Senior Director, Gas Infrastructure

LS Power Development, LLC

About The Position

The Senior Director, Gas Infrastructure (“Senior Director”) is LS Power’s subject-matter expert on natural gas pipelines and associated transactions for the generation development portfolio, with a primary focus on gas-fired power projects. The role sits within the Interconnection Planning & Development (“IP&D”) department and currently operates as the sole member of the Gas Infrastructure group, reporting to the VP, IP&D. The Senior Director is expected, over time, to build and lead a dedicated team responsible for all gas infrastructure transactions across LS Power’s gas-fired project portfolio. The role operates in three sequential phases for each project. First, the Senior Director supports the applicable Project Director with gas basis advisory — coordinating with Energy Management & Trading (“EM&T”) and Site Development & Permitting (“SD&P”) — to recommend one or more gas infrastructure options and, where project economics or schedule require, the structuring of bundled supply and delivered-gas arrangements. Second, once the Project Director has decided on an approach, the Senior Director leads negotiation and execution of all required agreements, in alignment with Commercial Management & Controls (“CM&C”). This includes pipeline precedent agreements, firm transportation agreements, gas laterals, and interconnection, tap, and meter arrangements. Third, once agreements are in place, the Senior Director oversees the execution of all gas infrastructure work necessary to support non-recourse project financing, with input from Finance. This role does not include gas commodity trading, physical gas supply for operating assets, price risk management, or fuel scheduling — those functions reside within LS Power’s EM&T group. The Senior Director works with EM&T as a coordinating partner on gas basis considerations and siting decisions, but holds no commodity or trading responsibilities.

Requirements

Deep commercial expertise in interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline transactions — firm transportation, precedent agreements, laterals, and interconnect facilities — and understand how to negotiate financeable agreements under real project-schedule pressure.
Strong gas market and basis fluency, including working knowledge of regional supply constraints, pipeline capacity dynamics, and their implications for gas-fired power project siting and long-term.
Understand FERC-regulated tariff frameworks and the practical realities of pipeline development and contracting, including open seasons, credit requirements, and development milestone obligations.
Disciplined negotiator and closer who balances strong commercial outcomes with long-term relationship management with pipeline counterparties.
Understand the context of gas-fired power project development — long-lead construction timelines, non-recourse financing requirements, and the gas infrastructure milestones that drive project bankability — whether from direct generation-side experience or from sustained commercial engagement with power generator customers.
Can operate effectively in a matrixed organization, driving alignment across development, engineering, permitting, trading, legal, and finance functions without direct line authority.
Exercise sound judgment around cost, schedule, and risk trade-offs, proactively identify bottlenecks, and mitigate execution risk through standard work and explicit escalation.
Maintain high standards for contract quality, documentation, and audit readiness, consistent with LS Power’s values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Economics, or a related field (required), and preferably an MBA, D. or comparable advanced degree.
10+ years of progressive experience in natural gas pipeline technical, commercial, business development, or regulatory affairs, with demonstrated transaction-closing responsibility.
Prior experience on the pipeline-operator side (commercial, market development, or customer strategy), which provides meaningful insight into counterparty decision-making and relationship dynamics.
Experience supporting gas-fired power generation development projects or working closely with power generator customers on long-term infrastructure commitments.
Familiarity with PJM-region pipeline systems (Texas Eastern, Transco, Columbia Gas Transmission, Rockies Express, Rover, and related intrastate systems) preferred.
Experience structuring or advising on bundled supply and delivered-gas arrangements, or coordinating with commodity trading groups on supply-side inputs to project decisions, preferred.
Familiarity with the pipeline industry’s strategic response to AI and data-center-driven gas demand growth and with the commercial requirements of large-load hyperscaler customers strongly preferred.
Willingness to travel approximately 10–25%, principally to project sites, pipeline operator offices, and regulatory venues across the continental U.S.

Responsibilities

Provide gas basis analysis and advisory support to Project Directors to inform project siting, portfolio-culling decisions, and pipeline connection strategies, coordinating closely with EM&T and SD&P.
Serve as transaction lead for all gas infrastructure agreements across the development portfolio, including pipeline precedent agreements, firm transportation, gas laterals, and interconnection, tap, and meter arrangements, in alignment with CM&C and internal approval processes.
Coordinate with EM&T and SD&P to evaluate and recommend gas infrastructure options — including lateral routing, FT pathways, and delivered-gas or bundled supply solutions — and collaborate with EM&T on bundled supply structures where required by project economics or schedule. Note: responsibility for physical gas commodity supply, operating-asset fuel management, and gas scheduling remains with EM&T.
Interpret and apply interstate and intrastate pipeline tariffs and FERC regulatory frameworks, including open seasons, capacity release, credit requirements, and development milestones, in coordination with regulatory counsel.
Oversee routing and constructability diligence for gas laterals and delivery facilities in collaboration with Engineering & Construction, SD&P, and land resources, including management of third-party studies, estimates, and deliverables.
Coordinate with CM&C to maintain lender-ready contract files, milestone tracking, obligation registers, and portfolio-level risk registers; contribute to project charters and OKRs.
Once agreements are executed, oversee gas infrastructure execution required to support non-recourse project financing, with input from Finance.
Develop repeatable standards, templates, playbooks, and approval pathways to reduce cycle time and execution risk across regions and counterparties.
Build and lead the Gas Infrastructure team over time, recruiting and developing professionals as the portfolio scales; direct external advisors and vendors, setting scopes, deliverables, and performance expectations.