Director Program Management Energy Campus

RWE•Austin, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

RWE is a global energy company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies. We are expanding our Business Development team to serve the growing demand for energy from large load customers in the United States. This includes originating and developing sites for data center load customers and combining gas-fired power generation with our core business of power generation through solar, wind, and battery storage. RWE develops, owns, and operates all generation assets, while taking care of development steps only for the data center site, including land, electrical interconnection, utilities and permits, thereby accelerating the customers’ speed to interconnection and power. The Energy Campus Development team is accountable for designing and operating the product and delivery model for RWE’s Energy Campus programs, integrating flexible generation, renewables, and enabling infrastructure into a single coordinated product offering and program construct. The Program Director, Energy Campus, is accountable for designing and operating the delivery model for RWE’s Energy Campus programs. The Program Director works alongside Project Managers but retains ownership of program-level integration, sequencing governance, and risk management for these highly visible initiatives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Business, Economics, or a related technical field
Minimum 11 years leading large, complex infrastructure or energy programs with multiple concurrent projects and workstreams
Proven track record integrating and executing multi-project, multi technology portfolios
Expert at structuring and leading large, multi-project programs
Designs and runs stage‑gates, steering committees, and escalation processe
Identifies cross‑project risks, evaluates systemic impacts, and drives mitigation and contingency planning via structured frameworks and metrics
Distill complexity into concise, actionable insights for senior stakeholders; institutionalizes lessons learned and best practices
Aligns development, engineering, execution, commercial, finance, legal/regulatory, and HSSE teams around clear program objectives and priorities
Leads interactions with large external counterparties and partners (hyperscale’s, industry consortia, JVs, etc.)
Manages conflicting views under uncertainty

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree preferred (e.g., MBA, MS in Engineering, Energy, or Infrastructure)
Formal program, project, or product management training or certification (e.g., PMP, PgMP, CPM, agile) is a plus

Responsibilities

Design, own, and continuously refine a repeatable Energy Campus delivery framework from early concept through execution hand‑off
Establish and run program governance (decision gates, escalation paths, reporting cadence) for a multi‑project, multi‑technology Energy Campus portfolio
Lead program‑level integration of schedules, interdependencies, and risk across flexible generation, renewables, and enabling infrastructure
Coordinate and steer multiple Project Managers and workstream leads while maintaining clear accountability boundaries between program and projects
Provide concise, decision‑oriented status, risk, and issue reporting to SVP/C‑suite, enabling timely portfolio and capital allocation decisions
Serve as the program‑level interface across key corporate functions such as Development, Engineering, Execution, Commercial/Origination, Transmission/Interconnection, Asset Management
Apply RWE’s global program and capital delivery experience to sharpen delivery models, standardize tools/templates, and drive continuous improvement for Energy Campus initiatives
Represent the Energy Campus program in high‑impact internal and external forums (e.g., key customer interactions, utilities, grid operators, strategic partners) as delegated by the SVP