Director Interregional Planning and Cost Allocation

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Director of Interregional Planning and Cost Allocation who will lead the organization's efforts to advance transmission planning across regional boundaries while maintaining a framework for evaluating benefits and allocating costs for regional and interregional transmission projects and portfolios. This role will ensure planning processes are transparent, data-driven, and compliant with regulatory requirements while supporting reliability, economic efficiency, and member goals.

The Director will also partner across internal functions to ensure the value of transmission development is identified and costs are allocated appropriately. Through strong strategic leadership, technical oversight, and stakeholder engagement, this role will drive coordinated regional and interregional planning outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute long-term operational strategies aligned with corporate goals and industry trends.
• Change Management: Lead transformational initiatives to modernize grid systems, optimize performance, and enhance system resilience.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with executive leadership, regulatory bodies, and internal teams to influence outcomes and foster alignment.
• Operational Excellence: Oversee planning processes with a focus on reliability, compliance, and innovation.
• Organizational Development: Build and mentor high-performing teams, cultivating leadership capability and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Represent the organization in industry forums, regulatory discussions, and community outreach to advocate for operational priorities.

What We're Looking For

• Deep business and industry knowledge, with the ability to understand market dynamics, organizational priorities, and how the function contributes to enterprise outcomes.
• Demonstrated execution capability, with a track record of translating strategy into action and delivering meaningful, measurable results.
• Intellectual curiosity and inquisitiveness, with a desire to ask thoughtful questions, explore new ideas, and continuously improve how work is done.
• Strong technology acumen, including experience leveraging tools, analytics, and dashboards to drive insights, transparency, and informed decision-making.
• Proven ability to drive work forward, ensuring progress and accountability across initiatives and teams.
• Experience working effectively in ambiguity, including building new processes or functions, identifying gaps, and helping define and shape emerging areas of work.
• Strategic and visionary mindset, with the ability to see the broader potential of the work and position the function for future impact.
• Demonstrated discipline in process improvement, ensuring operational rigor while embedding appropriate compliance and governance practices.
• Strong leadership capability, with experience developing talent at multiple levels-including managers, team leads, and individual contributors-and building high-performing teams.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively in a matrixed environment, leveraging strong emotional intelligence to build relationships, influence outcomes, and align cross-functional partners.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to engage clearly and confidently with stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership and executives.
• Self-directed and resilient, comfortable managing a significant volume of work and operating in environments where clear playbooks may not exist. The successful candidate is able to create a path forward as new information emerges and thrives in collaborative, team-oriented settings.

Why Join Us

• Be at the forefront of energy transformation.
• Lead a mission-critical function with high visibility and impact.
• Work with passionate professionals committed to powering communities sustainably.

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $196,000-$221,000 USD annually. Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, and qualifications/experience.

Position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met. At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and using groundbreaking research and sophisticated technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 47 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future - it's what our immensely hard-working and dedicated team does every day.

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Bachelors of Public Policy (required)
Bachelors of Economics (required)
Bachelors of Energy Systems (required)
Bachelors of Engineering (required)

Experience in transmission planning, benefits valuation, or transmission cost allocation within an ISO/RTO, utility, or regulatory environment. (required)
Proven leadership experience managing technical teams and overseeing complex planning initiatives or programs. (required)
Deep understanding of interregional transmission planning, cost allocation methodologies, and transmission benefit valuation frameworks. (required)
Experience engaging effectively with regulators, stakeholders, and cross-functional technical teams to drive alignment and informed decision-making. (required)
Demonstrated success leading interregional or multi-jurisdictional planning initiatives involving multiple organizations or regulatory bodies. (required)
Ability and willingness to travel up to 25% as needed to support stakeholder engagement and organizational priorities. (required)