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Director Power Generation Origination
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Job Location:
Houston, TX - USA
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Posted:
11 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
8 October 2026
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Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Director Power Generation Development
About WattBridge
The global energy landscape is rapidly changing and were here to accelerate that change. From the decommissioning of high-carbon power assets accelerated expansion of renewable energy resources as baseload power to the advent of the prosumer. The volatility on todays energy grid has never been greater. WattBridge was conceived by power industry experts to enable the sustained integration of highly efficient reduced carbon dispatchable power generation assets on our national energy grid.
Our Footprint
We are primed for the Energy Transition with permanent service locations in Missouri Texas and Argentina. Our world-class Missouri headquarters is purpose-built to meet peaking-power needs. It sits on 90 acres in Sedalia and features more than 900000 sq. ft of facilities and equipment including the only independent Level-IV aeroderivative depot in North America and a hydrogen-ready string-test facility that enables full-speed full-load testing. Our Houston Texas office is a strategic satellite positioned near our own peaking-power installations.
Our Philosophy
We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay excellent benefits that include Medical Dental Vision and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee 10 paid holidays paid time off and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess the specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills we encourage you to apply today.
Position Summary
PROENERGY is seeking a dynamic highly strategic and results-driven Director of Power Generation Origination to drive the next phase of our utility-scale growth. Reporting directly to the VP of Commercial Operations this senior-level origination role is responsible for identifying developing and closing complex high-value commercial transactions across North America with a future mandate for global expansion.
As the primary growth engine for our turnkey energy solutions you will market PROENERGYs world-class PE6000 aeroderivative gas turbines and packages comprehensive Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) service solutions and long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). While closing individual transactions is critical your ultimate success will be defined by your ability to cultivate deep long-term strategic relationships. You will spearhead multi-year multi-gigawatt partnerships with hyperscale data center developers major utilities and large independent power producers (IPPs) positioning PROENERGY as their premier immediate and long-term power reliability partner.
Reports to: Vice President Commercial Operations
Work Location:Houston TX or Remote United States
Position Responsibilities
Strategic Origination and Deal Closure
- Drive Revenue Growth: Originate structure and close complex commercial transactions for gas turbines fast-track EPC services and structured PPAs.
- Target High-Growth Sectors: Focus intensely on the rapidly expanding power demands of the digital infrastructure sector (hyperscale and colocation data centers) and major electric utilities facing grid-reliability challenges in particular ISO regions.
- Secure Multi-GW Partnerships: Move beyond transactional sales to architect large-scale multi-year framework agreements that secure long-term pipeline and funnel visibility for PROENERGY.
Market Strategy and Expansion
- Establish Territory Strategy: Define and execute the origination strategy for the North American market in the near term.
- Lead Global Scalability: Identify evaluate and prioritize key international markets for expansion. Develop the market-entry frameworks and commercial strategies required to scale PROENERGYs footprint globally.
- Market Intelligence: Monitor regulatory shifts grid capacity constraints (e.g. PJM and MISO) and technological trends to proactively position PROENERGYs aeroderivative solutions against competitors.
Relationships and Funnel Management
- Build C-Suite Alliances: Develop and maintain trusted long-term relationships with key decision-makers executives and stakeholders within utility and data center organizations.
- Collaborate Internally: Work hand-in-hand with the VP of Commercial Operations engineering project execution and finance teams to ensure proposed solutions are technically robust risk-mitigated and commercially viable.
- Funnel Health: Maintain a highly accurate visible and growing multi-year deal pipeline providing regular strategic updates to executive leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Finance or a related technical discipline. An MBA or advanced degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 1012 years of experience in power generation business development energy origination or utility-scale project development.
- Strong communication interpersonal and executive-level presentation skills. Ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally
- Demonstrated success originating and closing large-scale transactions ($50M deal size) involving heavy power infrastructure turnkey EPC services or complex energy structured products (PPAs).
- Holds an established active network of executive-level contacts within major North American utilities IPPs and the data center infrastructure prospective clients.
- Deep understanding of power generation equipment (specifically gas turbines) grid interconnection processes power market dynamics etc. Strong familiarity with project finance risk allocation and contract structuring.
- Proven ability to look beyond the immediate sales cycle to build holistic multi-year regional or global growth strategies.
- Ability to travel (up to 4050%) across North America to meet with clients with future international travel as global strategy dictates.
- Specific experience originating pricing structuring and analyzing physical and financial PPAs across multiple power markets customers and deal structure types
- Must be fluent in English with strong speaking reading writing and comprehension skills.
- Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check
- US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.
It is PROENERGYs policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy age disability national origin marital status ancestry medical condition military status or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
PROENERGY was founded in 2002 by President and CEO Jeff Canon. PROENERGY completed construction on its corporate office in Sedalia, Missouri in 2006. Since that time our campus has undergone multiple expansions, currently sitting on 90-acres and featuring 900,000 square feet of ...
