Vistra Corp.

Sr. Director - Project Development

Vistra Corp.$150K — $180K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering preferred; equivalent experience acceptable
  • 10+ years in power project development, especially in natural gas generation
  • Demonstrated success in managing large-scale infrastructure projects valued at $500MM or more
  • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
  • Strong organizational, analytical, budgeting, and project management abilities

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute the strategy for gas generation assets, including new builds and conversions
  • Oversee all aspects of project development for assigned sites, ensuring stakeholder alignment
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external consultants on project transactions
  • Manage budgets and ensure profitability of utility-scale projects
  • Coordinate permitting, land acquisition, and regulatory requirements for each project

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment
  • Commitment to employee development and teamwork
  • Strong emphasis on effective communication and customer expectations
  • Inclusive workplace culture
  • Engagement with a global leader in the energy sector
Full Job Description
Job Summary
Serve as Senior Director for development of natural gas-fired generation projects, including greenfield, brownfield conversions, and repowering opportunities

Direct due diligence across permitting, site feasibility, environmental, technical, and community engagement workstreams

Coordinate with internal teams and external consultants and stakeholders on interconnection, regulatory, engineering, legal, procurement, as needed to ensure effective execution of projects

Job Description

Key Accountabilities
• Execute development strategy for gas generation assets, including new builds, repowers, and coal to gas conversions
• Be accountable, for all related aspects of project development for an assigned site, including, customer and utility relations, permitting, land acquisition, general stakeholder relations, project schedule, etc.
• Work closely with internal and external resources on project transactions.
• Responsible for budget and driving profitability of utility-scale projects on assigned sites

Education, Experience & Skill Requirements
• Bachelor's degree (engineering) is preferred but experience gained through college degree programs and/or certifications is applicable to below skills
• 10+ years of progressive experience in power project development, with significant experience in natural gas generation
• Proven track record of leading large-scale, complex infrastructure projects ($500MM+)
• Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong organizational, analytical, project, process, and budgeting skills

Key Metrics
• Develop and deliver large-scale power infrastructure projects to successful close
• Work with internal Business Development, Construction and Operations teams on executing efficient "hand-offs" throughout the Development lifecycle

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Job Family
Corp Dev & Planning

Company
Vistra Corporate Services Company

Locations
Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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5,060 employees
Market Cap
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