Director of NERC Compliance - Remote

Job Title Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing. This long-term contract-to-hire role leads and manages the organization's NERC compliance program by setting annual compliance objectives, maintaining the compliance risk register, and ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory standards. The position drives audit readiness across all applicable registrations by coordinating evidence collection, quality reviews, and responses for audits, spot checks, and self-certifications. Responsibilities include conducting compliance gap analyses, overseeing root cause investigations, and managing corrective action plans through closure. The role also maintains program documentation and delivers executive-level reporting, while partnering with operations, engineering, asset management, legal, and cybersecurity teams to integrate compliance into daily operations and change management processes. Requirements: • 7-10+ years of experience in energy compliance, operations, or cybersecurity with direct ownership of NERC Operations & Planning compliance. • Demonstrated experience building and managing an enterprise NERC compliance program, including policies, controls, evidence management, and reporting. • Strong audit leadership experience, including internal and external audits, spot checks, and self-certifications, with skills in gap analysis, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning. • Experience serving as the primary liaison with NERC, FERC, and Regional Entities, including representing the organization in formal audit and compliance discussions. • Strong executive communication skills with the ability to brief leadership, guide operational and IT teams, and promote a reliability-first culture. Preferred Qualifications: • Hands-on NERC CIP experience, including asset identification, access controls, incident response, and change management across IT and OT environments. • Exposure to compliance requirements for wind, solar, and battery energy storage (BESS) assets, including evolving standards for inverter-based resources. • Experience developing role-based compliance training and awareness programs for operators, engineers, and contractors. Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply. California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. If you would like to complete our voluntary self-identification form, please click here. Company Profile: Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs. Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles. Remote Staffing Apply tot his job