Director, Large Load Program Management
About The Position
Xcel Energy’s Enterprise Growth and Commercialization group works to modernize and expand the energy grid while driving economic growth and sustainability to meet evolving community energy needs, including those of large-load customers such as data centers. The Director, Large Load Program Management supports these growth initiatives as a cross-company program management lead, driving deal execution and programmatic initiatives to support deal throughput and meet market demand for large-load growth while benefiting all customers. The role provides strategic leadership and executive-level direction for program and project management activities supporting large-load growth. It owns the end-to-end deal lifecycle across workstreams, coordinates multidisciplinary teams, and promotes consistent use of governance, tracking, and reporting tools. The Director navigates business and regulatory processes, advises senior leadership on program strategy, and ensures quality and schedule requirements are met across workstreams. The role also reviews and prioritizes resourcing requests to inform phased staffing decisions, defines program governance and charter, oversees scope and risk mitigation, builds internal stakeholder relationships, and delivers executive reporting on program status.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, construction management, project management, or a related field preferred.
- At least 10 years of experience in program/project management, including leadership of cross-functional teams.
- At least 7 years of experience in large-scale capital or growth initiatives.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior leadership and manage matrixed, multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong change leadership, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or MBA.
- Utility experience.
- Experience with large-load or data center growth initiatives.
- PMP or equivalent certification.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the program charter, organization structure, and governance model; own governance meeting cadence and reporting to senior leadership.
- Provide executive-level direction across workstreams and establish business plans, goals, and objectives aligned with enterprise growth strategy.
- Review and prioritize program resourcing requests and advise leadership on phased resourcing decisions.
- Oversee scope, cost control, change management, and risk mitigation across workstreams.
- Establish collaborative working relationships with internal organizations and senior leadership to maximize program efficiency.
- Prepare executive reporting and communicate program status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Own the end-to-end deal lifecycle across workstreams, coordinating multidisciplinary teams and ensuring consistent use of governance, tracking, and reporting tools.
- Navigate business and regulatory processes and ensure quality and schedule requirements are met across workstreams.
- Perform special projects and other duties as required.
Benefits
- Annual Incentive Program
- Long Term Incentive
- Medical/Pharmacy Plan
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Health Care Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account
- Short-term disability (STD)
- Long-term disability (LTD)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Transit programs
- Employee recognition program
- Pension
- 401(k) plan
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays
- Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO)
- Parental Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
