General Manager, Economic Development

Duquesne Light Company • Pittsburgh, PA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

The General Manager of Economic Development is a senior strategic leader responsible for advancing Duquesne Light Company’s (DLC) economic development strategy as a core element of the company’s corporate strategy. This role drives sustainable load growth, customer investment, and regional competitiveness while ensuring alignment with DLC’s long‑term system planning, affordability commitments, regulatory posture, and customer experience objectives. Operating at the intersection of strategy, customer growth, and external engagement, the GM serves as DLC’s enterprise owner for economic development, translating regional economic trends and development priorities into actionable strategic initiatives, partnerships, and investment decisions that strengthen the core utility business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Public Policy, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in economic development, corporate strategy, utilities, infrastructure, or large‑scale customer engagement.
• Proven ability to operate at the executive and external stakeholder level.
• Strong understanding of regulated utility environments, system planning, and growth economics.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, MPA, or equivalent advanced degree.
• Experience working directly with regional economic development organizations (e.g., chambers, conferences, development authorities).
• Demonstrated success aligning external growth initiatives with internal capital and regulatory constraints.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an enterprise economic development strategy fully integrated with DLC’s corporate strategy, long‑range system planning, and financial outlook.
• Translate regional and macro‑economic trends into strategic load growth scenarios, informing capital planning, regulatory strategy, and infrastructure investment.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) on growth, competitiveness, and regional economic dynamics.
• Lead early‑stage engagement with large commercial, industrial, and institutional customers, developers, and site selectors to support attraction, retention, and expansion.
• Shape value propositions and engagement models that position DLC as a proactive, trusted energy partner for economic growth.
• Partner with Electrification, Customer, and Innovation teams to integrate electrification, sustainability, and advanced energy solutions into economic development strategies.
• Build and sustain high‑impact external partnerships that advance DLC’s strategic and economic development objectives, including but not limited to: Allegheny Conference on Community Development, State and Local Economic Development Organizations, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania agencies, Major employers, developers, and site selectors, Peer utilities and regional infrastructure partners, Board of Directors and representatives.
• Represent DLC externally in public‑private partnerships, regional forums, and strategic working groups.
• Partner closely with System Planning, Engineering, Regulatory, Government Affairs, Finance, and Customer Operations to ensure economic development initiatives are executable, affordable, and system‑aligned.
• Establish disciplined intake, prioritization, and governance processes for economic development opportunities.
• Ensure clear ownership, decision rights, and handoffs from strategy through execution.
• Define and track strategic performance metrics, such as: Load growth enabled, Customer investment supported, Speed‑to‑serve and project cycle time, Strategic partnership impact.
• Provide regular, executive‑level updates to senior leadership and ELT on: Economic development pipeline, Strategic risks and tradeoffs, Alignment with corporate and regulatory strategy.

Benefits

• The company is committed to creating a culture of inclusion.
• We value and respect the unique differences and experiences of our employees.
• We believe that our differences lead to better collaboration, innovation and outcomes.
• We want you to join our team!

What This Job Offers

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