The Vice President of Project Development East will provide executive leadership for the development and execution of a multi-gigawatt, technology-agnostic portfolio of utility-scale power generation and energy storage assets across ERCOT, MISO, PJM, NYISO, and ISO-NE. The portfolio includes wind, solar, PVS, and standalone storage.
This role serves as the senior development leader for the Eastern and Central U.S., overseeing two Directors of Development, who in turn lead regional teams of approximately nine developers each. The Vice President will act as strategic leader accountable for portfolio quality, execution outcomes, capital readiness, and alignment with corporate investment and construction objectives.
- Lead a multi-gigawatt, technology-agnostic development portfolio across multiple ISOs and regulatory regimes.
- Set regional development strategy in partnership with executive leadership, aligning market selection, technology mix, greenfield development, and project acquisition priorities with corporate growth objectives.
- Evaluate and balance portfolio risk across interconnection, permitting, offtake, transmission, regulatory, and policy dimensions.
- Oversee integration and advancement of acquired projects to ensure consistency with development standards and investment criteria.
- Maintain accountability for projects from advanced greenfield stage through NTP and COD.
- Oversee late-stage development activities including interconnection, permitting, land control, transmission solutions, offtake support, and tax credit readiness.
- Ensure projects meet de-risking, financing, and capital deployment requirements.
- Coordinate disciplined handoffs from development into pre-construction and construction while retaining accountability through financial close.
- Directly manage two Directors of Development, each responsible for regional teams of approximately nine developers.
- Build, mentor, and scale high-performing development teams across multiple geographies and technologies.
- Establish consistent development processes, stage-gates, reporting cadence, and execution KPIs.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and execution excellence.
Qualifications
- 20+ years of experience in utility-scale power project development with leadership responsibility across multiple ISOs/RTOs and across multiple generation technologies.
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale wind, solar, and energy storage portfolios.
- Proven track record managing and scaling geographically distributed development teams.
- Strong understanding of project finance, tax credits, interconnection processes, and late-stage execution.
- Bachelor’s Degree, MBA a plus.
Interested parties, please send you resume to Ansley Mepham; amepham@joeamara.com
