Senior Energy Development Project Manager

Tract

Denver (CO)

On-site

USD 130,000 - 165,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

Tract is seeking a results-oriented energy development professional to join our growing Energy team. This is a high-leverage execution role designed to support the SVP of Energy Development across a portfolio of energy development projects.

Reporting directly to the SVP of Energy Development, the Senior Project Manager will help drive day-to-day execution across multiple parallel workstreams and improve the speed, rigor, and consistency with which projects advance.

Qualifications

BA or BS degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Business, Finance, Environmental Studies, Construction Management, Economics, or a related field.
7 to 12 years of experience in energy project development, energy infrastructure, power project management, utility-scale project execution, or a related discipline.
Demonstrated experience advancing complex energy or infrastructure projects by coordinating internal teams and external counterparties across multiple concurrent workstreams while managing scope, schedule, and risk.
Strong understanding of the energy development lifecycle, including permitting, interconnection, stakeholder coordination, contract and commercial process management, and development-stage decision making.
Ability to build and maintain schedules, risk registers, action logs, and executive-level reporting materials while translating technical, commercial, and project information into actionable insights for executives, potential investors, and Board members.
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity while maintaining ownership, urgency, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

Support the advancement of multiple concurrent energy development projects from early-stage screening through key commercial and development milestones.
Build and maintain integrated project schedules, milestone trackers, action-item logs, recurring operating rhythms, look-ahead plans, and portfolio status reporting.
Coordinate internal workstreams across Engineering, Land Strategy, Environmental, Legal, Finance, Tax, Construction, External Affairs, consultants, utilities, regulators, and commercial counterparties.
Track critical path items, gating decisions, dependencies, unresolved issues, and project risks; proactively escalated issues to support timely resolution.
Support development planning across permitting, interconnection, fuels and related infrastructure, stakeholder engagement, contract progression, and financing readiness.
Develop executive-ready project summaries, briefing materials, decision memos, risk registers, stage-gate materials, internal approval packages, go/no-go recommendations, and management presentations supporting project milestones.
Coordinate external consultants, development partners, utilities, agencies, local officials, landowners, fuel counterparties, community stakeholders, and other external partners while ensuring technical scope, commercial terms, stakeholder commitments, financing considerations, and project deliverables remain aligned.
Maintain project documentation, development records, project controls, reporting tools, and standardized operating frameworks to support institutional continuity, informed decision-making, and the long-term growth of the Energy Development function.