WRAP Operations Manager

Passionate about power grid reliability and regional energy markets? Skilled in resource adequacy, power operations, and stakeholder engagement? Ready to bring it all together in a high-impact operational role? This could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

Well, you’re in the right place!
Western Power Pool is hiring a WRAP Operations Manager to join our team in Portland, OR!

• Pay: $149,000 – $170,000/year DOE
• Location: Remote in select states
  - must reside within the following areas: AZ, OR, WA, UT, NV, CA, WY, MT, , NM, CO, El Paso TX
• Schedule: Full-time, Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm PPT
• Benefits: Employer-paid health, dental, vision, and life insurance; PTO, 11 paid holidays, company-funded Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), 401k with 6% match, and flexible hybrid working schedule

Western Power Pool (WPP) is a non-profit organization that helps keep the lights on by ensuring power utilities in the West achieve maximum benefits from coordinated operations. Our work is customer-driven, relationship-based, and collaborative.

We’ve been serving the energy sector for over 80 years and are at the forefront of ensuring the reliability and security of the power grid while spearheading the integration of renewable energy sources. As a leader in the energy sector, we manage power generation and transmission across multiple states, facilitate competitive energy markets, and foster innovation to meet the challenges of tomorrow.

Western Power Pool is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive atmosphere for all employees.

You’re a strategic thinker and collaborative problem-solver with deep experience in power operations, resource planning, and reliability programs. You thrive in complex environments and bring strong analytical skills, technical expertise, and a knack for translating intricate systems into actionable insights. You’re comfortable navigating stakeholder relationships, managing projects, and leading cross-functional initiatives. Whether you're engaging with policy staff, technical SMEs, or industry leaders, you communicate clearly and confidently, and you’re motivated by the opportunity to shape the future of grid reliability in the Western Interconnect.

• 8
  -10 years in utilities, power marketing, power resource optimization, or power portfolio management with experience serving in a technical role, such as engineering, power operations, software development, data analytics, or economics
• Experience in resource adequacy programs and resource planning processes
• Knowledge of power operations, power scheduling, outage coordination, reliability standards, reserve sharing, and compliance
• Detailed understanding of electric power generation and resource planning principles, including power capacity analysis and reliability evaluations
• Knowledge of data and systems necessary to support trading, scheduling, and resource optimization
• Knowledge of effectuating settlement calculations
• Experience in front-office trading or system operations, including OATI tagging platform and other portal-based systems
• Knowledge of power generation and production, utility operations
• Knowledge of the Western bilateral energy market, the California ISO, and SPP Markets+
• Ability to perform complex analytical tasks, modeling systems, performing economic analysis, and application of statistics, finance, mathematics, and problem solving
• Experience managing projects and programs
• Experience facilitating or working directly with a diverse group of outside stakeholders
• Excellent communications and collaboration skills, including demonstrated experience working with technical SMEs, policy staff, executives and decision makers
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, finance, economics, operations research, mathematics, business (or related fields)

As WRAP Operations Manager, you’ll lead the implementation and ongoing operations of the Western Resource Adequacy Program (WRAP), acting as the WRAP Operations Program technical subject matter expert, primary liaison and contract manager, supporting WRAP participants as they integrate the…