Project Manager

As a leader in advancing New York’s energy transition, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has remained a credible, objective and trusted partner in our State’s energy planning as well as deploying new and innovative technologies to expand New York’s economy. NYSERDA has worked for the past 50 years to protect the environment and help New Yorkers increase energy efficiency, lower energy costs and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. NYSERDA engages with stakeholders including residents, business owners, developers, community leaders, local government officials, universities, utilities, investors, entrepreneurs, and more, to develop, invest, and foster conditions that:

• Attract the private sector capital investment needed to expand New York’s clean energy economy.
• Overcome barriers to using clean energy at a large-scale in New York.
• Enable New York’s communities and residents to benefit equitably in the clean energy transition

Job Overview

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) seeks a creative, self-motivated and knowledgeable individual with technical (engineering, quantitative analysis, data science), applied research (social science, market), psychology (behavioral or organizational), policy analysis, and/or program evaluation skills to join its Market Characterization & Evaluation Team as a Project Manager. This position will report to the Senior Project Manager of Market Characterization & Evaluation and the duties will include some or all of the following:

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and support the planning and conduct of evaluations on NYSERDA’s evolving set of clean energy programs and initiatives, including innovation and research and market development programs with a focus including but not limited to measurement and verification, market impacts, process evaluation, etc. This work may include planning and conducting evaluation work in the following areas:
  • Impact evaluation to measure and verify the energy and non-energy impacts of a program, project or technology, including contributing to and/or leading advanced measurement and verification initiatives and supporting NYSERDA on the NYS Technical Resource Manual committee
  • Market evaluation to inform and assess NYSERDA’s market acceleration/transformation work by defining baseline market conditions and quantifying changes over time
  • Process evaluation to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of program implementation and inform ongoing improvements to the program design and delivery
• Serve as an evaluation liaison to NYSERDA program staff for purposes of:
  • Assisting with program design, implementation and management, including creating program logic models; developing the associated evaluation plan(s); implementing the evaluation plan(s) and providing real-time feedback in the form of actionable recommendations and synthesized insight
  • Supporting the identification, collection, storage, and documentation of data necessary to perform ongoing assessments and comprehensive evaluations
  • Proactively and adeptly researching and characterizing data in support of evaluation activities
• Facilitating efficient and effective evaluation management processes that produce actionable insights
• Develop and perform analyses of program processes, outcomes and impacts, including quantitative and qualitative data collection
• Perform in-house analytical work as well as manage projects undertaken by consultants
• Perform all job responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years’ experience in technical (engineering, quantitative analysis, data science), applied research (social science, market), psychology (behavioral or organizational), policy analysis and/or program evaluation
• Excellent analytical and quantitative capabilities; experience with programs such as SAS, Python and/or other open-source resources, as well as tools such as Visio and Qualtrics are desirable
• Outstanding project management skills and initiative with demonstrated success in managing concurrent multiple projects adeptly with a focus on budget, schedule and deliverable quality. Demonstrated problem-solving ability with a proactive and collaborative style; ability to facilitate consensus-building among multiple stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills that resonate with audiences of different backgrounds; possesses the ability to communicate persuasively, concisely and unambiguously in speech and writing.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications

Additional Qualifications

Applicants should be able to demonstrate having some of the following skills enhanced by a willingness to quickly learn and develop proficiency in these areas:

• Working knowledge of NYSERDA’s clean energy programs
• Understanding of markets in which NYSERDA’s clean energy programs operate including targeted customers, involved stakeholders and principles of technology diffusion/market transformation
• Understanding of energy policy issues and analysis
• Demonstrated capability to conduct analysis in clean energy technology operation and performance, energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy generation, environmental impacts, economics, or program evaluation
• Ability to conduct geo-coding and map data
• Ability to present data and analyses in visually-appealing ways
• Actively monitor and maintain industry best practices (e.g., CMVP)
• Familiarity with statistical analysis, sampling approaches and data collection methods and standards
• Understanding of technical data sets, databases, database management, and data retrieval
• Experience working in a team environment both as a leader and active team member as well as in a cross-disciplinary role. Ability to perform all managerial and supervisory (as assigned and as applicable) responsibilities with demonstrated experience fostering respect, diversity, equity, and inclusion across the workforce
• Ability to be proactive from initiating value-added analyses to quickly identifying and resolving issues, contributing to improving NYSERDA’s overall evaluation work and suggesting improvements to management
• Ability and appetite to learn and assimilate new information and think holistically through complex problems with technical and non-technical components.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s/ advanced degree with 4 years’ experience in technical (engineering, quantitative analysis, data science), applied research (social science, market), psychology (behavioral or organizational), policy analysis and/or program evaluation

Please submit two files, one for your cover letter and another for a resume.

NYSERDA is exclusively working with a recruitment partner who will be responsible for the initial screening of the resumes for this position.

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