Talen
Sr. Director, Power Generation Development
Houston-Allen Pkwy Office · Director
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
CybersecurityProcurementLeadershipCollaborationPE License
About the role
- 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.
- Power the Future Talen Energy is one of the largest competitive energy and power generation companies in North America.
Responsibilities
- From time to time, Talen Energy and its companies partner with select executive search firms and recruitment agencies under formal, written agreements aligned to specific business needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's 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 with utility-scale battery energy storage project development.
- 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.
Nice to have
- 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.
Compensation
- Any candidate information submitted in the absence of such an agreement will be considered the property of Talen Energy, and neither Talen Energy nor its subsidiaries will be obligated to pay any fees or compensation related to those submis
Benefits
- include comprehensive health, dental, vision, prescription plans, life insurance, and disability insurance.
- Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and sick time to its employees.
Company info
- We are committed to providing a safe, drug and alcohol-free workplace.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace.
Visa & Work Authorization
- lease note that roles supporting Talen Energy's nuclear facilities are subject to rigorous background investigation and security clearance requirements consistent with federal regulatory standards
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