This position is within the Power Account Services organization of Requirements Marketing, Power Services, Bonneville Power Administration. Lead a high-performing team of specialists supporting utility accounts across the Pacific Northwest. In this pivotal supervisory role, you will oversee power supply contracts, financial analyses, and customer strategy. Drive regional energy solutions and empower your team to succeed!
Power the Pacific Northwest: Lead the Teams and Partnerships Shaping Our Clean Energy Future At the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), we power the Pacific Northwest with clean, reliable hydro and transmission energy. As a Supervisory Public Utilities Specialist, you will play a central leadership role at the heart of our strategic mission. Situated within the Power Account Services organization of Requirements Marketing (Power Services), you will direct a team of specialists who serve as the core link between BPA and public power utility partners across eight states. If you are a collaborative leader passionate about energy policy, contract strategy, and developing top talent, this role offers a platform to make a lasting impact on regional energy delivery. Key Responsibilities & Core Duties Lead and Empower a High-Performing TeamDirect, mentor, and elevate a team of technical account specialists. You will set work priorities, guide career development, recognize achievements, and cultivate an inclusive, safe, and collaborative workplace environment. Oversee Strategic Power ContractsGuide the development, negotiation, and implementation of long-term power sales agreements and energy contracts serving public utility customers across the Pacific Northwest. Drive High-Impact Financial and Economic AnalysesOversee complex financial modeling, rate structure analyses, and economic evaluations that directly shape power contracts and regional energy policy decisions. Build Strategic Executive PartnershipsServe as a key liaison to utility executives, internal senior leaders, and federal agency partners-building trust, aligning shared goals, and resolving complex operational challenges. Champion Customer Satisfaction & Service DeliveryOversee front-office account support and field customer service strategy to ensure your team consistently enables field-based account managers to achieve high customer satisfaction targets. Translate Energy Policy into Actionable StrategyMonitor emerging energy market developments, regulatory shifts, and policy updates to guide your team in adapting contract structures and business processes proactively. Foster Cross-Organizational CollaborationPromote unified organizational leadership by collaborating with cross-functional divisions across headquarters to align shared strategic goals and initiatives. Ensure Equitable and Effective Operational ManagementExercise supervisory oversight with fairness and equity-managing recruitment, performance evaluations, resource allocation, and workflow standardization across regional team offices. This position is located in Seattle, WA, and it is difficult to compare it to another! The home of the iconic Space Needle with its revolving restaurant, beautiful Puget Sound, breathtaking Olympic Mountain range, and extraordinary evergreen forests! If you live in this area there is always an abundance of things to appreciate and experience! Seattle, a very eco-friendly city, has pledged to become completely carbon neutral by 2050. Last but not least for all of you football fans, the Seattle Seahawks remains, and still continue to boast as the loudest fan base in the Guinness Book of World Records! This position is located in Portland, OR which boasts huge spans of amazing trees, foliage, landscape, and everywhere you look you can appreciate beautiful greenery! It is known as the most bike-friendly city in America, has a train system that greets you at the airport spanning across the city, and is home to the Portland International Rose Garden, the oldest in the country! Portland is the one place where you will find lively festivals, energetic music, mouthwatering food, and for you basketball fans, the Portland Trail Blazers are a 7 minute walk from the HQs building! There is always something new to experience in this eco-friendly town!
There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.
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