Vice President, Transmission & Grid Strategy

Job Description

Company Description

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of nearly 400 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers.

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Apex strives to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management. Our mission-driven team seeks determined, resolute individuals who strive to innovate and go above the call of duty, and who will relentlessly do their part to help accelerate the shift to America’s clean energy future.

Apex Clean Energy is seeking an experienced and strategic Vice President, Transmission & Grid Strategy to lead the company's transmission planning, interconnection, grid integration, and transmission analytics functions across its growing portfolio of utility-scale renewable energy, energy storage, and emerging data center development opportunities.

The Vice President will be responsible for developing and executing the company's long-term transmission and grid strategy, managing a multi-gigawatt interconnection portfolio, optimizing project value through transmission planning and analytics, and building executive-level relationships with utilities, ISOs/RTOs, regulators, and key industry stakeholders.

This executive leader will oversee all transmission planning, interconnection management, grid integration, and transmission analytics activities across the development lifecycle, ensuring transmission considerations are fully integrated into portfolio strategy, investment decisions, and project execution. The role will partner closely with Development, Origination, Finance, Engineering, Construction, Asset Management, and Executive Leadership to maximize portfolio value and create sustainable competitive advantages through superior transmission and grid positioning.

The Vice President will build and lead a high-performing team of transmission professionals, transmission analysts, and engineering consultants supporting Apex's development platform.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Transmission and Grid Strategy

• Develop and execute Apex's long-term transmission and grid strategy to support renewable energy, energy storage, and data center development objectives.
• Establish transmission planning priorities that maximize project value, reduce development risk, and improve capital efficiency across the portfolio.
• Advise executive leadership on transmission market trends, grid constraints, emerging opportunities, transmission investments, and strategic market expansion.
• Identify opportunities to create competitive advantages through transmission positioning, utility relationships, and grid intelligence.
• Evaluate transmission infrastructure investments and strategic transmission opportunities that enhance long-term portfolio value.

Interconnection Portfolio Leadership

• Direct all transmission interconnection activities across Apex's multi-gigawatt development portfolio spanning PJM, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, NYISO, ISO-NE, CAISO, and WECC markets.
• Establish portfolio-level interconnection strategies that optimize queue positioning, deliverability, upgrade costs, and project economics.
• Oversee interconnection applications, studies, agreements, and negotiations with utilities, transmission owners, and system operators.
• Lead strategic decisions regarding queue management, project prioritization, withdrawals, modifications, and portfolio optimization.
• Ensure timely execution of Generator Interconnection Agreements (GIAs), transmission service agreements, and related contractual obligations.
• Provide executive oversight of utility performance, schedule management, and critical path activities affecting project development…