non-business hours during emergencies, which may include nights, weekends, and holidays.

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Excellent organizational skills

Develops and delivers effective presentations

Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents

Instills commitment to organizational goals

Well organized, detail oriented and flexible to handle multiple assignments

Must be proficient in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint, etc.

Mission Statement:

Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. (Con Edison), Orange & Rockland Utilities (O&R), and Consolidated Edison Transmission (CET) employees are required to follow health, safety, and environmental policies, EEO, Standards of Business Conduct, and all other applicable company policy and procedures. We all share a responsibility to advance the company’s mission by excelling at our three corporate priorities – safety of our people and the public, operational excellence in all that we do, and ensuring the best possible customer experience.

Benefits:

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, mental, and financial health of our employees and their families. This commitment extends beyond the workplace to foster personal growth and holistic wellbeing. Our life-changing rewards package includes:

Rich medical & pharmacy benefits, including vision benefits

Dental benefits

Health Savings Accounts

Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

401(k) with robust matching

Employer paid Pension Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a generous matching contribution

State of the art Employee Assistance Program

Paid Parental Leave

Generous paid time off plus paid holidays

Family support: emergency backup child, & elder care assistance

Social responsibility and volunteer opportunities

Employee discount program

Commuter Benefits

Culture of growth and learning: career development; tuition reimbursement; recognition program

Life and Long-Term Disability Benefits

*Please be aware that some benefits may not apply to provisional or part-time job titles.