Manager, Power Delivery

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in San Francisco seeks a senior program manager to lead utility, transmission, generation, and power-delivery workstreams from development through interconnection to operations readiness.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage budgets and risks, negotiate agreements, and provide leadership-facing updates on energization status, costs, and regulatory requirements.

Applicants should have 6–10+ years in utility or data-center energy programs and PMP/PE/CEM credentials.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 6–10+ years managing utility, energy, or data center programs.
• Strong knowledge of electric transmission, interconnection, substations, and tariffs.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders.
• Ability to translate technical and regulatory inputs into action plans and communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; highly organized and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Lead utility, transmission, generation, and power-delivery workstreams from development through interconnection and energization.
• Manage relationships, deliverables, and open issues across utilities, contractors, consultants, suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain schedules, budgets, risk registers, and critical-path dependencies across multiple projects.
• Support energy interconnection activities, procurement, commissioning, and service-readiness.
• Negotiate, execute, and administer utility, energy, and infrastructure agreements.
• Track obligations, deliverables, collateral, notices, and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate technical, legal, commercial, finance, procurement, construction, and operations teams to align efforts.
• Prepare leadership updates and executive summaries on energization risks, costs, and requirements.
• Lead energy procurement programs, pricing analyses, and market assessments.
• Monitor regulatory, tariff, and ISO/RTO requirements affecting project delivery.

Skills

Utility Management

Energy Infrastructure

Contract Administration

Stakeholder Coordination

Risk Tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field

6–10+ years of experience managing utility, energy, power infrastructure programs

Tools

PMP

PE

CEM

Job description

• Lead utility, transmission, generation, and power-delivery workstreams from development through interconnection, construction, energization, service commencement, and operational readiness.
• Manage relationships, deliverables, and open issues across utilities, transmission providers, contractors, consultants, suppliers, customers, and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain path-to-power schedules, energization milestones, budgets, risk registers, action logs, and critical-path dependencies across multiple projects.
• Support utility interconnection, substation, transmission, distribution, equipment procurement, commissioning, and service-readiness activities.
• Manage the development, negotiation, execution, and administration of utility, energy, and infrastructure agreements.
• Track and administer agreement obligations, including deliverables, milestone payments, collateral, notices, reporting requirements, deadlines, approvals, and internal ownership.
• Coordinate technical, legal, commercial, finance, procurement, construction, and operations teams to maintain alignment, resolve issues, and elevate risks.
• Prepare leadership and customer-facing updates on power delivery status, energization risks, cost impacts, utility requirements, and required decisions.
• Support portfolio and site‑specific energy strategies involving utility service, market supply, onsite generation, storage, and other power solutions.
• Manage load forecasting, tariff and rate analysis, energy budgeting, market assessments, commercial evaluations, and scenario‑based decision support.
• Lead supplier solicitations, bid evaluations, and commercial comparisons for power supply, energy market services, and related support.
• Coordinate implementation of energy procurement and risk‑management programs, including contract administration, collateral tracking, reporting, and internal handoffs.
• Develop metering, settlement, billing, and energy reporting processes with internal teams and external partners.
• Monitor utility, ISO/RTO, regulatory, tariff, policy, and large‑load requirements affecting project delivery, customer commitments, operating costs, or procurement optionality.
• Prepare forecasts, performance reporting, executive summaries, approval materials, and decision‑support packages.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 6–10+ years of experience managing utility, energy, power infrastructure, industrial, mission-critical, large-load, or data center programs.
• Working knowledge of electric transmission and distribution systems, utility interconnection processes, substations, generation, metering, tariffs, rate structures, utility agreements, and large-load service requirements.
• Experience coordinating utility providers, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, finance, engineering, construction, operations, customers, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience supporting contract administration, obligation tracking, schedule management, budgeting, risk tracking, procurement coordination, stakeholder reporting, and executive decision support.
• Ability to interpret technical, commercial, legal, regulatory, and financial inputs and translate them into clear action plans, recommendations, and communications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparing concise updates, issue summaries, meeting materials, and leadership-facing recommendations.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple active workstreams in a fast-paced development and delivery environment.
• Preferred: experience with hyperscale data centers, utilities, energy infrastructure developers, IPPs, large-load customers, or other energy-intensive operating environments.
• Preferred: experience with substations, transmission, distribution, onsite generation, energy storage, microgrids, customer-build infrastructure, or utility asset-transfer arrangements.
• Preferred: familiarity with regulated and competitive power markets, energy procurement, scheduling, settlements, billing, hedging, collateral, and customer energy reporting.
• Preferred: experience supporting commissioning, energization, operational readiness, customer service commencement, or transition-to-operations activities.
• Preferred: familiarity with ISO/RTO processes, utility tariffs, state regulatory proceedings, NERC requirements, or large-load policy developments.
• Preferred: PMP, PE, CEM, or other relevant professional credential.
• Ability to travel approximately 15% of the time, including domestic and, as needed, international destinations.
• Periodic visits to Montera’s main office or other designated locations may be required for onboarding, training, planning sessions, or team meetings.
• Ability to maintain a professional, reliable remote work setup with consistent internet access, availability during working hours, and a workspace supporting focused work, confidential conversations, and virtual meetings.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing utility and energy infrastructure projects, including contract administration, budgeting, risk tracking, and stakeholder reporting. Proficient in coordinating cross-functional teams and developing energy strategies that align with regulatory and operational requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Utility Management
• Energy Infrastructure
• Contract Administration
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Risk Tracking

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Project Management
• Budgeting
• Risk Management
• Load Forecasting
• Tariff Analysis
• Energy Procurement
• Utility Interconnection
• Metering Processes
• Regulatory Compliance
• Data Center Programs

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication Skills
• Highly Organized
• Detail-Oriented
• Problem-Solving
• Leadership-Facing Recommendations

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP
• PE
• CEM

Industry Keywords

• Electric Transmission
• Distribution Systems
• Substations
• Energy Storage
• Microgrids
• ISO/RTO Processes
• NERC Requirements
• Large-Load Service
• Energy Reporting
• Competitive Power Markets