Senior Manager, Resource Planning

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy Arkansas seeks a strategic Senior Manager of Resource Planning to drive long-term generation strategy aligned with reliability, affordability and sustainability goals. You will lead the integrated resource planning process, coordinate with market and regulatory teams, and shape the procurement and testimony strategy before the Arkansas Public Service Commission.

Candidate should bring 8+ years in regulatory, finance, operations or customer service, plus strong writing and presentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in regulatory, finance, operations, and customer service.
• Experience with regulatory proceedings including sponsorship of testimony and discovery responses.
• Superior writing, presentation, and speaking skills required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Integrated Resource Planning: develop and oversee IRP, balance cost, reliability, risk, and decarbonization.
• Lead the action plan implementation within EAL’s IRP and planning process.
• Develop resource strategies to serve emerging large load customers and collaborate with other planning teams.
• Ensure compliance with MISO resource adequacy requirements and support capacity offer strategy development.
• Lead preparation of regulatory filings related to resource planning, procurement, and strategy; develop testimony and manage discovery with Arkansas PSC.
• Oversee RFP processes and guide commercial negotiations; advise on resource selection decisions.
• Build relationships with executive leadership, technical teams, regulatory staff, and external stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder engagement

IRP planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Job Summary/Description 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.

Job Duties/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 timely and cost-effective solutions.

Engage with Internal Market Teams:

• Ensure compliance with MISO’s annual resource adequacy requirements and support capacity offer strategy development in partnership with System Planning & Operations (SPO).
• Oversee inputs to SPO’s Operational Strategies as they pertain to capacity auctions and real-time energy market participation in alignment with operating company goals.

Drive Regulatory Strategy and Testimony:

• Lead preparation of regulatory filings related to resource planning, procurement, and strategy.
• Collaborate with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to develop testimony and manage discovery processes before the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC).
• Serve as a sponsoring witness in proceedings and defend complex planning decisions through written and oral testimony.

Support resource procurement processes:

• Serve as EAL’s lead working with SPO to establish appropriate scope and schedule associated with resource request for proposals (RFP).
• Represent EAL in working groups as RFPs are administered and ultimately as resources are selected from those RFPs.
• Provide guidance to commercial teams during negotiations.
• Own recommendations made to EAL management with respect to which resources EAL should strike on and which resources it should not strike on.

Coordinate Internal and External Stakeholders:

• Build and maintain productive relationships with executive leadership, technical teams, regulatory staff, and external stakeholders.
• Represent Entergy Arkansas in cross-functional working groups, technical conferences, and regulatory discussions.

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education required of the position Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, economics or related field or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum experience required of the position 8+ years with significant specific knowledge and work-related experience in regulatory, finance, operations, and customer service. Experience with regulatory proceedings including sponsorship of testimony and discovery responses.
• Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required of the position Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies. Superior writing, presentation, and speaking skills required.