DEPUTY CTO – GRID SOLUTIONS

LOCATION: DALLAS, TX USA
Hybrid Role
REPORTING TO: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER
TRAVEL: UPTO 30 % TO 40%

Company Overview:

Our client is world’s best engineering & technology service providers. They are multi-billion-dollar technology, engineering, construction, and financial services conglomerate specializing in engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) projects, high-tech manufacturing, digital transformation and technology services.

Job Details:

ROLE OVERVIEW

The Deputy CTO – Grid Solutions will provide technology leadership and strategic oversight for the Grid Solutions product portfolio within Digital Energy Solutions.
This role acts as the second-in-command to the CTO for the Grid Solutions segment, responsible for driving the technology roadmap, innovation programs, and product development initiatives across grid automation and grid intelligence platforms.

The Deputy CTO will lead both:

New Technology Initiatives (NTI) — advanced technology development and platform innovation
New Product Initiatives (NPI) — development and commercialization of grid software platforms

The role will ensure strong alignment between product engineering, market requirements, and deployment readiness for global utility customers.

PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

The Deputy CTO will oversee the technology roadmap and product development for the following platforms:

DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management System)
APM (Asset Performance Management)
NeuralGRID™ Time Series Historian
Utility SCADA Platforms
WAMS (Wide Area Monitoring System)
PDC (Phasor Data Concentrator)
Substation Gateway / Protocol Gateway Platforms
These products form the core Grid Digital Platform stack supporting utilities, transmission operators, and renewable grid integration programs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technology Leadership for Renewable Product Line

Support the CTO in defining and executing the technology strategy for grid digital platforms.
Drive architecture and roadmap development for the Grid Solutions product portfolio.
Ensure alignment of product development initiatives with evolving utility market requirements, grid modernization programs, and DER integration trends.
Champion platform-based architecture and reusable technology frameworks across grid products.

Leadership of NTI – New Technology Initiatives

Lead the New Technology Initiatives (NTI) team responsible for advanced technology innovation.

Key focus areas include:

Grid digital platforms and control architectures
AI/ML-driven grid analytics
Edge computing for grid automation
Real-time grid data platforms and time-series systems
Grid cybersecurity and secure control infrastructure

Responsibilities:

Identify emerging technologies relevant to grid modernization
Drive innovation programs and technology prototypes
Establish technology partnerships with research institutions and industry partners
Transition validated technologies into productization pipelines.

Leadership of NPI – New Product Initiatives

Lead the New Product Initiatives (NPI) organization responsible for product development and commercialization.

Responsibilities include:

Product architecture definition and engineering governance
Platform development for DERMS, APM, SCADA, Historian, WAMS, and gateway solutions
Ensuring scalability, cybersecurity, and interoperability of product platforms
Driving product lifecycle management and version roadmaps
Supporting global product launches and market adoption.

Customer & Strategic Engagement

Support strategic customer engagements with utilities, grid operators, and energy developers.
Provide technical leadership during large grid modernization opportunities involving DERMS, SCADA, or WAMS platforms.
Collaborate with sales and solution engineering teams to shape large strategic bids.
Represent the company in industry forums related to grid modernization, DER integration, and grid analytics.

Organization Leadership

Develop strong technical leadership within product teams
Mentor architects, product managers, and engineering leaders
Build global product engineering capability for Grid Solutions.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

18+ years of experience in power systems, grid automation, or utility digital platforms.
10+ years of leadership experience managing product development or technology organizations.
Experience leading technical product management for grid software platforms such as: DERMS
Utility SCADA
Grid analytics platforms
Wide area monitoring systems
Utility data platforms / historians.
Experience working with global utilities, transmission operators, or grid modernization program

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Experience in several of the following domains:

Grid Platforms

DERMS / Distributed energy management
Utility SCADA systems
Grid analytics platforms
Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS)
Phasor Data Concentrators (PDC)

Grid Data Platforms

Time-series data systems
Asset performance analytics
AI/ML for grid operations
Digital twin for power systems

Grid Architecture

Transmission & distribution automation
DER integration architectures
Control center and edge architectures
Cloud-edge hybrid grid platforms

KEY COMPETENCIES

Strategic technology leadership
Platform architecture thinking
Grid domain expertise
Product innovation and roadmap leadership
Cross-functional collaboration
Global technology team leadership

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIS)

Successful release of new Grid Solutions products as per respective roadmaps
Growth of the Grid Solutions product portfolio
Innovation pipeline from NTI to commercial products
NeuralGRID™ platform adoption
Engineering productivity and product quality
Strategic customer adoption of grid platforms

USA Work Authorization: Visa sponsorship or transfer of an existing visa, Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is not available for this position. Applicants must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship or transfer.

DEPUTY CTO – GRID SOLUTIONS (Hybrid)