Sr Manager, Compliance & Risk

About Radian Generation

Radian Generation is a global provider of critical technology-forward services designed specifically to support the comprehensive lifecycle of renewable facilities—including solar, wind, and energy storage.

Who We Serve
Radian Generation’s wide range of commercial, technical, and compliance services provide developers, owners, and operators with critical insights into each aspect of their assets to make better-informed decisions.

Radian Generation is committed to supporting greater diversity in the renewable energy industry. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Role and Responsibilities: 

• Supervise a group of 2 or more individuals or managers within the Compliance & Risk group, setting direction and driving across the Compliance Operations team to meet goals 

* Manage compliance activities for NERC registered projects. 

* Track and complete regulatory filings for NERC registered projects. 

* Work with NERC Implementation team during construction phase of projects to complete project registration with applicable entities. 

* Lead meetings with various stakeholders, including clients, EPC contractors, engineering teams, and more. 

* Manage workflow for Compliance Analyst and Compliance Project Team 

• Define team direction.  Develop, resource and manage large scope and long-term projects, making resource, scope, and delivery tradeoffs as necessary.  Review work products and progress to ensure success. 

• Facilitate meetings with external stakeholders and cross-functional teams.  Resolve issues within and across teams.  Mentor team and lower-level managers on job specific roles, communication, and collaboration.  

• Establish and assure adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements.  Develop compensation planning, career coaching, training, and administer company policies for the team.  

• Working with other senior managers, drive cross-functional team improvement initiatives to optimize the business, and propose updates to division policies.  Support implementation of strategic directions within the team. 

• Providing support for various business development leads to help company achieve goals 

• Ability to support regulatory audits and provide guidance to Compliance & Risk team and client 

• Utilize technical software tools to bring efficiencies and track project deliverables  

• Leverage technical knowledge to investigate potential non-compliance events, conduct root cause analysis, and lead corrective action plans.

Required Qualification & Education: 

• 2-4 years management experience 

• Minimum 3 years renewable energy industry experience in asset management, business management, contract management, compliance, or operations roles 

• 4+ years work experience in NERC Compliance 

• Proven documentation, presentation, and communication skills with working teams and senior level management, CEOs, boards of directors 

• University Degree (or equivalent) with 6+ years domain experience, or 

• Masters/Graduate and 4+ years domain experience 

• Degree in business, management, or relevant field preferred 

• Technical background in compliance software tools  

Experience Required: 

• 2-4 years management experience 

• 6+ years domain experience  

• Technical ability to evaluate large data sets to determine regulatory risk 

Preferred Experience: 

• 5+ years actively managing/supporting a Generator Owner compliance program 

• Working knowledge of photovoltaic system design, wind or battery storage operations and management 

• Regulatory audit experience 

• Second level management of a large team 

• Successful delivery of large cross functional projects 

• Process improvement experience with Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt. 

• Experience managing a NERC CIP or O&P compliance program is strongly preferred 

Required Skills & Competencies: 

• Experience with regulatory compliance, NERC, FERC, or other reporting obligations for operating projects 

• Experience with data analysis, reporting, and presentation 

• Ability to take ownership of tasks and pursue until completion 

• Strong interpersonal & customer service skills 

• Attention to detail and ability to deliver a quality work product 

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 

• Strong organizational skills with ability to track & execute large volumes of on-going compliance obligations 

• Able to set direction and drive large cross functional team to success.  Able to work as part of a larger team. 

• Proven success in personnel management, coaching & mentoring 

• Strong project and people management skills - organizing work, planning, monitoring and making tradeoffs to ensure quality deliveries. 

• Able to liaise with clients and internal teams on significant issues that require high level management intervention in a professional manner 

• Root cause analysis & process improvement.  Big picture thinking that drives team to meet organizational goals and provides cross-functional improvements. 

• Knowledge of developing software workflows  

• Strong ability to leverage software tools for team success  

• Ability to interpret and analyze large data sets to identify trends, anomalies, and areas of regulatory risk 

• In-depth knowledge of NERC standards (CIP and O&P) and regional compliance requirements 

• Understanding of cyber and physical security controls and risk assessment methodologies 

• Proficiency with audit preparation and technical writing for compliance documentation. 

• Ability to interpret complex regulatory standards and translate them into actionable business processes. 
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory standards and translate them into actionable business processes. 

Preferred Skills & Competencies 

• Passion to learn within a growth-stage company within the renewable energy space 

• Excellent organizational and planning skills 

• Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills with the ability to distill information and present it in an understandable manner appropriate for the audience 

• Strong interpersonal skills 

• Additional knowledge of ERCOT, CAISO, and other ISO/RTO markets, State Public Utilities Commissions, and IA/PAA operational requirements desirable 

• Root cause analysis and problem-solving skills 

• Training creation, process improvement. 

• Coaching / leadership skills 

• Exposure to IT and cybersecurity principles relevant to NERC CIP compliance 

Required Software Knowledge 

• Expertise in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Adobe PDF toolsets