Senior Manager, Resource Planning
About the role
Entergy Arkansas is seeking a strategic and dynamic Senior Manager of Resource Planning to lead and advance the generation strategy in support of customer growth, system reliability, affordability, and sustainability goals. This highly visible leadership role sits at the intersection of energy planning, regulatory strategy, market operations, and stakeholder engagement. The successful candidate will drive long-term planning efforts, support resource procurement strategies, and play a key role in shaping Entergy Arkansas’s future generation portfolio through rigorous analysis and proactive regulatory engagement. This role requires strong leadership, collaboration, self-direction, and an ability to work with rapidly shifting priorities. Primary locations: Texas-The Woodlands and Arkansas-Little Rock. Travel up to 25%. Job function: Corporate; FLSA status: Exempt (Mgmt).
Responsibilities
- Lead Integrated Resource Planning: Direct the development of and oversee the management of Entergy Arkansas’s (EAL) integrated resource planning process, as well as its integrated resource plan (IRP), ensuring a balanced approach to cost, reliability, risk, and decarbonization.
- Lead the implementation of the action plan identified within EAL’s IRP and planning process
- Evaluate new generation technologies, regulatory and market trends, and system needs to inform long-term generation strategy and supply plan.
- Support Customer and Economic Growth: Develop resource strategies to serve emerging large load customers including data centers and industrial expansions.
- Collaborate with Power Development, Transmission Planning, and System Planning to ensure