The OpportunityWe are looking for a Transmission Planning Manager to join our Solutions team, reporting directly to the Head of Solutions.
What You'll Achieve- Lead a team of transmission planning engineers and own the technical methodology; study assumptions, dispatch logic, contingency criteria, analytical scope.
- Expand the platform from transmission planning into market economics; define how congestion analysis, dispatch dynamics, curtailment forecasting, and production cost modeling integrate with our existing power flow infrastructure.
- Evaluate and manage vendor relationships for market data and simulation tools. Make build-vs-buy-vs-partner decisions on analytical capabilities.
- Own external credibility. When a developer or utility questions our methodology, defend it. When a customer needs confidence that Paces' analysis will hold up against the utility's formal study, provide it.
- Work directly with Product to shape the power product roadmap; translating developer needs, regulatory developments, and technical feasibility into prioritized product investments.
- Represent Paces externally as a domain expert; in customer conversations, at conferences, and in industry working groups.
- Hire, develop, and mentor transmission planning engineers and market analysts. Build a high-agency team culture where engineering rigor and startup speed coexist.
- Partner with engineering leadership to define what gets automated and what stays human-in-the-loop. Set the standard for delivering in days what consultants deliver in weeks; without compromising quality.
Requirements- 10+ years of experience spanning transmission planning and power markets; with meaningful depth on both sides.
- Proven leadership experience; you've managed engineers, set methodology standards, and been accountable for the quality of analytical deliverables at an RTO/ISO, utility, consultancy, developer, or IPP.
- Deep expertise in steady-state power flow analysis, contingency analysis, and transmission planning criteria (NERC TPL standards).
- Proficiency in PSS/E, TARA, PowerWorld, PSLF, or equivalent.
- Strong understanding of nodal market mechanics: SCUC/SCED, LMP formation, transmission constraint pricing. You can connect a thermal violation in a planning model to a congestion event in the market.
- Experience across multiple RTO/ISO markets.
- Track record of translating technical analysis into business decisions; site selection, interconnection strategy, investment cases, or regulatory proceedings.
About You- Operate at the intersection of grid physics and grid economics, and have spent your career building expertise on both sides of that boundary.
- Have strong opinions and are genuinely excited about how automation and AI can be applied to transmission planning and market analysis; what should be systematized, what requires engineering judgment, and where the industry is getting it wrong.
- Are motivated by building new things. You'd rather define the methodology for a product that doesn't exist yet than optimize an established process at a large organization.
- Lead by raising the bar; you care about technical quality, but you also invest in developing the people around you and creating an environment where engineers take ownership and do their best work.
- Are engaged with where the industry is headed. The data center load boom, FERC interconnection reform, flexible load frameworks, the generation queue crisis; these aren't policy abstractions, they're the problems you think about daily.
Bonus Points- Experience in data center interconnection; large load studies, co-location analysis, or curtailable/flexible load frameworks.
- BESS or solar interconnection, deliverability analysis, or generation curtailment forecasting experience.
- Involvement in FERC proceedings, RTO stakeholder processes, or transmission planning working groups.
- Master's Degree or Ph.D. in engineering or other related field
- Experience at a high-growth startup or building a technical team from an early stage. We move quick at Paces - looking for folks to help us move even faster!
Compensation and Benefits- $180,000 - $230,000 annual compensation
- Competitive equity compensation
- 401(k) match
- Health, dental and vision insurance
- Paid company holidays & PTO
- Hybrid work in the office in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ~3x per week
