Dominion Energy · 9 hours ago
Electric Distribution Program Manager - Generative AI Applications (Richmond, VA)
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expDominion Energy is committed to providing reliable, affordable, and increasingly clean energy that powers our customers every day. The Electric Distribution Program Manager will develop and manage programs focused on leveraging Generative AI to enhance Electric Distribution workflows and productivity, while collaborating with various stakeholders to implement AI solutions and ensure project success.
Utilities
Responsibilities
Develop and manage programs to support the organization's strategic direction with a focus on Generative AI and LLMs
Create and manage long-term goals, budgets, operating plans, and business cases to achieve programmatic objectives
Lead the development of strategic business partnerships across internal departments, external customers, regulatory bodies, and industry peers
Research, develop, and implement Generative AI solutions to support business stakeholders
Deliver timely status reports throughout the implementation lifecycle
Collaborate with Electric Distribution business teams to refine processes leveraging Generative AI and advanced analytics
Ensure transparent communication with stakeholders regarding project decisions
Support contract negotiations and regulatory filings, including RFPs, while maintaining compliance and execution standards
Monitor budgets, establish project timelines and milestones, and manage scope, scope changes, and project costs
Drive customer outreach and ensure fulfillment of customer commitments
Qualification
Required
7-8+ years related electric utility industry and/or Generative AI experience
Deep understanding of Generative AI principles, transformer architectures, and attention mechanisms
Experience working with state-of-the-art LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, LLaMA) and domain-specific fine-tuned models
Prior experience in both team and process management
Strong leadership, organizational, resolution management, and team building skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to identify and assess risks and opportunities
Skilled in prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and chain-of-thought prompting for utility applications
Experience building and training supervised and unsupervised models for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
Familiarity with cloud-based ML platforms (Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, GCP Vertex AI) and containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
Understanding of ML Ops practices (CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, monitoring, rollback strategies)
Awareness of data privacy regulations (NERC CIP, GDPR) and secure handling of sensitive utility data
Experience implementing access controls, encryption, and audit logging in AI workflows
Ability to build user-friendly interfaces for engineering and field staff (Streamlit, Dash, Power Apps)
Experience with version control (Git), agile development methodologies, and collaborative coding environments
Strong communication skills to explain AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Ability to work with engineers, analysts, and field crews to gather feedback and iterate on solutions
Preferred
Knowledge of electric distribution infrastructure (feeders, substations, transformers, protective devices)
Ability to fine-tune models using electric distribution data sets (outage logs, asset metadata, crew dispatch records, engineering manuals)
Proficient in data wrangling and preprocessing (Pandas, NumPy, SQL)
Benefits
Health benefits with coverage for families and domestic partners
Vacation
Retirement plans
Paid holidays
Tuition reimbursement
And much more
Company
Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy is committed to safely providing reliable, affordable and sustainable energy and to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
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