Senior Project Lead, Late-Stage Projects

Senior Project Lead, Late-Stage Projects

Full Time Geronimo Power, LLC HQ, Bloomington, MN, US

Salary Range: $ to $ annually

Geronimo Power (formerly National Grid Renewables) develops, owns and operates large-scale power assets throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind and energy storage. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. Geronimo Power is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  or follow the company on Linked In.

Position

Description:

The Senior Lead of Late‑Stage Projects advances portfolios and individual projects toward financial investment through proactive risk management, schedule and budget management, and coordination of stakeholders across internal teams, external partners, and consultants. Portfolios may vary in size and complexity. Project types include solar, wind, battery energy storage systems, natural gas, and data center developments.

• Lead and champion complex portfolios of projects and/or projects to align schedules, budgets, risk management, and investment approvals.
• Manage >$800 million in investment budgets where capital investment will vary depending on size and type of the project(s).
• Appropriately manage, understand, and articulate portfolio and project risks as it relates to development, design, schedule, project economics, and constructability, offering creative solutions to mitigate risks.
• Work collaboratively and closely with project finance teams to ensure accuracy in the project’s investment budget, historical development costs, securing any remaining tax abatements available to the project, and forecasting cash flow needed up to financial investment.
• Lead the engineering, procurement and construction teams to ensure that projects are deliverable, considerate of site characteristics, on-budget, and optimized from an equipment standpoint.
• Proactively engage and participate with the Transmission department on project specific interconnection calls as it relates to schedule and design.
• Represent Geronimo Power with federal, state and local officials, regulators, utilities, transmission operators, and other stakeholders as necessary to bring the project to construction. This could include direct management and/or proper delegation to ensure stakeholder relationships are maintained.
• Proactively review, analyze, and comprehend key information from purchase options, lease options, and easements. Determine if additional agreements, amendments, or extensions are necessary for project viability, and obtain through direct management and/or proper delegation.
• Manage and leverage external consultants and/or contractors to advance the project to investment.
• Proficient collaboration and assistance with various internal departments such as project deliverables and gating requirements are met in a timely manner for investment.
• Successfully negotiate and secure Road Use and Maintenance Agreements through collaboration with external stakeholders and internal team members.
• Proactively obtain necessary documentation for project financing such as legal memorandums or third-party verification reports.
• Supervise a portfolio of early to mid-stage projects with limited direct involvement.
• Update internal and external data for reports, run project calls, create presentations, and maintain project schedules.
• Author written or verbal reports to management including updates on project status and changes to regulations.
• Travel approximately 15% of the time.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Accomplished project management skills and excellent organization.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated track record of project ownership.
• Ability to self-prioritize and plan work effectively.
• Ability to work independently and part of a team.
• Relationship management skills include but not limited to conflict resolution, negotiation, relationship building, stakeholder engagement, and emotional intelligence.
• Innovative in ability to analyze and…