Power Portfolio Manager-AI Data Centers

Kimmel & Associates Inc.; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary 150k-220k

Annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

HQ in Saratoga Springs, NY

Opportunity to own power strategy

Job summary

Our client, Kimmel & Associates, Inc., seeks a Power Portfolio Manager to own the power strategy behind a national AI data center rollout. This senior, hands-on individual-contributor role reports to executive leadership and will determine available power, future capacity, energization timing, and potential delays for every site.

The ideal candidate is an electrical engineer with proven experience moving large-load utility requests from application to energization and the ability to collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 6+ years working with electric utilities or in developer/industrial environment.
• Ability to read one-line diagrams and studies.
• Knowledge of MW vs MVA, power factor, substations, transformers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain master power portfolio for all sites.
• Track utility timelines, upgrade costs and risks per site.
• Lead with utility account managers and engineers on service requests.
• Coordinate outside engineering firms and consolidate studies.
• Identify long-lead equipment and schedule risks.
• Deliver weekly leadership updates with recommendations.
• Travel to utilities, sites and engineering partners.

Skills

Power delivery

Utility liaison

One-line diagrams

MW vs MVA

Load studies

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Load studies

Electrical substations

Job description

About the Company

Our client is a developer and owner of AI data center infrastructure, converting sites across a large national real estate portfolio into power-dense edge compute facilities.

The company is delivering this national rollout of AI inference data centers in partnership with a leading hyperscale cloud platform, with active sites across 12+ states.

The organization offers experienced power and utility professionals the opportunity to own a critical function during a period of significant growth.

About the Position

Our client is seeking a Power Portfolio Manager to own the power strategy behind its national AI data center rollout.

This is a senior, hands-on individual-contributor role reporting to executive leadership. The Power Portfolio Manager will tell leadership, for every site, exactly how much power is available, how much more can be secured, when it will be energized and what could delay it.

The ideal candidate is an electrical engineer who has personally taken large-load utility requests from application to energization and can work effectively with utilities without direct authority over them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain the master power portfolio, tracking available, requested and committed capacity (MW/MVA) for every site across 12+ states.
• Track utility timelines, upgrade costs and risks for each site.
• Serve as day-to-day lead with utility account managers, planners and engineers on service requests, load studies, agreements, deposits and infrastructure upgrades.
• Manage outside engineering firms and consolidate studies, one-lines and utility letters into one reliable source of truth.
• Identify long-lead equipment and schedule risks early, including substations, feeders, transformers, switchgear and service entrances.
• Deliver concise weekly updates to leadership with clear recommendations and escalations.
• Travel as needed to utilities, project sites and engineering partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• 6+ years of power delivery experience working directly with electric utilities, at a utility or on the developer, EPC, data center or industrial side.
• Ability to read one-line diagrams and utility load or system impact studies.
• Strong working knowledge of MW vs. MVA, power factor, feeders, substations, transformers and switchgear.
• Proven record of moving utility service or capacity requests to energization without direct authority over the utility.
• Hands-on utility or electrical experience; backgrounds limited to energy sales, origination, trading, general program management or residential/small commercial service will not be considered.

Preferred Certifications & Qualifications:

• Experience inside an electric utility in large-load service, new business, distribution planning or interconnections.
• Data center, mission-critical or heavy industrial load experience.
• Experience managing a multi-state portfolio across several utilities.
• Knowledge of tariffs, electric service agreements, load studies and system impact studies.

Benefits

• $150,000–$220,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualifications.
• Annual bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Saratoga Springs, NY headquarters preferred; exceptional candidates near a major hub airport will be considered.
• Opportunity to own the power strategy for a national AI data center rollout.