Director

• Lead the strategic development of generation portfolios across all technologies including renewables, natural gas, and emerging technologies to meet the company’s long-term resource needs.
• Manage development managers responsible for creating and advancing project portfolios that will be bid into Operating Company resource solicitation processes.
• Focus on portfolio optimization, long-term resource needs, and strategic positioning to ensure competitive bids and alignment with corporate resource planning objectives.
• Responsible for strategic planning and development for generation, transmission, electric distribution and/or gas systems.
• Provide leadership and coordination of multi-disciplinary teams in appraising, selecting, and defining the commercial, technical and performance characteristics for capital projects in the 5-year strategic plan consistent with corporate strategy, operational excellence, and industry best practices.
• Execute development strategies for projects and programs that balance risk, system reliability, resource adequacy, financial investment, customer cost, and executability of complex projects and programs.
• Aggregate, prioritize and optimize the portfolio of proposed capital projects within and across the operating business unit, the operations enterprise and the operating company.
• Leads cross functional teams to perform preliminary design and project development activities which result in robust foundation for packages for capital projects and programs.
• Develop deliverables which include project scope, justified business case, alternatives assessment, technology due diligence, cost estimates, project schedules, preliminary engineering designs, permitting strategy, procurement strategy, construction, and overall execution strategy.
• Provide assurance for the application of technical specifications, best practices and continuous improvement across capital project portfolio.
• Ensure an effective project handover to Operations and a robust feedback loop for continuous improvement.
• Provide technical analysis, supporting documentation, and testimony for public utility commission filings and permit filings, and submittal requirements.
• Obtain financial/tax incentives and grants, and regulatory approvals.
• Represent Xcel Energy in stakeholder meetings.

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