Vice President of Customer Experience

Grant PUD

Ephrata, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$244,288–$444,408 Per Year

SKILLS

Alternative Energy, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Background Investigation, Billing, Business Law, CRM Integration, Capacity Strategy, Continuous Improvement, Cross-Functional, Customer Acquisition, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Service Tools, Customer Support/Service, Customer/Client Research, Economics, Ecosystems, Electrical Utility, Emerging Technology, Energy Efficiency, Energy Management, Establish Priorities, Financial Regulations, Financial Services, Government, Hazard Analysis, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Legal, Management Strategy, Marketing, Metrics, Network Design, Operational Improvement, Operational Strategy, Organizational Culture, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Physical Demands, Product Lifecycle Management, Product Strategy, Project/Program Coordination, Public Administration, Public Health, Regulations, Regulatory Compliance, Retail Operations, Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Safety Compliance, Safety/Work Safety, Service Delivery, Stewardship, Strategic Analysis, Strategic Planning, Systems Reliability, Telecommunications Industry, Trend Analysis, Wholesale Industry, Willing to Travel

LOCATION

Ephrata, WA

POSTED

30+ days ago

**Description** **Grant PUD has retained an executive recruiting firm for this search. To be considered for this position, please apply directly through the recruiting firm at:** **https://mfpllc.us/job-listings** **Closing Date to Apply:** This position is open until filled. **Salary: $** 244,288.00 - $444,408.00 annually **Midpoint:** $344,318.00 annually Grant PUD posts the full salary range for each position. The midpoint is provided as a reference point and is not a guaranteed starting pay. Starting pay is based on job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, skills, internal alignment, and organizational needs. Most new hires are typically placed between the minimum and midpoint of the range. **Benefits:** This link below will provide you with Grant PUD's benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits. Grant PUD - Unified Insurance Program (uip-wa.org) _Grant County PUD will administer a background check as part of the hiring process, if selected for this position._ Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The position may close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates has been established. Applicants meeting minimum qualifications may be further evaluated based on preferred qualifications and job-related criteria. Only the most qualified candidates will be referred for further consideration. **Position Summary** The Vice President of Customer Experience (VP, CX) (also referred to externally as Vice President of Customer Experience) is an executive leadership role accountable for the strategy, execution, and measurable outcomes of all customer-facing operations at Grant County PUD. Reporting to the Senior VP of Retail Operations and serving on the Executive Leadership Team, this role provides enterprise stewardship for customer service, customer solutions and programs, large and key customer engagement, external communications, and customer experience strategy. The position is intentionally designed to broaden and mature Grant PUD's enterprise customer ecosystem and to lead customer-facing transformation in a period of rapid regional growth, increasing electrification, rising demand from large industrial customers, and constrained firm energy resources. Success is defined by measurable outcomes and long-term value creation; translating customer needs into scalable, high-quality services aligned with Grant PUD's public power mission and safety culture. **Essential Functions** Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: + Ability to reliably travel between District facilities, community locations, and stakeholder meetings to lead and support customer experience initiatives across the PUD's service territory. + Establish and lead an enterprise-wide customer experience (CX) strategy by integrating customer insights, operational performance, and strategic priorities into a multi-year roadmap with defined outcomes, performance measures, and governance aligned with Grant PUD's public power mission, values, and safety culture. + Drive service delivery excellence across all customer touchpoints including customer service, billing, field coordination, and customer programs through the establishment of performance standards and operational controls, decision frameworks, and continuous improvement practices that enhance reliability, responsiveness, and customer outcomes. + Lead the development, implementation, and governance of customer experience key performance indicators (KPIs), including defining success measures, monitoring trends, and leveraging analytics to drive data-informed decisions that improve operational performance and customer satisfaction. + Provide executive leadership for customer solutions, programs, and product lifecycle management by defining customer value propositions, prioritizing investments, validating operational readiness, and ensuring services and offerings are customer-focused, financially responsible, compliant with applicable requirements, and scalable. + Provide executive oversight for customer experience and product strategy associated with Grant PUD's wholesale fiber network including service design, performance standards, stakeholder engagement models, and customer-focused service delivery strategies. + Champion technology-enabled customer engagement by partnering with Information Technology and enterprise leaders to set digital CX strategy, govern customer platforms and self-service capabilities, and leverage analytics and emerging technologies to improve adoption, customer engagement, and operational effectiveness. + Provide executive leadership for engagement with large and key customers, including high load and industrial customers by overseeing customer engagement strategies, contract development, and service delivery approaches that balance customer demand, system reliability, capacity constraints, and risk management considerations, affordability, and service quality customer owners. + Support enterprise coordination related to grid optimization, energy management strategies, and capacity reservation policies in response to constrained firm energy resources. Represent customer experience priorities and strategic initiatives with the Executive Leadership Team, Board of Commissioners, and community stakeholders and external partners by communicating strategy, performance, risks, tradeoffs, and outcomes with clarity, transparency, and credibility. + Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD's mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD/IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations. + Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may include laws, regulations, security guidelines, Grant PUD policies & procedures. + Actively supports and participates in all aspects of our safety program, including but not limited to: + Following all safety policies and procedures. + Alerting supervisors and coworkers to unsafe or hazardous working conditions. + Reporting any unsafe incidents or close calls within 24 hours to your supervisor; and + Accepting feedback from supervisors and coworkers regarding your own safety performance + Be viewed as a safety champion by demonstrating through words and actions, that safety is our paramount value by actively: + Supporting the presence of safety in your Operating Unit (e.g. include safety messages in business conversations; begin meetings as appropriate with a safety minute). + Acknowledging compliant safety behaviors and good safety performance from members of your team(s). + Ensuring that middle managers are actively supporting their teams in safety efforts such as continuous improvement teams, Safety & Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) responsibilities, hazard identification, metric reporting and compliance, etc. + In this position, if needed to operate a GPUD vehicle for business purposes, please refer to Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy, IS-TA-POL-001. + This position requires NERC CIP access, and incumbents must meet and maintain eligibility with the established criteria in the Grant PUD Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure. **Required Qualifications** (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications): + Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Public Administration, Business, Law, Economics, Marketing, Engineering, Communications) or closely related field OR 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree (ex. do you have 7+ years of senior-level leadership experience)? + Five (5) years of progressively responsible senior-level leadership (Senior Manager equivalent or above) experience leading customer experience, customer service, or customer operations functions within a service-intensive organization. Experience must include leadership within a highly regulated environment, such as utilities, or comparable industries including telecommunications, financial services, transportation, airlines, healthcare, public sector organizations, or similar industries. + Demonstrated success developing, implementing, and leading customer-facing products, services, programs, or solutions from strategic concept through operation execution, adoption, and continuous improvement. + Demonstrated strategic, analytical, and results-orientated leadership capabilities including the ability to align customer experience strategies with operational performance, financial stewardship, regulatory compliance and enterprise objectives. Proven ability to lead and develop high performing teams, influence organizational culture, build cross functional alignment and successfully drive enterprise-wide transformation and change initiative within complex organizations. **Preferred Qualifications** (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications): + Advanced degree in a relevant field (Public Administration, Business, Economics, Marketing, Law, Engineering, Communications). + Experience leading customer experience transformations and managing customer-facing programs-spanning digital delivery, AMI/CRM integration, and offerings such as energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, or community outreach within a utility or public-sector organization. + Professional certifications relevant to customer experience or utility management (e.g., CCXP - Certified Customer Experience Professional, APPA Public Power Manager, or similar credentials) are a plus. + Leadership experience in the electric utility industry. + Executive level (Vice President equivalent or above) leadership experience + Professional experience in a publicly owned utility. + Demonstrated leadership experience in a unionized environment, with the ability to effectively partner with labor representatives and foster positive labor-management relationships. **Physical Requirements** + Position may be eligible for hybrid work arrangement: ?Yes ?No + Majority of work is performed in a standard office setting. + Will perform work onsite at the locations of the assigned Business Units + Typical shift of employees in this position: ?8 hours ?9 hours ?10 hours ?12 hours _*For a full list of requirements, the applicant/incumbent should refer to the Physical Capacity Evaluation (PCE)._ _The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas_ Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.

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