Client Services Account Manager

Job Summary

Serves as the primary point of contact between ERCOT and current and prospective Market Participants, managing relationships and facilitating registration and qualification processes. Resolves inquiries, issues, and disputes independently, ensuring responses are timely, accurate, and consistent with ERCOT's governing documents.

Job Duties

• Understands the basic principles, theories and concepts related to the profession and learns how to apply them within the ERCOT culture.
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Contributes to specific objectives and outcomes as directed.

Additional Job Duties

• Level 1

  • Establishes and develops an effective business relationship with each assigned Market Participant.
  • Facilitates timely and accurate resolution of day-to-day operational issues on behalf of Market Participants using established ERCOT processes.
  • Affords assistance to Market Participants in meeting registration and qualification requirements.
  • Develops subject matter expertise on ERCOT grid and market operations to identify, contribute to the design of, and deliver training to market participants.
  • Develops account plans to identify and execute tasks aligned with each Market Participant’s needs and based on a solid understanding of their operational interactions with ERCOT.
  • Facilitates communication between Market Participants and various ERCOT departments and promotes effective interdepartmental working relationships.
  • Begins to build knowledge of ERCOT market protocols, ERCOT’s operations and business functions in order to be an effective liaison between ERCOT and Market Participants on a wide range of subjects across most of ERCOT’s functions.
  • Applies ERCOT protocols and business procedures consistently with all Market Participants under strict confidentiality.
  • Affords assistance with projects and process improvements, as necessary, to resolve Market Participants’ business issues.
  • Represents ERCOT in operational discussions, trainings, or stakeholder forums as required.
  • Coordinates or facilitates/participates, as needed, in stakeholder processes to support ERCOT and Market Participants.

• Level 2 - Above

  • Maintains and enhances effective strategic business relationships with each assigned Market Participant.
  • Independently resolves most Market Participant inquiries, issues, and disputes with sound judgment.
  • Grows knowledge in ERCOT market and operations to identify, contribute to the design of market education, and deliver training to market participants.
  • Guides communication between Market Participants and various ERCOT departments and promotes effective interdepartmental working relationships to assist in developing mutual team goals.
  • Maintains and expands knowledge of ERCOT market protocols, ERCOT’s operations and business functions in order to be an effective liaison between ERCOT and Market Participants on a wide range of subjects across most of ERCOT’s functions.
  • Advises Market Participants in meeting registration and qualification requirements.
  • Participates actively in projects and process improvements, as necessary, to resolve Market Participants’ business issues.
  • Participates actively in projects and process improvement efforts.
  • Serves as an emerging subject-matter expert in multiple ERCOT business domains.

Experience

• Requires minimum 2 years of industry or job-related experience preferred, ideally within the electric energy or electric utility industry.
• Prefer experience with mission-critical data processing, customer service, collaboration, and multitasking.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree : Engineering, Finance, Business, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.

Pay

$83,000 - $114,000