Senior Power Portfolio Manager – AI Data Centers

Kimmel & Associates Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary $150k–$220k

Annual bonus

Comprehensive benefits

HQ: Saratoga Springs, NY preferred

Travel to sites and utilities

Job summary

Kimmel & Associates, Inc. seeks a senior Power Portfolio Manager to own the power strategy for a national AI data center rollout.

This hands-on, senior individual-contributor role reports to executive leadership and requires direct engagement with utilities to energize projects across multiple sites. Ideal candidates have electrical engineering backgrounds with proven success moving utility capacity requests from application to energization, and a willingness to travel for site and utility

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 6+ years of power delivery experience with electric utilities, developer, EPC, data center or industrial side.
• Ability to read one-line diagrams and load/system impact studies.
• Knowledge of MW vs. MVA, power factor, feeders, substations, transformers and switchgear.
• Proven track record moving utility service requests to energization without direct authority over utility.
• Hands-on utility/electrical experience; avoid purely energy sales or trading backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the master power portfolio for sites across 12+ states.
• Track utility timelines, upgrade costs and risks for each site.
• Lead with utility account managers, planners and engineers on service requests and studies.
• Manage outside engineering firms and consolidate studies into a single source of truth.
• Identify long-lead equipment and schedule risks (substations, feeders, transformers, switchgear).
• Deliver concise weekly updates to leadership with recommendations and escalations.
• Travel to utilities, sites and engineering partners as needed.

Skills

Power delivery

Utility liaison

One-line diagrams

MW vs MVA knowledge

Energization experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

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.