Manager – Energy Markets & Utility Planning

Location: Reston, Virginia, United States (hybrid), or U.S. remote. Travel is expected for client meetings and select industry events.

Salary: $108,476–$184,409 annually for full-time employment.

Company

hirify.global is a global advisory and technology services provider helping clients address complex challenges, navigate change, and plan for the future.

What you will do

• Lead client-facing projects connecting long-term planning and market analysis to utility resource strategy, procurement, market exposure, and investment decisions.
• Apply and interpret capacity expansion, production cost, and related market models; shape scenarios and assumptions.
• Translate complex analytical results into practical recommendations for planning, regulatory, and business audiences.
• Build client relationships, identify opportunities, and contribute to proposals and scopes of work.
• Develop external-facing content and participate in conferences, workshops, webinars, and industry discussions.
• Lead project teams, coordinate workstreams, mentor junior staff, and ensure high-quality deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in energy systems, engineering, economics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in power markets, utility planning, or energy consulting.
• Required experience applying long-term planning tools and production cost models to power system planning questions.
• Experience leading work for utilities or other power-sector clients on planning, market, or regulatory issues.
• Ability to engage technical and management-level audiences, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support junior staff development.
• Must be based in the United States for the remote arrangement; the Reston option is hybrid.

Nice to have

• Graduate degree or experience with integrated system planning and utility resource decision-making.
• Experience supporting regulatory proceedings, filings, testimony development, discovery, or expert analysis.
• Experience with economic transmission planning, load forecasting, scenario planning, or probabilistic modeling.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for turning complex analyses into clear client narratives.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative workplace focused on sharing expertise and supporting professional development.
• Equal opportunity employment with reasonable accommodations available throughout the application and employment process.
• Full-time employment with compensation determined by experience, skills, certifications, competencies, geography, and contract requirements.
• AI tools are not permitted during interviews unless an accommodation has been approved in advance.