Director, Electric Utilities

STACK Infrastructure; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental Care

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Paid Leave Programs

Job summary

STACK Infrastructure seeks a Director, Electric Utilities to lead near-term and long-term strategies for data center projects, manage consultant studies, and coordinate with external utilities and stakeholders. The role requires strong leadership and ownership of interconnection processes and budgets.

The ideal candidate will have energy-industry experience, the ability to translate complex issues for non-technical teams, and a track record of managing utility relationships across multiple

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, detail-oriented, and communicative skills.
• Ability to translate technical issues for non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with utilities, load interconnection processes, and policy discussions.

Responsibilities

• Manage load-interconnection process and act as primary utility contact for data center projects.
• Own and manage utility relationships and foster collaboration.
• Document interconnection steps, potential financial commitments, and timelines.
• Review utility contracts and forecast utility budgets for projects.
• Support leasing activities and develop business cases with the development team.
• Identify new strategies with senior leadership to improve processes and efficiency.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Creative thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Company

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

The Position

At STACK, the Director, Electric Utilities will report to the Vice President, Electric Utilities and will be responsible for developing and executing on near-term and long-term strategies to help the STACK Development team integrate data center projects. The Director will be responsible for managing and reviewing consultant studies, supporting the development team related to transmission needs and managing relationships with various external stakeholders. The Director will also support new corporate priorities and initiatives such as internal process improvements, exploring new markets, support energy procurement efforts, and support any regulatory/policy advocacy with external stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have experience with owning and managing external relationships, experience in the energy industry – in particular load interconnection processes, the ability to translate and communicate technical issues to non-technical team members, and a strong ability to identify issues and provide problem solving strategies.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage the load-interconnection process and serve as a primary point of contact with the utility for the data center projects
• Own, cultivate and manage utility relationships and foster a collaborative relationship
• Document the utility’s load interconnection process as it relates to any financial commitments, cost responsibilities, duration of the various steps of the process, and understand when power commitments are secured during the process
• Support reviews of any utility contracts related to the project
• Forecast and mange utility budgets for their projects
• Support leasing activities with the ultimate goal of understanding
• Work closely with development team to develop the business case for each project
• Support review and vetting of potential datacenter sites to assess viability of power delivery timeframes from the utility
• Identify and develop new near-term and long-term strategies in conjunction with the Vice President, Transmission Strategy to continually improve internal processes (i.e. workflows, communications, presentation of deliverables.
• Develop an understanding of the planning practices of the utilities and ISO/RTO in assigned geographical regions, which may include reviewing planning processes, modeling assumptions, understanding cost recovery and cost-allocation principles, and load interconnection processes
• Support relationship management with the utilities and RTO/ISOs to support project-specific efforts including initial site due diligence, review of initial interconnection requests and subsequent studies, identify potential alternative transmission solutions where there are transmission constraints and communicate/support the STACK development team in discussions with the utilities regarding projects
• Collaborate with STACK Energy and STACK Policy teams to work with external stakeholders to create new processes or improve existing processes to support data center integration (i.e. planning process improvements, load interconnection queue reform)
• Prepare presentations, track market activity, and provide weekly and biweekly reports
• Collaborate with other business units supporting STACK Development as necessary, including preconstruction, supply chain, design and engineering, sales, legal, and tax
• Aid in the preparation of business cases and recommendations for leadership approval
• Other duties as assigned

The Details

• Location: Denver, CO, or within 1 hour of any STACK site in our central region (Dallas, Chicago, New Albany, San Francisco, Virginia, and Atlanta)
• Travel: 10-20%
• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Paid Leave Programs
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background screening

Must-have Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field preferred
• 10+ Years experience in the energy space (with a utility, a consulting firm, renewable energy company, etc)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office product suite
• Strong analytical, detail-oriented, creative thinking, and communication skills
• Comfort creating processes and implementing strategies and procedures that serve an organization.
• Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal-to-no supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders.

Compensation Range

$209,300.00 - $234,600.00

This Might Be Right For You If

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

WHY STACK?

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law