In the race to combat climate change, time is of the essence. As such, now is the perfect time to join the emerging workforce dedicated to solving this problem at the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED). We’re investing nearly $30 billion in clean energy demonstration projects covering a wide-range of technologies that will play an essential role in achieving a net-zero carbon economy in partnership with utilities, industry, investors, energy and environmental justice organizations, workforce organizations, state and local governments, and communities across America. If you want to contribute to climate action mobilization, promote an equitable and just transition, help bring about the clean energy revolution, and build a lasting legacy, please apply to join our team.

The Opportunity

OCED needs a thought leader who can evaluate clean energy and decarbonization technologies through modeling, data, and analysis tools to provide inform targeted research, development, demonstration, and deployment (DD&D) investments and policy decisions across the Department to achieve net-zero goals. The Strategy Analysis Director will run the program that provides insights into the most impactful technology pathways to economy-wide decarbonization across electricity generation, buildings, industrial, transportation, agriculture, and other sectors. This includes understanding emerging technologies, environmental, social, economic, market, regulatory, and policy implications for nearly $30 billion in funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the Inflation Reduction Act. The combination of these two landmark pieces of climate legislation signifies a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform the US economy, secure America’s position as a world leader in clean energy technology.  

In this role you will help:

• Improve decision making to accelerate the transition to a clean, reliable, affordable, and equitable net-zero carbon economy 
• Drive American clean technology innovation, investments, and leadership 
• Impact economic, social, and environmental benefits across the U.S. and the world

Working with OCED, you will be exposed to cutting-edge clean energy and decarbonization technologies, work with a dynamic team, help develop planet-saving investments, and inform policies across the Federal Government, gaining invaluable experience for your career.

The Mission of the Strategy Analysis Director

Reporting to the OCED’s Director of Portfolio Strategy, the Strategy Analysis Director will apply expert knowledge of complex modeling, data, and analysis tools related to integrated clean energy systems and decarbonization technologies to aid OCED in building and managing a $30 billion portfolio of demonstration projects that will help unleash private sector capital towards achieving net-zero carbon goals by 2050 while supporting an equitable transition. 

The Portfolio Strategies (PS) team, in which the Strategic Analysis team will reside, is responsible for developing a multi-year strategy to govern OCED investments, assessing and managing the health of the portfolio of demonstration projects, and informing the design of the programs that then get executed through a variety of innovative federal financing mechanisms. The PS team has 3 groups:

• Strategy and Program Development - works cross-functionally within OCED and DOE to design funding mechanisms and programs that maximize impact and ultimately get demonstrations to a viable business model for future success. 
• Portfolio Risk Management - works hand-in-hand with the Project Management division to get and synthesize data at the project, program, and portfolio levels to determine market, project, social, and technical risks, as well as predicting potential impacts.
• Strategy Analysis (this job position) - owns the in-house macro-scale techno-economic and life cycle analysis of technology pathways towards achieving 2035 grid electrification and 2050 decarbonization goals, including analyzing technological and market adoption readiness for clean energy demonstration as well as assessing potential impacts on climate change. This position will also be responsible for analyzing the environmental/energy justice and workforce impacts of these technology pathways to inform how to best advance an equitable and just transition. Works closely with external partners to understand and incorporate their analysis to inform investments and policy decisions.

Responsibilities

In this role you will:

• Build and lead a Market and Strategy Analysis team, in partnership with the Director of Portfolio Strategies, to accomplish the goals described above.
• Coordinate, collaborate, develop, and implement analysis standards, processes, and evaluations in support of OCED and DOE strategic goals. 
• Continually assess OCED’s portfolio of investments in clean energy projects to focus internal strategy on the demonstration and deployment pathways that are most likely to create positive investor, climate, economic, and community impacts. 
• Create strategic reports that capture the perspectives of clean tech investors, technology developers, policy makers, workforce and EJ experts, and other key stakeholders in order to inform decisions around portfolio strategy. In other words, “What does the private sector need to believe in order to invest in clean energy pathways?”
• Identify, recommend, and effect changes regarding portfolio analysis activities, financing mechanisms, investment priorities, economic and environmental implications, and regulatory and policy considerations.
• Analyze and monitor various technology development and investment activities in clean tech that may influence OCED portfolio strategy.

Candidate Profile

A successful candidate will have*:

• 10+ years analysis experience related to large, complex clean energy systems and decarbonization pathways
• Depth of knowledge in analytical and evaluative methods, models, tools, and techniques
• Experience integrating multidisciplinary analyses (i.e. techno-economic and emissions life cycle analyses).
• Extensive knowledge and skill in interacting with stakeholders and partners to quickly gather analysis from third parties and integrate into in-house reports and decision frameworks
• Expertise in applying analysis to make critical decisions around topics such as technological readiness and market impact of future technologies
• Experience interpreting policy matters and quickly understanding their implications and future impact 
• Technical knowledge of clean energy and decarbonization pathways such as clean hydrogen, carbon dioxide removal, advanced nuclear reactors, energy storage, etc.
• Experience with analysis related to equity, energy and environmental justice, and/or workforce development
• Strong commitment to fostering and supporting a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplace