Director, Power Delivery

STACK Infrastructure•Denver, CO

5d•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Power Delivery at STACK Infrastructure develops and executes near- and long-term strategies to support the integration of power delivery into data center projects. Reporting to the Vice President, Power Delivery, the role leads power project delivery, manages contractors and consultant studies, supports generation and transmission planning, and maintains relationships with utilities and other external stakeholders. The Director also contributes to internal process improvements, market exploration, energy procurement efforts, and regulatory and policy advocacy. The position works closely with STACK Development and other business units to assess sites, develop project business cases, evaluate power delivery schedules and solutions, and ensure projects meet performance, reliability, power quality, redundancy, code, and utility requirements. It is remote, with immediate access to a major airport, and involves 20–30% travel.

Requirements

5–7+ years of experience in the energy space, such as with a utility, consulting firm, EPC firm, or renewable energy company.
Proficiency with the Microsoft Office product suite.
Strong analytical, detail-oriented, creative-thinking, and communication skills.
Ability to create processes and implement organizational strategies and procedures.
Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal-to-no supervision.
Ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders.
Ability to communicate technical issues to non-technical team members.
Ability to identify issues and develop problem-solving strategies.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field is preferred.
Experience managing external relationships, especially in power plant, transmission, or substation construction and load interconnection processes.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of data center power projects, including on-site or collocated generation, site power upgrades, substations, feeders, switchgear, generator/UPS/BESS installations, and utility interconnections.
Manage construction contractors and serve as a primary point of contact with utilities and other contractors on data center projects.
Own and cultivate utility relationships and foster collaborative partnerships.
Document power plant, transmission, and substation construction processes, including financial commitments, cost responsibilities, process durations, and when power commitments are secured.
Support reviews of utility contracts related to projects.
Forecast and manage schedules and budgets for assigned projects.
Ensure power delivery designs meet client performance, reliability, power quality, and redundancy requirements and comply with local codes, NFPA, IEEE, and utility standards.
Work with the development team to develop business cases for projects.
Support review and vetting of potential data center sites for the viability and timing of utility and on-site power delivery.
Provide proactive, in-field problem solving to support successful power delivery to data center campuses.
Develop near- and long-term strategies with the Vice President, Power Delivery to improve internal processes, workflows, communications, and deliverables.
Develop an understanding of utility and ISO/RTO planning practices in assigned regions, including planning processes, modeling assumptions, cost recovery and allocation, and generation/load interconnection processes.
Support utility and RTO/ISO relationship management for project-specific due diligence, interconnection requests and studies, and identification of alternative generation and transmission solutions.
Collaborate with STACK Energy and STACK Policy teams and external stakeholders to create or improve processes supporting data center integration.
Prepare presentations, track market activity, and provide weekly and biweekly reports.
Collaborate with other business units supporting STACK Development, including preconstruction, supply chain, design and engineering, sales, legal, and tax.
Aid in preparing business cases and recommendations for leadership approval.
Perform other duties as assigned.