Grid Technology Strategy Manager - Energy (Hybrid Office Schedule)
Hybrid · Duncan, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Grid Technology Strategy Manager – Energy to define and drive AFL's grid-wide technology strategy across the full FTM-to-BTM spectrum, serving as the Energy BU's principal technology strategist. Responsible for translating macro grid trends into a coherent technology roadmap and IP strategy, partnering with engineering, legal, product, and sales to define solution architectures, and representing AFL at industry forums. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, technology research, and leadership in invention-disclosure reviews and strategic technology themes, with a hybrid in-office schedule and opportunities for career advancement.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
- 3 - 5 years of progressive experience in the electric power industry, with direct exposure to grid infrastructure, utility planning, or grid-edge technology
- 3+ years in technology, product, and/or market strategy, or grid infrastructure R&D
- Working knowledge of both FTM (transmission, distribution, substation, interconnection) and BTM (DERs, microgrids, commercial & industrial, large load power) systems
- Track record of shaping product roadmaps, defining technical requirements, or originating new solution categories that reached commercial success
- Experience working directly with electric utilities, IPPs, EPCs, or other power infrastructure builders in technical advisory, sales engineering, or strategy capacities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to brief executives and author technical thought leadership content
- Comfort operating cross-functionally with engineering, product management, marketing, sales, legal, and corporate strategy
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