Sr. Director, Supply Chain for Power Generation

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience.

STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need. The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

The Position

The Sr. Director, Supply Chain for Power Generation provides oversight to the onsite micro-grid delivery for a multi-phase, campus-scale data center project. This role will be responsible for the planning, execution, and operational delivery of utility-related programs and projects, ensuring targets are met for efficiency, reliability, and compliance.

The successful candidate will have executive-level experience with building onsite natural gas turbine generation plants and will be responsible for working across teams to successfully deliver large scale onsite generation and utility projects.

Responsibilities

This executive role requires a strong engineering foundation with deep experience in power generation, large-scale infrastructure, and complex energy system integration. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Serve as the executive sponsor for power generation projects, including microgrids, natural gas power plants, battery energy storage systems (BESS), accountable for budget, schedule, risk management and operational performance
• Lead cross-functional teams including engineering, construction, operations, finance, regulatory and data center integration
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize utility system performance, enhance reliability, and ensure safety
• Cultivate and manage utility relationships and foster a collaborative relationship
• Document the utility delivery process as it relates to any financial commitments, cost responsibilities, duration of the various steps of the process, and understand when power commitments are secured during the process
• Develop strong cross-functional coordination integrating operational power capacity into the overall project execution plan
• Manage external developer partnerships to maintain strong technical, cost, and schedule performance of power generation plant
• Provide proactive, in-field problem solving to ensure the successful delivery of power to the operational data center
• Navigate and interact with government authorities to establish strategies and execution of needed approvals
• Develop strategies for compliance with environmental, interconnection, and market participation rules.
• Provide executive-level guidance on energy policies, technologies, and emerging risks.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies for power delivery, supply chain, construction execution, technology adoption and long-term O&M.
• Collaborate with STACK Energy and STACK Policy teams to collaborate with external stakeholders to create new processes or improve existing processes to support data center integration (i.e., planning process improvements, load interconnection queue reform)
• Prepare presentations, track market activity, and provide weekly and biweekly reports
• Collaborate with other business units supporting STACK Development as necessary, including preconstruction, supply chain, design and engineering, sales, legal, and tax
• Aid in the preparation of business cases and recommendations for leadership approval
• Other duties as assigned

• Location: Remote
• Benefits: Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Paid Leave Programs
• Travel: Will travel to data center facilities across the country. Up to 25%
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass a comprehensive background screening.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or power engineering, environmental science, or a related field required; advanced degree (MBA, MS in Energy Systems or equivalent) preferred.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) strongly preferred.
• Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in utility management, power delivery, or a related role, including leadership experience building onsite natural gas turbine generation plants and/or battery energy storage systems
• 5+ years of relevant experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain leadership, ideally in construction or mission-critical infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of utility systems and infrastructure
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and compliance practices specific to the utility industry
• Proficient in Microsoft Office product suite
• Strong analytical, detail-oriented, creative thinking, and communication skills
• Comfort creating processes and implementing strategies and procedures that serve an organization.
• Ability to execute, process, and prioritize tasks with minimal-to-no supervision.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal staff, external consultants, vendors, and other stakeholders.

$216,000.00 - $249,000.00

This Might Be Right For You If

• You are a strong communicator, you are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making.
• You do not get flustered easily. You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables.
• You are a team builder. You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team.
• You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement. While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning.

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer-to-peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

Note to external agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure, Inc. will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of STACK Infrastructure, Inc.