Director, Power Delivery

STACK Infrastructure•Denver, CO

7d•$209,300 - $234,600•Remote

About The Position

The Director, Power Delivery reports to the Vice President, Power Delivery and develops and executes near- and long-term strategies to support the STACK Development team’s integration of data center projects. The role leads power-project delivery, manages contractors and consultant studies, supports generation and transmission planning, and cultivates relationships with utilities and other external stakeholders. It also contributes to corporate priorities such as process improvement, market exploration, energy procurement, and regulatory and policy advocacy. The Director works with internal teams and external partners to assess power delivery feasibility and timing, manage project schedules and budgets, and ensure designs meet client performance, reliability, power-quality, redundancy, code, and industry-standard requirements. The position is remote, with immediate access to a major airport required for travel. Travel is estimated at 20–30%. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States and pass comprehensive background and drug screening.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, or a related field is preferred.
5–7+ years of experience in the energy sector, 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.
Must be eligible to work in the United States.
Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening.
Immediate access to a major airport for travel.

Nice To Haves

Experience owning and managing external relationships.
Energy-industry experience, particularly in power plant, transmission, or substation construction and load interconnection processes.
Ability to translate and communicate technical issues to non-technical team members.
Strong issue-identification and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and persuasive decision-making skills.
Ability to balance multiple priorities, urgent requests, changing timelines, and deliverables.
Team-building skills, including developing people’s strengths and planning for team growth.
Curiosity and commitment to continual improvement.

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, timelines, 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 code, 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 power delivery viability and timing, including utility and on-site power.
Provide proactive, in-field problem solving to ensure successful delivery of power to data center campuses.
Develop near- and long-term strategies with the Vice President, Power Delivery to improve internal processes, workflows, communications, and deliverables.
Understand utility and ISO/RTO planning practices in assigned regions, including planning processes, modeling assumptions, cost recovery and allocation principles, and generation/load interconnection processes.
Support utility and RTO/ISO relationship management for project-specific due diligence, interconnection requests and studies, and alternatives to constrained 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 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.