Vice President, Strategic Engagement

Description

Be a Part of Something that Matters.
At WECC, we enhance the lives of 90 million people by identifying and mitigating risks to the bulk power system in the West. To deliver on our mission of a highly reliable and secure bulk power system in the West, we are seeking a Vice President, Strategic Engagement to help us further our mission and achieve our business goals.

Reporting to the CEO, the Vice President, Strategic Engagement will lead and coordinate WECC’s engagement activities, including outreach to and engagement with industry and government partners in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This role will lead WECC’s marketing and communications (both internal and external, including media), branding, and reputation‑building initiatives. The individual in this role will be an established collaborator in the Energy sector and will effectively complement WECC’s technical expertise to promote the reliability and security of the bulk power system in the West.

This position will lead a team to develop strategic initiatives and internal coordination that foster relationships with key stakeholder and policy groups, including federal, state, and provincial agencies, regulatory and legislative bodies, consumers, and owners, operators, and users of the bulk power system in the West, while also collaborating effectively to build trust and alignment with NERC and the other regional entities (collectively known as the ERO Enterprise).

The Vice President, Strategic Engagement will lead a department that collaborates with all program areas in WECC and will design how WECC presents itself externally. This role will lead initiatives to reinforce WECC’s value to the future of the electric industry. The role will serve as an important external spokesperson for the organization and will work closely with the executive team, ERO Enterprise, and Board of Directors.

While WECC’s headquarters are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this position is remote‑eligible for candidates based in the Western Interconnection. An estimated 25‑50% travel is expected for this role, though unique business needs may require additional travel on occasion.

You will—

• As a member of WECC’s executive team, share responsibility for leading WECC’s mission and strategy, delivering results, and ensuring team engagement across the organization.
• Establish and lead a network of external strategic partnerships and alliances to elevate WECC’s reputation as the center for reliability and security conversations in the West by actively engaging WIRAB, the WECC Member Advisory Committee, and other key stakeholders and coalitions.
• Inspire, motivate, lead, and align messaging across a team of professionals supporting communications, training and outreach, external affairs, and international relations. You will be accountable for leveraging team strengths, for the development of short‑ and long‑term objectives, for the development of metrics and accountabilities, and for the delivery of insights and analyses with the goal of advancing WECC’s Long‑term Strategy.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive and measurable outreach strategy that supports WECC’s risk mitigation mission and the delivery of WECC’s delegated responsibilities. The strategy will segment stakeholders meaningfully, enabling WECC to focus its finite resources on engagement that most effectively advances its reliability‑risk mitigation mission. The strategy will assess and analyze external trends, develop trusted partnerships, engage various points of view, and inform legislation and policy matters related to reliability and security issues that could affect WECC or its registered entities.
• Ensure that WECC’s comprehensive outreach strategy leverages artificial intelligence, digital technology, and multi‑media approaches to engage, educate, and inform across the spectrum of stakeholders about WECC and reliability and security matters.
• Serve as a key WECC spokesperson to external audiences and position other WECC executives and management to engage with key stakeholders.
• Develop high quality relationships with industry stakeholders and policymakers and seek…