Power Resources Manager (PowerSIMM)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the growth of Ascend Power Procurement (APP) by supporting the business development team in securing new projects, with a primary focus on utilities and corporate energy buyers.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for APP in client discussions, proposals, and product demonstrations, articulating the platform’s value proposition and differentiators.
• Partner with sales and account teams to shape commercial strategies for SaaS subscriptions and services-enabled procurement offerings.
• Drive alignment between platform capabilities and analytical methodologies used in PowerSIMM™-based evaluations.

Product Strategy & Roadmap Ownership

• Own and lead the APP product roadmap, translating business, client, and market needs into a clear, prioritized development plan.
• Continuously assess how APP must evolve to support new procurement structures, regulatory requirements, and customer use cases.
• Balance short-term commercial needs with long-term platform scalability and product vision.

Engineering & Product Execution

• Cook up close with software engineering teams to define technical requirements, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria for new APP features.
• Act as a bridge between commercial users, analysts, and engineers to ensure requirements are clearly defined and technically feasible.
• Support product management and participate in quality assurance (QA) efforts to validate new functionality prior to release.

Client Implementation & SaaS Delivery

• Support the client implementation phase for APP Software-as-a-Service contracts, ensuring smooth onboarding, configuration, and adoption.
• Partner with internal teams to establish best practices for client enablement, training, and ongoing platform support.
• Act as an escalation point for complex client or implementation issues related to procurement workflows.

Procurement Project Delivery & Team Leadership

• Lead the delivery of power procurement projects for services clients utilizing APP, ensuring high-quality, timely, and defensible outcomes.
• Manage and guide teams of PowerSIMM™ analysts responsible for economic modeling, bid evaluation, and portfolio analysis.
• Ensure analytical rigor, transparency, and consistency across all procurement engagements supported by APP.