Vice President of Energy

Vice President, Energy Confidential search | TexasOur client is a Texas-based energy infrastructure company building a large on-site power business for data center and industrial customers. The business is backed by an established core operation and is moving from first projects to a multi-site generation fleet. They are hiring a senior leader to run the operating and markets side of that fleet.The roleThis is a senior leadership seat. You set market strategy, own how generation and storage assets are dispatched, operated and kept compliant, and direct new capacity from commissioning into steady-state operation.What you’ll doSet energy market strategy and commercial planning across regulated and unregulated marketsBuild and run market operations: generation dispatch, a 24-hour operations desk, and the systems behind themOwn regulatory affairs and compliance for commercial and industrial power generationDirect deployment of thermal generation, battery storage and balance-of-plant assets, from program planning through commissioning to handoverLead asset operations: availability, performance, maintenance strategy and field service as the fleet growsWork with commercial and engineering teams so customer commitments translate into operable designsOwn the controls, telemetry and dispatch technology roadmap with engineering and ITManage the P&L for your area and build the team across markets, operations and project deliveryWhat you bring12+ years in power generation, distributed energy or energy markets, with senior operating or P&L responsibilityHands-on experience running generation or distributed assets for industrial or data center customers, including dispatch, a market operations center or 24-hour desk, and regulatory affairsWorking knowledge of ERCOT and other wholesale markets, and of utility and regulator relationshipsProgram or project management of multi-site generation or DER deploymentsTechnical depth (engineering or physics background preferred) alongside the commercial fluency to plan and defend a P&LExperience leading distributed teamsBased in Texas, with regular travel to sitesNice to haveTime at a power equipment manufacturer, integrator or distributed power operator serving industrial or data center loadsRetail energy, demand response or virtual power plant experienceExperience in a public company during a capital-intensive growth phaseWhy this roleEquipment secured, first customer contracts signed and a pipeline in place, with the operating organization still being built, so you shape itClear growth trajectory toward a fleet many times its current sizeA growing business backed by an established core operationInterested? Apply here or message me directly. All conversations are confidential, and the client will be named to shortlisted candidates.