Generation Development Director, Large Load

About the role

The Generation Development Director for Large Loads reports into the Chief Commercial Officer – Large Load Solutions. This role is responsible for the technical customer interface for the full lifecycle development and service offerings of behind-the-meter (BTM) and front-of-the-meter (FTM) generation assets — including conventional (natural gas, reciprocating engines, combined cycle), renewable (solar, wind), and battery energy storage systems (BESS) — to meet the unprecedented demand growth driven by large load customers, data centers, and electrification across the nation.

Responsibilities

• Originate, structure, plan, and secure development of generation projects nationally to support large load customers, including hyperscale data centers, AI compute campuses, and industrial offtakers.
• Oversee macro end-to-end development working closely with:
  • Asset Development teams responsible for engineering, permitting, routing, scheduling, resource planning, sourcing requirements, transmission interconnections and other technical functions.
  • Commercial business development team on structuring PPAs, ESAs, tolling agreements, capacity contracts, and hybrid offtake structures.
  • Legal, finance, corporate, community stakeholder teams and other support functions as needed.
• Build and maintain a pipeline of conventional, renewable, and hybrid (solar + storage, gas + BESS) powered land generation opportunities aligned with NGV's large load commercial strategy.
• Advance project approvals from origination through revenue contracts, with ongoing oversight through FID, into execution with successful transition to construction, project delivery teams, commissioning and transition to operations.
• Manage project economics in partnership with commercial and financial analysts to develop attractive power services offerings, including LCOE/LCOS optimization, IRR modeling, and sensitivity analysis.
• Direct technical due diligence teams across resource assessment, GHG/emissions profiling, heat rate optimization, capacity factor modeling, round-trip efficiency (BESS), and degradation curves.
• Guide selection of OEM technology partners (turbines, inverters, battery chemistries — LFP/NMC), EPC contractors, and balance-of-plant scope definition.
• Navigate state and federal policy frameworks including IRA tax credits (ITC/PTC, transferability, direct pay), FERC Orders 2023/2023-A interconnection reforms, and state siting boards (e.g., NY ORES, Article VII).
• Support stage-gate governance, risk registers, and contingency planning across development milestones (e.g. site control, permitting, interconnection, FID, NTP).
• Represent NGV in stakeholder forums with ISOs/RTOs, state regulators, host communities, and tribal nations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Energy, Environmental Science, or related discipline required; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.
• Relevant professional certifications (PE, PMP) a plus.
• 10+ years in energy infrastructure project development with demonstrated leadership across multiple asset classes (conventional generation assets preferable).
• Track record of taking generation projects from origination through FID and into construction (≥500 MW cumulative preferred).
• Direct experience supporting transactions with large load / data center customers is strongly preferred.
• Experience working for AI, data canter, large industrial load, semi-conductor manufacturing or similar large energy consumption loads is desirable.
• Experience working in Joint Ventures is desirable.
• Deep knowledge of generation technologies: combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas turbines, reciprocating engines, solar PV (single-axis tracker, bifacial), onshore wind, and Li-ion BESS (2-hour, 4-hour, and long-duration applications).
• Strong understanding of interconnection processes, queue reform, surplus interconnection service (SIS), co-location, and behind-the-meter configurations across PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, MISO, ERCOT, SPP, and CAISO.
• Strong knowledge of federal and state large load emerging policies.
• Strong knowledge of the different EPC/EPCM contracting models, OEM equipment supply agreements, and major equipment lead times in current market conditions.
• Familiarity with grid services, ancillary markets, capacity constructs, and resource adequacy frameworks.
• Proficiency interpreting financial models (project finance, tax equity, back-leverage structures) and key metrics (NPV, IRR, DSCR, LCOE/LCOS).
• Familiarity with NEPA, CWA, ESA, state siting regimes, and air permitting (Title V, PSD) for thermal generation.
• Excellent written, oral, and visual communication skills, with demonstrated ability to present complex commercial and regulatory matters to senior executives and boards.
• Experience managing and developing high-performing commercial teams.
• Highly collaborative; comfortable operating across organizational boundaries and in matrixed environments.
• Entrepreneurial mindset; comfortable building new capabilities and charting new commercial paths in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• New England MA: $211,000 - $248,000 a year
• Downstate NY: $227,000 - $266,000 a year
• Washington DC: $211,000 - $248,000 a year