Managing Director, Power Generation Development

Senior Director Power Generation Development

Houston TX Asset Development

We are seeking a Senior (Managing) Director Power Generation Development to lead origination development and execution of utility-scale thermal and storage generation projects from early-stage screening through commercial operation. The role is accountable for building and managing a portfolio of gas-fired generation and battery energy storage projects with a primary focus on PJM states and adjacent competitive power markets. The position combines project development leadership commercial judgment technical fluency regulatory navigation and team management.

The portfolio is expected to include simple-cycle gas turbine peakers combined-cycle gas turbine projects and standalone or paired battery energy storage systems. The successful candidate brings demonstrated experience with aeroderivative gas turbines and large-frame F-class and H-class gas turbine technologies as well as a strong understanding of interconnection fuel supply permitting contracting and market-based project economics.

How Youll Power the Future

At Talen Energy your work directly supports safe reliable power this role youll move beyond daytoday contributions to drive meaningful change by:

• Lead the full life cycle development of new utility-scale generation projects from origination and screening through development notice to proceed construction support and commercial operation.
• Develop and execute portfolio strategy for gas-fired generation and battery energy storage projects in PJM and other targeted U.S. markets.
• Identify evaluate and advance greenfield and brownfield opportunities including site selection land control fatal flaw analysis permitting path interconnection strategy and commercial structuring.
• Direct multiple parallel development workstreams including engineering owners engineer support environmental studies transmission and interconnection fuel transportation and gas supply water real estate tax community engagement and market analysis.
• Lead concept development for simple-cycle peakers combined-cycle facilities and battery storage projects including selection of major technology pathways and project configuration.
• Provide informed leadership on gas turbine technology selection including aeroderivative units and large-frame F-class and H-class equipment with attention to performance availability dispatch profile emissions profile start characteristics EPC implications and long-term commercial competitiveness.
• Coordinate internal investment analysis capital cost estimates operating assumptions project schedules and risk assessments to support development milestones and capital approval decisions.
• Negotiate and manage key commercial arrangements including site control gas supply and transportation precedent agreements equipment term sheets EPC interfaces offtake structures tolling or hedging frameworks and development-stage services agreements.
• Lead interconnection and transmission strategy including queue participation study management upgrade risk assessment and coordination with PJM transmission owners consultants and utilities.
• Oversee environmental and land-use permitting strategies across relevant state and local jurisdictions including air permitting water issues zoning wetlands cultural resources and related siting constraints.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with utilities independent system operators regulators landowners OEMs EPC contractors consultants policymakers local officials community stakeholders and major customers.
• Partner with commercial nance legal origination operations construction and executive leadership teams to develop competitive investment cases and customer solutions.
• Lead mentor and grow a development team; establish clear priorities accountability development processes and reporting cadence.
• Monitor market developments competitive activity policy changes and load growth trends affecting project viability especially in PJM and data-center-driven demand environments.
• Present project recommendations portfolio updates and investment cases to senior executives investment committees and board-level stakeholders.

What You Have

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in engineering business nance economics or a related field.
• 10 years of relevant experience in power generation infrastructure or energy project development with substantial time spent leading utility-scale generation projects.
• Demonstrated experience developing gas-fired generation projects including simple cycle and combined-cycle facilities.
• Demonstrated experience with utility-scale battery energy storage project development.
• Direct familiarity with aeroderivative gas turbines and large-frame gas turbine technologies including F-class and H-class units.
• History of managing projects from origination or early development through commercial operation asset acquisition or ready-to-build status.
• Strong knowledge of PJM market structure interconnection processes development considerations and state-level siting and permitting environments in PJM states.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating external advisors consultants and counterparties.
• Experience negotiating complex commercial agreements and managing development budgets and schedules.
• Strong command of project risk assessment competitive power market economics and major drivers of project feasibility.
• Excellent written verbal and presentation skills including executive-level communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in engineering business finance or related discipline.
• Professional Engineer license and/or MBA.
• Experience in independent power utility merchant generation or large energy infrastructure platforms.
• Experience with data-center-related load growth opportunities utility supply solutions or large C&I customer-driven generation development.
• Familiarity with environmental compliance requirements emissions control considerations and major equipment procurement strategy for gas generation.
• Experience in one or more PJM states such as Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois New Jersey Maryland or Virginia.

Leadership Profile

• Strategic commercially minded developer who can move between market opportunity technical detail and execution risk.
• Strong decision-maker under uncertainty with the ability to prioritize across a portfolio of opportunities.
• Collaborative leader who aligns internal stakeholders while maintaining external credibility with counterparties and regulators.
• Hands-on operator who can both set strategy and solve practical development problems.
• High integrity strong ownership mentality and disciplined follow-through.

Success Measures

• Creation of a high-quality financeable pipeline of gas and storage development opportunities.
• Advancement of projects through key milestones such as site control interconnection permits commercial structuring and final investment approval.
• Effective management of development budgets schedules and risk registers.
• Strong team performance talent development and cross-functional alignment.
• Credible external representation with market participants agencies communities and customers.

Why Talen Energy

Power the Future

Talen Energy is one of the largest competitive energy and power generation companies in North America. We operate power plants that use diverse fuel sources in the most attractive wholesale power markets and sell energy

to wholesale and retail customers in selected competitive markets. Our passion for excellence grows value through safe and efficient operations. We have an inclusive diverse respectful and collaborative workplace and a strong commitment to innovation teamwork and integrity. We generate energy for a brighter tomorrow.

Collaboration

Our passion for excellence grows value through safe and efficient operations. We have an inclusive diverse respectful and collaborative workplace.

Talen Energy offers an exceptional benefits program to its employees. Benefits include comprehensive health dental vision prescription plans life insurance and disability addition employees are eligible to participate in Talen Energys 401(k) plan. Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and sick time to its employees.

We are committed to providing a safe drug and alcohol-free workplace. Consistent with applicable law and any collective bargaining agreements positions may be subject to pre-employment random post-accident and reasonable suspicion drug and alcohol testing.

Talen Energy is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color age sex religion national origin veteran status sexual orientation genetic information gender identity disability perceived disability or any other protected characteristic as may be defined by applicable law.

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