Calpine

Director Project Management & Development

Calpine$154K — $196K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required, Master's Degree preferred.
  • Minimum 15+ years experience in project management or related field.
  • Proven management experience directing project management staff.
  • Strong expertise in budgeting and expense management.
  • Familiarity with project management best practices and processes.

Responsibilities

  • Direct overall management of Project Management staff and key performance metrics.
  • Manage day-to-day operations of the project management office.
  • Identify and drive opportunities for departmental performance improvement.
  • Establish operational objectives and delegate tasks to subordinate managers.
  • Make strategic decisions impacting large-scale and cross-functional projects.
  • Ensure projects meet defined scope, quality, time, and cost requirements.
  • Conduct performance reviews and make staffing decisions for senior management.
Full Job Description
Job Summary (including but not limited to the following: other duties may be assigned)
Directs overall management of Project Management staff and is responsible for productivity, expense levels and asset management. Rarely becomes involved in day-to-day operations; is more concerned to see that overall budgets, schedules and performance standards are set, maintained and achieved. Maintains the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, scheduling, and budget and risk assessment. May participate in defining and developing project management best practices, processes, and policy to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals. May collaborate with multi-departmental leadership and other stakeholders to locate opportunities and develop and prioritize projects according to relevant measurement criteria. Responsible for the supervision of Project Managers to ensure that all projects are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements.

Job Responsibilities
• Responsible for day-to-day operations of the project management office.
• Manages activities of broad functional area through first level management and professionals, including full human resources, cost and budgetary accountability.
• Decisions typically related to implementation of department strategy, intradepartmental coordination, and business outcomes.
• Results have significant impact on costs and achievement of department objectives.
• Identifies opportunities which make a significant difference to the performance of multiple department functions and possibly organization-wide impact.
• Makes decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and/or initiatives involving multiple functional areas.
• Establishes operational objectives for multiple functions including work plans and delegating assignments to subordinate managers and senior professionals.
• Works within broad guidelines; applies advanced technical knowledge of multiple functions to solve complex problems which may have long-term impact on the department.
• Manages multiple functions within a department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and employees.
• Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for top professionals and management.

Job Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent, prefer Master's Degree.
• Previous management experience.
• Typically requires minimum of 15+ years in area of specialization.

Salary Information
• Annual Rate Range - $154,231.89 to $196,645.66/year

About Calpine

Calpine Corporation is a power generation company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Calpine's fleet of natural gas-fired and geothermal power plants has a combined generating capacity of approximately 26,000 megawatts. Calpine sells wholesale power and other energy-related services to utilities, independent electric system operators, industrial and commercial customers, and retail power providers. The company was founded in 1984 and went public in 1996. In 2018, Calpine was acquired by Energy Capital Partners and a consortium of investors.
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