The Director partners closely with executive leadership, Operations, Cybersecurity, IT, Legal, Risk Management, and external regulatory bodies to maintain industry-leading compliance standards while supporting business growth and evolving NERC requirements. This role is hybrid.
Develop and execute the organization's long-term NERC compliance strategy.
Serve as executive owner of NERC CIP, O&P, and reliability compliance programs.
Advise senior leadership on regulatory risk, emerging compliance requirements, and strategic investments.
Present compliance metrics, risks, and mitigation strategies to executive leadership and board-level stakeholders.
Lead annual compliance program planning, budgeting, and resource allocation.
Establish enterprise governance structures supporting CIP-002 through CIP-014 compliance.
Own compliance policies, standards, procedures, and controls.
Ensure alignment between operational, cybersecurity, and compliance objectives.
Maintain oversight of all compliance monitoring, corrective action plans, and mitigation activities.
Serve as primary executive contact for NERC, FERC, Regional Entities, and third-party auditors.
Lead audit strategy, preparation, evidence management, and regulatory response efforts.
Direct compliance investigations, self-reports, mitigation plans, and enforcement matters.
Oversee enterprise audit readiness programs.
Build, lead, and develop a high-performing compliance organization.
Manage internal compliance personnel and external consultants.
Establish performance goals, succession planning, and talent development initiatives.
Foster a culture of accountability, operational excellence, and regulatory awareness.
Design scalable compliance architectures supporting rapid growth across renewable energy and grid operations.
Lead compliance technology initiatives and automation efforts.
Evaluate regulatory impacts associated with new market participation and operational expansion.
12+ years of progressive experience in NERC compliance, cybersecurity compliance, regulatory affairs, or electric utility operations.
5+ years leading enterprise compliance programs and managing teams.
Demonstrated experience serving as compliance leader during NERC/FERC audits.
Experience managing Medium and/or High Impact CIP environments.
Experience developing compliance strategy, budgets, and organizational roadmaps.
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management experience.
Director or senior leadership experience within utilities, renewable energy, ISO/RTO organizations, or registered entities.
Experience building compliance organizations from the ground up.
Experience supporting large-scale renewable portfolios, utility operations centers, DER aggregation, and BESS operations.
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