Director, Power Development (Solar & Energy Storage)

Work Place Flexibility: Onsite

Legal Entity:Entergy Services LLC

Note: This is an onsite position based out of our offices in The Woodlands TX. The selected candidate would be expected to relocate for this opportunity. Relocation assistance is not available for this posting.

Job Summary/Purpose

The Director Power Development Solar & Energy Storage is responsible for the strategic leadership oversight and successful delivery of Entergys utilityscale solar and energy storage development pipeline. This role provides vision and direction for frontend project development ensuring projects are safely executed costcompetitive aligned with sustainability goals and positioned for longterm operational success.

The Director leads a crossfunctional organization of project development professionals and serves as a key liaison across internal and external stakeholders including engineering project management regulatory commercial construction management and external partners. This role also ensures adherence to Entergys Stage Gate Process (SGP) development best practices and continuous improvement across the renewable project portfolio.

Job Duties/Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Portfolio Oversight

• Provide strategic and tactical leadership over Entergys growing solar and storage development portfolio ensuring projects advance with cost schedule scope and quality certainty.
• Develop longterm renewable generation strategies and organizational capabilities aligned with Entergys carbonreduction and sustainability goals.
• Drive continuous improvement lessonslearned transfer and bestpractice adoption across all renewable development activities.

Project Development & Execution

• Oversee all frontend development phases for utilityscale solar and energy storage projects ensuring alignment with Entergys SGP and internal approval processes.
• Serve as executive sponsor for development initiatives providing guidance on business cases risk management commercial structures and technical feasibility.
• Ensure resiliency principles cost optimization and project safety expectations are embedded in all development activities.

Commercial Strategy & Contracting

• Serve as the senior commercial lead for solar and storage development efforts with deep understanding of contracting negotiations risk allocation and supplier strategy.
• Oversee and support negotiations for major developmentstage commercial agreements (e.g. land agreements studies major equipment EPC development scopes interconnectionrelated work).
• Cultivate strategic partnerships with developers contractors technology suppliers and other market participants.

CrossFunctional Leadership & Stakeholder Collaboration

• Provide strong leadership across engineering project management construction and project controls teams; develop centers of excellence in each discipline.
• Coordinate with regulatory affairs to support certification filings and ensure project viability in regulated utility environments.
• Lead a geographically dispersed team ensuring adequate resourcing workforce planning and performance management.
• Collaborate effectively across a matrixed organization including Power Development Capital Projects Project/Portfolio Development Reliability & Resiliency Chief Engineer and Operations.

Team Development & Culture

• Foster a culture centered on safety integrity innovation and operational excellence.
• Mentor and develop team members ensuring Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are established and progressing.
• Support enterprisewide Diversity Inclusion & Belonging (DIB) initiatives within the renewable development organization.

Reporting & Governance

• Ensure timely and accurate project updates portfolio reporting executive briefings and SGP documentation.
• Identify and escalate project risks promptly; lead portfolio risk reviews and mitigation planning.

Minimum Requirements

Minimum education required of the position

• Bachelors degree in engineering Construction Management or similar technical field.
• MBA preferred.

Minimum experience required of the position

• Minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the utility industry with experience in major capital project development planning execution and control.
  • (15) years of experince desired.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of supervisory or leadership experience.
• Preferred experience in utilityscalesolar and/or energy storage project origination and development.
• Deep knowledge of the development lifecycle including land resource assessment permitting interconnection commercial structuring and earlystage engineering desired.

Minimum knowledge skills and abilities required of the position

• Strategic thinker with demonstrated success building and leading highperforming development teams.
• Expert understanding of project management fundamentals stagegate processes and risk/contingency management.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating renewable contracts and managing external partners.
• Skilled in influencing across a matrixed organization and collaborating with engineering construction regulatory and operations stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of the regulatory environment for renewables and requirements for project certification.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to brief senior leadership and external parties effectively.

Any certificates licenses etc. required of the position

• Desired: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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Primary Location: Texas-The WoodlandsTexas : The Woodlands
Job Function: Engineering
FLSA Status: Professional
Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 123630
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

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