OverviewAbout the Role:
As Senior Vice President, Thermal & Hydro, you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the commercial management, optimization, and growth of LS Power's thermal and hydroelectric generation portfolio. You will lead efforts across asset valuation, revenue optimization, market strategy, fuel management, hedging, acquisitions, and risk management, ensuring the portfolio is positioned to maximize value across evolving power, capacity, environmental, and fuel markets. This role requires deep expertise in thermal and hydro generation economics, wholesale power markets, and commercial strategies that drive long-term profitability while supporting LS Power's investment and growth objectives.
Responsibilities
What you will do:
- Lead commercial strategy and performance for LS Power's thermal and hydro fleet.
- Drive revenue optimization and market forecasting across energy, capacity, ancillary, environmental, and fuel markets.
- Oversee fuel procurement, transportation, and storage for thermal assets.
- Lead hedging and risk management to optimize risk-adjusted returns.
- Provide valuation and underwriting for acquisitions, development, repowering, and life-extension projects.
- Partner with Asset Management and Operations on outage timing, dispatch, and capital decisions.
- Build relationships with ISOs/RTOs, fuel suppliers, counterparties, and regulators, and track market and policy changes.
- Lead, manage, and develop a high-performing team while establishing and reinforcing commercial best practices.
Qualifications
We want you on our team because you60#8230;
- Have a Bachelor's degree; advanced degree preferred.
- 15+ years of experience in power markets, energy trading, commercial asset management, or portfolio optimization.
- Have deep expertise in thermal and hydro economics and U.S. wholesale power markets.
- Have a track record in hedging, optimization, and risk management for generation assets.
- Know natural gas markets, transportation, and fuel procurement.
- Have proven team leadership and strong commercial judgment.
- Communicate clearly and think strategically.
Ideally, you have...60#8230;
- Experience managing large thermal and hydro portfolios across PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP, NYISO, and ISO-NE.
- Deep knowledge of spark spreads, dispatch economics, hydro scheduling, and ancillary services.
- Experience negotiating fuel supply, transportation, tolling, and structured hedge agreements.
- Familiarity with acquisition underwriting, financing structures, and repowering.
