(Senior) Manager, BatterySIMM

Manager or Senior Manager, BatterySIMM, Boulder 

About Ascend 

Ascend Analytics’ climate technology software and services provide critical insights to power the energy transition. The company’s products enhance critical power supply decisions from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend’s solutions serve as the core analytic infrastructure for electric utilities, independent power producers, electric retailers, and financiers of energy infrastructure. To learn more about Ascend, please visit us at www.ascendanalytics.com.     

Your Impact at Ascend Analytics 

We are seeking an experienced Manager or Senior Manager, BatterySIMM, to join our team in Boulder, Colorado. You will be responsible for serving Ascends clients, leading Analysts and coordinating activities around Ascend's SaaS BatterySIMM platform.  

BatterySIMM is a comprehensive data and analytics platform for storage and hybrid project valuation and site optimization. Utilizing Ascend's 20+ year nodal sub-hourly price forecasts, BatterySIMM software determines the value of storage at specific locations by performing complete dispatch simulations.    

Job Responsibilities 

• Help clients make strategic decisions in the development and financing of their energy assets
• Build a reputation as an expert in electricity markets with clients and their counterparties in financing transactions
• Perform quantitative analysis and assimilate complex information into readily understood reports and presentations
• Devise new approaches to represent results that provide support for decision analysis
• Develop analyst staff to their full potential and foster employee retention  
• Identify and eliminate efficiency constraints by advising on opportunities for systemization and automation  
• Adeptly and confidently handle client matters, even if difficult, quickly escalating as needed  
• Ensure work product and analytic initiatives are delivered in a timely fashion through task management and prioritization
• Manage the progress of multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrate high agility in response to shifting dynamics across the team and company priorities 
• Advance client uses of Ascend's BatterySIMM and Market Intelligence platforms 

Required Qualifications

• BS or MS in Engineering, Economics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field
• 4+ years' experience in US power markets or other energy industry consulting and/or SaaS software environment
• Talent in managing customer relationships
• Authentic, clear, and effective oral communication
• Demonstrable history or ability in mentorship and leadership; Experience guiding/overseeing the work of junior colleagues
• Proven track record of previous successful project management experience; 
• Highly organized and able to balance competing priorities with confidence and sense of urgency
• Expertise across the technical, economic, and policy aspects of energy 
• Familiarity with programming techniques for data processing and analysis in any language (R, python, etc) and strong skills in Microsoft Excel
• Strong interpersonal skills, collaboration/teamwork skills, and work ethic 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree, preferably with a focus on Energy
• Experience performing independent research
• 2+ years managing 3+ persons
• Experience developing high performing teams
• Experience in continuous improvement initiatives 

Compensation: $130,000 - $220,000 (total compensation)

Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Ascend highly values our employees and often pays above industry average.  

We offer flexible work hours in a relaxed environment with opportunities for advancement and excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, parental leave, dependent care spending account, and a 401k plan.   

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.    

Ascend Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@ascendanalytics.com