Strategic System Planning Director (Hybrid)

Xcel Energy; Amarillo (TX); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Long Term Incentive

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Pension

401(k) plan

Paid time off (PTO)

Holidays

Job summary

Xcel Energy, a Fortune 500 energy provider, is seeking a leader for Integrated System Planning in Texas and New Mexico. The role shapes policy, regulatory strategy, infrastructure investment, and customer-driven growth to deliver reliable, affordable energy.

You will work with regulators, utilities, and stakeholders to align planning with company priorities. The position demands a degree in a related field and a long track record in utility systems planning, regulatory engagement, and policy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance, engineering, or related discipline. Master’s degree preferred.
• 12 years of utility experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the identification, prioritization, and strategic response to emerging policy, market, regulatory, and system-planning issues that materially affect long-term infrastructure investment, reliability, customer growth, or cost recovery.
• Serve as a company representative and strategic spokesperson with regulators, Commissioners, federal agencies, RTO leadership, customers, municipalities, market participants, peer utilities, and/or policy stakeholders, cultivating strong relationships.
• Influence external policy, market, and planning frameworks to advance company priorities and mitigate material regulatory, financial, reliability, and customer risks.
• Establish and govern integrated planning strategies across generation, transmission, distribution, customer-driven growth, and other long-range system needs. Translate complex planning and market insights into clear recommendations for executive leadership.
• Develop and execute strategies for planning policy, cost allocation, and cost recovery across applicable regulatory frameworks. Accountable for responses to regulatory proceedings, policy changes, and stakeholder initiatives impacting system planning and investment.
• Provide expert written and oral testimony in regulatory proceedings on issues that impact cost of service, generation resource needs, or transmission needs.
• Build and lead a high-performing multidisciplinary team, establishing priorities, performance expectations, resource strategies, workforce capabilities, succession plans, and accountability for results.
• Oversee development of contracts, agreements, and partnerships supporting planning and investment strategies.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory affairs

System planning

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory testimony

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Xcel Energy, a Fortune 500 energy provider, is seeking a leader for Integrated System Planning in Texas and New Mexico. The role shapes policy, regulatory strategy, infrastructure investment, and customer-driven growth to deliver reliable, affordable energy.

You will work with regulators, utilities, and stakeholders to align planning with company priorities. The position demands a degree in a related field and a long track record in utility systems planning, regulatory engagement, and policy