Grant Program Manager

The role of this program manager will be to design, deliver, and successfully implement the grants programs that are offered to customers in Oregon and Washington funded by clean fuels program dollars. The role will provide oversight to program delivery support actors. Act as strategic liaison between key partners, regulatory entities, internal and external stakeholders to deliver the program successfully to market.

Identify and develop opportunities for new, innovative, ways to support the expansion and offerings within the Clean Fuels program portfolio for both states.

Responsibilities of this position include the following:

• Provide day-to-day oversight of the grant program portfolio.
• Develop and maintain program budgets, financial performance, and results.
• Identify and develop innovative opportunities for cost effective programs and projects which meet corporate objectives and customer needs.
• Responsible for customer impacts, regulatory inquiries, and other customer specific issues associated with program implementation, administration, and delivery.
• Act as key stakeholder liaison for Clean Fuels by presenting at stakeholder meetings, responding to stakeholder requests, and integrating stakeholder feedback into the Clean Fuels program portfolio.
• Adhere to corporate procurement guidelines for the acquisition of resources.
• Develop and/or adhere to appropriate program, department, company and SOX financial controls and processes within programs assigned.
• Analyze program opportunities and assist in department strategies and positions.
• Develop, implement, and evolve program designs, tariffs, contracts, procedures, support materials, marketing and communication plans and training materials for assigned programs.
• Manage and coordinate resources, internally and externally needed to deliver programs.
• Present program design, procedures, budget, controls, and results to internal and external audiences ranging from executive to technical audiences.
• Research and stay current on similar work performed by other utilities, and actively incorporate it into program designs, delivery, and strategies as appropriate.
• Manage program vendors as appropriate.
• Develop and implement annual third-party evaluations of programs assigned.
• Validate monthly program expense and savings reports.
• Measure and verify processes associated with assigned programs.
• Deliver program objectives and report accurate and timely program results.

Requirements for this position include the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, communications, or other related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of five years professional experience in electric vehicle, energy efficiency, load management technologies, resource evaluation, research, and program management.
• Advanced technical knowledge of transportation electrification, electric vehicles, electric mobility, and low carbon fuel standards.
• Proficient with the use of personal computers including spreadsheet, database, word processing, and presentation applications to gather, analyze, and model information.
• Demonstrated oral and written communications skills.
• Demonstrated ability to network and maintain partnerships with key customer accounts, trade allies, industry professionals, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to manage program vendors and other delivery contractors.
• Must be capable of creative and innovative approaches to the marketplace.
• Ability to manage others without direct supervisory control.