Senior Manager, Energy Project Development
About The Position
The Senior Manager, Energy Project Development leads the energy strategy and coordination for Walmart new store buildouts. This role serves as the primary Energy partner to Realty, Construction, Design, Operations, Finance, Legal, Procurement, utilities, developers, vendors, and other external stakeholders. The role evaluates energy requirements and opportunities early in the new store and supply chain process, supports capital approvals, and coordinates energy-related scope through execution and go-live readiness. The Energy Project Development team drives Walmart’s commitment to advancing clean energy and reducing emissions across operations. Focused on delivering 10 GW of clean energy by 2030, the team collaborates with real estate, supply chain, transportation, and other areas to implement innovative energy solutions. Comprising experienced professionals, the team applies strong analytical and project management skills to support decarbonization efforts. Their work spans energy project planning, procurement, and coordination, ensuring alignment with Walmart’s sustainability goals while fostering practical and impactful outcomes across the company’s operations and communities.
Requirements
- Experience in energy, infrastructure, real estate development, construction, utilities, or distributed energy projects.
- Strong partnership skills with Realty, Construction, Design, Operations, Finance, Legal, Procurement, and external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of solar, storage, EV charging, generators, fuel cells, microgrids, and emerging technologies.
- Experience supporting capital approvals, business cases, cost estimates, financial assumptions, and risk assessments.
- Strong project management, stakeholder management, vendor management, problem-solving, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to improve processes, streamline delivery models, and manage execution across a multi-site portfolio.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or related area and 3 years' experience in energy project development.
- 5 years' experience in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or related area.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Nice To Haves
- Distributed energy project development, specifically solar and energy storage
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field (power system emphasis desired).
- Project management experience in the solar and/or energy industry
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary Energy coordination point for new store projects.
- Partner with Realty and business teams from planning through go-live.
- Evaluate solar, storage, EV charging, generators, fuel cells, linear generators, microgrids, and emerging technologies.
- Support creation of capital approval materials, including scope, cost, assumptions, risks, and recommendations.
- Coordinate among internal teams as well as developers, utilities, vendors, and other external stakeholders.
- Develop streamlined delivery models using partners already engaged in new store projects.
- Track milestones, resolve issues, escalate risks, and support execution readiness.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Vision coverage
- Dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Stock purchase
- Company-paid life insurance
- PTO (including sick leave)
- Parental leave
- Family care leave
- Bereavement
- Jury duty
- Voting leave
- Short-term disability
- Long-term disability
- Company discounts
- Military Leave Pay
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement
- Live Better U (Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
