Overview
The Lead Western Stakeholder Engagement and Process Specialist serves as a senior subject matter expert responsible for providing strategic and analytical leadership across SPP's stakeholder governance processes, with primary responsibility for supporting the Interim Markets+ Independent Panel (IMIP), Markets+ Participants Executive Committee (MPEC), and Markets+ working groups and task forces. This position independently evaluates complex stakeholder matters, identifies procedural and governance implications, and partners with committee leadership, subject matter experts, and organizational leaders to support informed decision-making and the effective progression of issues and recommendations. The Lead provides technical guidance to staff secretaries and working group leadership, resolves complex governance and procedural matters within established authority, and leads initiatives to improve the consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness of stakeholder processes. Operating with substantial independence, this position serves as a key resource for stakeholder governance expertise and supports continuity across IMIP, MPEC, and Markets+ stakeholder processes.
Core Responsibilities
- Provide strategic and analytical leadership for IMIP, MPEC, and assigned Markets+ working groups and task forces to ensure complex issues, revision requests, and recommendations are appropriately evaluated, coordinated, and advanced through established stakeholder governance processes.
- Independently analyze issues and recommendations across Markets+ working groups and task forces to identify interdependencies, conflicting positions, procedural gaps, and unresolved matters, developing recommendations that support timely resolution and informed committee decision-making.
- Partner with IMIP and MPEC leadership, working group chairs, task force leaders, and subject matter experts to establish effective agenda priorities, issue sequencing, and decision-support materials that enable timely, well-informed consideration of stakeholder matters.
- Synthesize complex stakeholder input, technical information, and working group and task force recommendations into clear, accurate analyses and executive-level briefings that communicate key considerations, potential implications, and matters requiring leadership or committee attention.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on stakeholder governance procedures, independently resolving complex procedural questions within established authority and partnering with Legal and appropriate organizational leaders on matters requiring governance interpretation, escalation, or additional review.
- Lead the evaluation and improvement of Markets+ stakeholder governance processes by identifying recurring issues, assessing procedural effectiveness, developing recommendations, and implementing approved changes that strengthen consistency, transparency, efficiency, and accountability across working groups and task forces.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to Stakeholder Engagement and Process Coordinators, staff secretaries, working group chairs, and task force leaders to ensure consistent application of governance requirements, effective resolution of complex process matters, and development of stakeholder process expertise.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with committee leadership, working group and task force representatives, subject matter experts, and internal partners to facilitate cross-functional alignment, address complex stakeholder process matters, and support the effective progression of recommendations through the Markets+ governance structure.
- Provide analytical and procedural support for Markets+ stakeholder governance activities, ensuring continuity of stakeholder matters and accurate communication of recommendations, decisions, and outstanding issues as they progress through Markets+ working groups, task forces, MPEC, and IMIP, as applicable.
- Establish and maintain effective tracking, documentation, and reporting practices for Markets+ stakeholder issues, recommendations, decisions, and action items to ensure accurate governance records, timely follow-through, and reliable information for organizational leadership.
- Provide expert guidance and analytical support for complex Markets+ stakeholder engagement initiatives and cross-functional governance matters, identifying emerging trends, evaluating organizational implications, and recommending actions that support departmental objectives and the effectiveness of SPP's stakeholder processes.
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To be successful in the role we're looking for:
Education Requirement:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Public Policy, Political Science, Communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience Requirement:
- Eight (8) years or more years of progressively responsible experience in stakeholder engagement, governance, policy analysis, regulatory affairs, or related work involving complex organizational or committee-driven decision-making processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience within an electric utility, Regional Transmission Organization (RTO), Independent System Operator (ISO), association, regulatory, or other stakeholder-driven environment.
- Experience supporting policy or regulatory committees, working groups, or task forces, and partnering with Legal on governance-related matters.
- Working knowledge of wholesale electricity markets, transmission operations, regulatory processes, or the stakeholder governance structure of an RTO or ISO.
- Experience interpreting governing documents, supporting policy or procedural development, and collaborating with Legal on governance-related matters.
Southwest Power Pool Inc.
415 N McKinley
Little Rock
Arkansas United States
www.spp.org
