Senior Project Manager, Energy Development

Senior Project Manager, Energy Development

Denver, Colorado, United States

Tract is a team of digital infrastructure experts dedicated to accelerating responsible data center growth by developing master-planned data center parks with access to pre-positioned power and fiber in key markets.

Our approach is collaborative with governments, utilities, cities, and regions to ensure development is targeted for the optimal locations to maximize the economic development benefits for the community while being good stewards of the land and minimizing the impact on neighbors. Tract is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with real estate holdings throughout the United States.

Tract is seeking a results-oriented energy development professional to join our growing Energy team.

This is a high-leverage execution role designed to support the SVP of Energy Development across a growing portfolio of energy development projects. Reporting directly to the SVP of Energy Development, the Senior Project Manager will help drive day-to-day execution across multiple parallel work streams and improve the speed, rigor, and consistency with which projects advance.

The successful candidate will coordinate complex internal and external activities across permitting, interconnection, fuels and related infrastructure, stakeholder engagement, development planning, commercial progression, and financing alignment. You will be responsible for helping projects move forward on scope, schedule, and risk; improving visibility across active work streams; and supporting decision-quality materials for senior leadership.

Given that this is a growing function operating across an expanding portfolio, you can expect daily transitions from strategic planning to hands-on execution in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. If you're ready to shape the future of energy and data centers, Tract is the place to be.

• Support the advancement of multiple concurrent energy development projects from early-stage screening through key commercial and development milestones.
• Build and maintain integrated project schedules, milestone trackers, action-item logs, recurring operating rhythms, look-ahead plans, and portfolio status reporting.
• Coordinate internal work streams across Engineering, Land Strategy, Environmental, Legal, Finance, Tax, Construction, External Affairs, consultants, utilities, regulators, and commercial counter parties.
• Track critical path items, gating decisions, dependencies, unresolved issues, and project risks; proactively escalate issues to support timely resolution.
• Support development planning across permitting, interconnection, fuels and related infrastructure, stakeholder engagement, contract progression, and financing readiness.
• Develop executive-ready project summaries, briefing materials, decision memos, risk registers, stage-gate materials, internal approval packages, go/no-go recommendations, and management presentations supporting project milestones.
• Coordinate external consultants, development partners, utilities, agencies, local officials, landowners, fuel counter parties, community stakeholders, and other external partners while ensuring technical scope, commercial terms, stakeholder commitments, financing considerations, and project deliverables remain aligned.
• Maintain project documentation, development records, project controls, reporting tools, and standardized operating frameworks to support institutional continuity, informed decision-making, and the long-term growth of the Energy Development function.

• BA or BS degree in Engineering, Energy Management, Business, Finance, Environmental Studies, Construction Management, Economics, or a related field.

• 7 to 12 years of experience in energy project development, energy infrastructure, power project management, utility-scale project execution, or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience advancing complex energy or infrastructure projects by coordinating internal teams and external counter parties across multiple concurrent work streams while managing scope, schedule, and risk.
• Strong understanding of the energy development lifecycle, including permitting, interconnection, stakeholder coordination, contract and commercial process management, and development-stage decision making.
• Ability to build and maintain schedules, risk registers, action logs, and executive-level reporting materials while translating technical, commercial, and project information into actionable insights for executives, potential investors, and Board members.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity while maintaining ownership, urgency, and follow-through.

• Experience with grid-connected generation, battery storage, behind-the-meter power, thermal generation, fuel cells, microgrids, utility and ISO/RTO interconnection processes, and regulatory…