Senior Manager, Home Energy Rebates Program

Title: Senior Manager, Home Energy Rebates Program

Fully Remote • Remote Worker - N/A

Position Location: 1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington D.C. 20585

Salary: $130,000 - $170,000

Work Environment: Remote

Travel Required: 10%-15%

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager will support the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of State and Community

Energy Programs (SCEP), Home Energy Rebates program. The Home Energy Rebates program delivers

formula funding to states and communities to lower household energy costs through whole-home

efficiency retrofits and electrification of appliances and equipment.

The Senior Manager serves as the primary contractor point of contact for the Home Energy Rebates

HOMES or HEEHR federal teams and manages a team of Project Monitors and Grant Monitors

supporting the full grant lifecycle.

Specific requirements and responsibilities include:

Federal Customer Support

- Serve as the day-to-day point of contact for Home Rebates federal staff, including Program

Managers and Project Officers; translate federal priorities into team assignments and track them

to completion.

- Support federal staff in the review, negotiation, and approval of state and community program

applications, plan revisions, and budget modifications.

- Prepare and deliver briefings, decision memos, data summaries, and presentations for federal

leadership.

Team Management

- Manage, mentor, and allocate a team of Project Monitors and Grants Monitors across an assigned

portfolio of awards.

- Assign and balance workload against priority and response-time requirements; escalate

resourcing gaps.

- Perform final quality control review of work products before delivery to DOE.

- Supervise and approve timecards.

 

Grant Lifecycle Oversight

 - Oversee post-award monitoring, including desktop and on-site monitoring, milestone and

technical target tracking against approved Statements of Project Objectives, quarterly/semiannual

performance report review, and financial report review.

- Oversee review of recipient deliverables for compliance with applicable statutes, program

guidance, and award terms and conditions.

- Oversee award closeout, including closeout documentation, final technical and financial reports,

and property dispositions.

- Ensure accurate and timely entry and reporting in DOE systems.

Reporting

- Own program-specific content for the Monthly Status Report.

- Identify performance risks, data quality issues, and recipient compliance concerns; propose and

drive corrective actions.

Requirements

Minimum Required Qualifications:

- Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in engineering, business administration, public

administration, or related disciplines that provide the functional skills to perform the requirements

and responsibilities.

- Minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant experience.

- Demonstrated experience managing and mentoring technical or programmatic staff.

- Demonstrated experience supporting the Federal Government, including direct interaction with

federal program staff.

- Demonstrated experience with federal financial assistance such as grants and cooperative

agreements across the full lifecycle (application review, negotiation, post-award monitoring,

closeout).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Master’s degree in engineering, business administration, environmental sciences, or related

disciplines.

- PMP certification.

- Experience supporting the Home Energy Rebates program.

- Experience supporting the Office of State and Community Energy Programs.

- Experience supporting the Department of Energy.

- Experience with DOE systems.

About Innovative Technology Partnerships (ITP): 

Innovative Technology Partnerships (ITP), A Cogent Security Company, provides consulting, management, engineering and technical support services in national security missions to the Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the National Laboratories and their Management and Operating (M&O) contractors associated with the nation's Nuclear Security Enterprise; as well as to other federal agencies and public/private sector organizations.

Salary Description

$130,000 - $170,000 annually