Director, Market Intelligence - CAISO/West

The Market Intelligence team, provides timely, accurate insights on regulatory developments, ISO/RTO activity, and emerging trends across North American electricity markets. The team translates complex market activity into clear, actionable intelligence that supports informed decision-making for clients and internal stakeholders. 

The primary responsibilities for this position are to attend and participate in California ISO (CAISO) stakeholder meetings and, within days of each meeting, write succinct reports, with analysis where appropriate, on important presentations, announcements, discussions, and other developments from those meetings for internal and external clients.  The Director will also manage a small team of CAISO/West CES market intelligence associates to ensure coordinated coverage of all CAISO and western power market issue.  Qualified candidates for this position will be able to work independently and collaboratively and will possess strong communication and analytical skills. 

Position Responsibilities

• Market IQ service
  • Attend and participate in stakeholder meetings and, within days of each meeting, write succinct reports, with analysis where appropriate, on important presentations, announcements, discussions, and other developments from those meetings for internal and external clients.
  • As appropriate, tailor reporting and analysis according to clients’ commercial interests (e.g., generation, transmission, load, trading) and according to financial, policy, legal, and technical perspectives and considerations.
  • Independently identify and define issues according to clients’ commercial interests.
  • Recommend appropriate courses of action according to clients’ commercial interests.
  • Provide real-time reporting and analysis on developments with immediate and significant commercial impacts on clients.
  • Work closely with clients and stay familiar with their interests by addressing clients’ questions in a timely manner and conducting regular (monthly, quarterly) conference calls.
• Consulting and Market Design services
  • Attract, engage, and support clients through reports and analysis as well as consulting projects related to existing and emerging market design(s) for CAISO and other regions.