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Manager of Power Procurement

Boulder, Colorado, United States, Remote

Manager of Power Procurement, Boulder, CO (Hybrid or Remote)

Preference is given for candidates who can work in the Boulder office.

Please note: Ascend Analytics is not able to offer visa sponsorships at this time.

Our Mission @ Ascend 

Ascend Analytics is a high-growth, private equity–backed company driving the energy transition at the intersection of cloud technology and expert services. With strong investor engagement and an active value-creation plan, we are focused on driving operational excellence, accelerating growth, and building a scalable platform for future expansion.

Your Impact @ Ascend 

The Manager of Power Procurement will lead the growth, evolution, and delivery of Ascend Power Procurement (APP)—Ascend’s flagship power procurement platform serving utilities, corporates, and other large energy buyers. This role sits at the intersection of product leadership, commercial support, and execution, ensuring APP continues to scale as a best-in-class SaaS platform while delivering analytically rigorous, defensible procurement outcomes for clients.

This role is critical to scaling Ascend Power Procurement as both a standalone SaaS platform and a services-enabled procurement solution, ensuring that technology, analytics, and execution remain tightly integrated as the business grows. The role will own the APP product vision and roadmap, support business development efforts with utilities and corporate customers, and lead the delivery of procurement engagements enabled by APP and PowerSIMM™. This role requires close collaboration with software engineering, product management, PowerSIMM analysts, and client-facing teams to ensure seamless integration between technology, analytics, and services.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Growth & Commercial Support

  • Lead the growth of Ascend Power Procurement (APP) by supporting the business development team in securing new projects, with a primary focus on utilities and corporate energy buyers
  • Serve as a subject-matter expert for APP in client discussions, proposals, and product demonstrations, articulating the platform’s value proposition and differentiators
  • Partner with sales and account teams to shape commercial strategies for SaaS subscriptions and services-enabled procurement offerings
  • Drive alignment between platform capabilities and analytical methodologies used in PowerSIMM™-based evaluations

Product Strategy & Roadmap Ownership

  • Own and lead the APP product roadmap, translating business, client, and market needs into a clear, prioritized development plan
  • Continuously assess how APP must evolve to support new procurement structures, regulatory requirements, and customer use cases
  • Balance short-term commercial needs with long-term platform scalability and product vision

Engineering & Product Execution

  • Coordinate closely with software engineering teams to define technical requirements, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria for new APP features
  • Act as a bridge between commercial users, analysts, and engineers to ensure requirements are clearly defined and technically feasible
  • Support product management and participate in quality assurance (QA) efforts to validate new functionality prior to release

Client Implementation & SaaS Delivery

  • Support the client implementation phase for APP Software-as-a-Service contracts, ensuring smooth onboarding, configuration, and adoption
  • Partner with internal teams to establish best practices for client enablement, training, and ongoing platform support
  • Act as an escalation point for complex client or implementation issues related to procurement workflows

Procurement Project Delivery & Team Leadership

  • Lead the delivery of power procurement projects for services clients utilizing APP, ensuring high-quality, timely, and defensible outcomes
  • Manage and guide teams of PowerSIMM™ analysts responsible for economic modeling, bid evaluation, and portfolio analysis
  • Ensure analytical rigor, transparency, and consistency across all procurement engagements supported by APP

Key Qualifications

Required

  • 6+ years of experience in power procurement, power markets, resource planning, or energy analytics
  • Direct experience with utility or corporate power procurement processes, including RFP/RFO design, bid evaluation, and contract execution
  • Strong working knowledge of power market economics and valuation methodologies
  • Proven experience managing and developing teams, including analysts or cross-functional project teams
  • Demonstrated experience owning or leading a SaaS product roadmap, including defining requirements, prioritizing development, and coordinating with engineering teams
  • Excellent communication and executive presence, with the ability to engage senior client stakeholders and internal leadership
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field

Preferred

  • Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) in a related field
  • Experience on the consulting or advisory side supporting utility or corporate procurement engagements
  • Hands-on experience with stochastic modeling platforms such as PowerSIMM™ or Plexos
  • Background in technology-enabled services in the energy sector
  • Familiarity with evolving procurement structures, including renewable energy, storage, and hybrid resources
  • Experience supporting business development efforts, including proposals, pricing, and client presentations

Key Success Metrics

  • Successful APP platform growth, including new SaaS contracts and expanded client adoption
  • On-time, high-quality delivery of power procurement engagements for services clients
  • APP product roadmap delivery, including on-time feature releases and client-validated improvements
  • Client satisfaction and retention across SaaS and services-enabled procurement engagements

Why Ascend?

  • Opportunity to lead a high-impact product at the forefront of the energy transition and power procurement innovation
  • Direct exposure to executive leadership, key utility and corporate clients, and a rapidly scaling SaaS business
  • Meaningful impact on APP platform evolution, analytical rigor, and client procurement outcomes
  • Competitive compensation and benefits

We offer a competitive salary range of $140,000–$155,000. Compensation is flexible and will be tailored to your experience and background.

At Ascend, we believe great talent deserves great rewards—and we’re proud to offer compensation that is often above the industry average.

But the perks don’t stop there. We’re committed to creating a workplace where people can do meaningful work, grow their careers, and still have a life outside the office. You’ll enjoy flexible work hours, a collaborative environment, and real opportunities for advancement.

Our benefits package is designed to support you and your family, including:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
  • Life, Short- and Long-term disability insurance
  • Parental leave
  • FSA and Health Savings Account options and dependent care
  • 401(k) with a 3% non-elective company contribution (yes—we contribute even if you don’t!)
  • Flexible paid time off so you can recharge when you need it

Join a team that values your work, supports your growth, and invests in your future!

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Ascend Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation for a disability, please contact us at recruiting@ascendanalytics.com.

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