PacifiCorp

Principal Accounts Manager

PacifiCorp$134K — $185K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent education and experience.
  • At least eight years of experience in energy sales, regulations, and market functions.
  • Strong sales and negotiation skills, with a proven ability in problem-solving and analysis.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, especially in negotiating transactions.
  • Demonstrated ability to interface with and present to executive management.
  • Proficient in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Develop strategies to capture new load opportunities over 75 MW while managing associated risks.
  • Evaluate contractual obligations and identify negotiation opportunities for large commercial transactions.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with large customers and generation resource developers.
  • Drive transactional processes through internal evaluations and approvals.
  • Manage engagements with new and existing large load customers across service territories.
  • Provide consulting services related to custom retail transactions to other corporate segments.
  • Support regulatory approval processes involving customer service agreements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401k plan with competitive matching contributions and options for Roth and savings.
  • Life insurance coverage and additional voluntary benefits, including pet insurance.
  • Tuition assistance for continued education.
  • Mass Transit Pass for employees in Portland and Salt Lake City.
  • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policies that vary by employee type.
  • Paid parental leave and short-term/long-term disability insurance.
Full Job Description
General Purpose

In this role, you'll lead the development and negotiation of complex commercial agreements that power growth for some of PacifiCorp's largest industrial and commercial customers. You'll play a key role in shaping customized energy solutions spanning retail service, transmission, and generation while helping customers navigate evolving needs and opportunities.

From crafting tailored contracts to managing power purchase agreements and driving strategic outcomes, you'll influence how we deliver value, manage risk, and build long term partnerships. This is a high impact role where you'll serve as a trusted advisor to executive level stakeholders, championing both customer success and company objectives through forward thinking, strong relationship management, and disciplined execution.

Responsibilities

  • Proactively develop and execute strategies and programs to capture new load opportunities in excess of 75 MW, along with strategies to manage the risks they pose to the Company, the rate base, and the power grid.
  • Evaluate existing contractual obligations.
  • Identify and negotiate opportunities for transactions which may include: matching generation projects with customer demand, special contracts, and power purchase agreements for large commercial and industrial customers as well as qualified facilities.
  • Establish and maintain relationships with key individuals and entities with large customers, developers of generation resources. and qualified facilities in the wholesale marketplace.
  • Drive transactions through the internal evaluation and approval process.
  • Manage key engagements with new large load customers, existing customers with significant expansion opportunities, and/or special contract customers in all PacifiCorp service territories
  • Supply internal consulting services to other segments of the corporation with respect to custom retail transactions.
  • Support regulatory approval requirements for customer service agreements, including but not limited to, preparation of filing testimony and exhibits; ability to serve as a company witness in relevant regulatory proceedings Establish and develop relationships with executives and key individuals, and entities supporting large customers and developers of generation resources
  • Coordinate the development of financial models to evaluate business risks and opportunities as well as rates structure and revenue requirement analyses.
  • Coordinate closely with Customer Innovations, Regulation, Energy Supply Management, Resource Planning, Legal and Finance departments.
  • Represent PacifiCorp to new and existing customers large load customers.
  • Develop, execute and maintain account sales plans and strategies.
  • Assist and administer requests for proposals for various energy related products. Assist in evaluation of bids, negotiation of contracts, and regulatory activity related to the requests for proposals.
  • Assure transactions are appropriately fed through the internal evaluation and approval process (structuring/pricing, risk management, accounting, credit, legal, and senior management).


Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in a related field; or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • A minimum of eight years of experience in performing various energy sales, energy regulations and energy market functions.
  • Proven skills in sales and negotiations, problem solving, and analysis.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to assertively negotiate transactions and settlements.
  • Demonstrated written and oral skills and experience interfacing and presenting to executive management.
  • Strong computer skills including the use MS Word, Excel and Power Point.


Preferences

  • Master's degree
  • Knowledge of the WECC wholesale energy and gas market with minimum of three years of experience in structuring and/or analyzing energy transactions with a proven understanding of commodity risk management concepts.


Benefits

At PacifiCorp, we understand that living a healthy lifestyle isn't just about your physical health - your mental, financial, and social wellbeing also play an important role. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits designed to help you live a more balanced lifestyle

Our Benefits include:
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k with match fixed contributions, including a Roth and saving option. For union employees, matching contributions vary by union. For nonunion, PacifiCorp makes a fixed contribution equal to 4% of your eligible pay each year for new hires. In addition, PacifiCorp matches 100% of the first 6% you contribute.
  • Life insurance
  • Additional voluntary benefits, including pet insurance
  • Tuition Assistance
  • Mass Transit Pass for employees in our Portland and Salt Lake City Offices.


Work Life Balance:
  • Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) - Time off varies by employee type (Union or Non-Union)
  • Paid short-term disability leave and long-term disability insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program supporting mental and emotional wellbeing


For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

Additional Information

Req Id: 114801
Company Code: PacifiCorp #PM25
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT
Department: Strategy & Resource Dev
Schedule: FULL TIME, 100% onsite
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $134,800 - $185,350

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.

Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without accommodation.

About PacifiCorp

PacifiCorp is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. PacifiCorp is an electric power company that operates in six western states: Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. PacifiCorp provides electricity to 1.9 million customers and has 8,000 employees.
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