Senior Manager, Energy Project Development

Walmart • Bentonville, AR

21h

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Energy Project Development leads early-stage development of onsite energy projects across Walmart’s portfolio of retail facilities. The role advances distributed generation opportunities from initial screening through feasibility assessment, business case development, and handoff to execution partners, while helping scale the tools and workflows that support Walmart’s onsite energy program. It is part of the Onsite Energy Solutions team and supports Walmart’s goals for growth, cost leadership, resilience, and emissions reduction.

The position assesses energy markets, tariffs, operating needs, project economics, incentives, permitting, risks, and timelines. It evaluates technologies such as solar, battery storage, fuel cells, generators, and microgrid controls, and uses AI tools, analytics, and portfolio-scale screening to prioritize sites and develop scalable project strategies. The role also develops and presents business cases, manages external developers, coordinates across functions, and supports commercial energy transactions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or a related area and 3 years of experience in energy project development; alternatively, 5 years of experience in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or a related area.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience developing onsite energy solutions, including solar, battery storage, generators, fuel cells, and microgrids.
• Ability to evaluate distributed generation impacts on energy costs, resiliency, and project value.
• Experience assessing project feasibility, development risk, and commercial outcomes.
• Experience using AI tools, analytics, and large datasets to screen and prioritize large portfolios of sites.
• Ability to build business cases and communicate recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience structuring and negotiating commercial terms for energy transactions, including PPAs, ESAs, and build-transfer agreements, from the buyer or seller perspective.
• Proficiency reviewing technical and financial modeling outputs.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Energy Toolbase, HelioScope, PVsyst, Xendee, or similar tools.
• Advanced degree or certifications such as PMP, CEM, PE, NABCEP, or similar.
• Experience in 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 systems emphasis desired.
• Project management experience in the solar and/or energy industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-stage development of onsite energy projects from initial screening through handoff to execution partners.
• Assess project feasibility by evaluating energy markets, tariffs, operating needs, project economics, incentives, permitting, risks, and timelines.
• Apply solar, battery storage, fuel cells, generators, and microgrid controls to improve affordability, resiliency, and environmental performance.
• Use AI tools, analytics, and portfolio-scale site screening to evaluate sites, prioritize opportunities, and develop scalable project strategies.
• Develop business cases and present data-driven recommendations to senior leadership.
• Manage external developers and coordinate cross-functionally to advance projects across new and existing stores.
• Structure and negotiate commercial terms for energy transactions, including PPAs, ESAs, and build-transfer agreements.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and performance-based bonus awards.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance.
• Paid time off, including sick leave, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
• Short-term and long-term disability.
• Company discounts.
• Military Leave Pay.
• Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
• Live Better U, a Walmart-paid education benefit program for eligible full-time and part-time associates.

What This Job Offers

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