Director Program Management Energy Campus

Rückbauanlage Gundremmingen • Chicago, IL

8h • Onsite

About The Position

RWE Americas is expanding its 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. If you’re excited about helping RWE to expand its portfolio to serve new market needs, we look forward to speaking with you.

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
• Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

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

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Education Assistance
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays
• short-term incentives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director