Senior Manager, Energy Project Development

Walmart Walmart · Retail · Bentonville, AR

This role leads early-stage development of onsite energy projects, including opportunity screening, feasibility assessment, and business case development. It involves using AI tools and analytics to evaluate sites and prioritize opportunities for Walmart's energy program, aiming to improve affordability, resiliency, and environmental performance.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead early-stage development of onsite energy projects from initial screening through handoff to execution partners
  2. Assess project feasibility by evaluating energy markets, tariffs, operating needs, project economics, incentives, permitting, risks, and timelines
  3. Apply technologies such as solar, battery storage, fuel cells, generators, and microgrid controls to improve affordability, resiliency, and environmental performance
  4. Use AI tools, analytics, and portfolio-scale site screening to evaluate large numbers of sites, prioritize opportunities, and develop scalable project strategies
  5. Develop business cases and present data-driven recommendations to senior leadership

Skills

Required

  • Experience developing onsite energy solutions, including solar, battery storage, generators, fuel cells, and microgrids
  • Strong ability to evaluate distributed generation impacts on energy costs, resiliency, and project value
  • Experience assessing project feasibility, development risk, and commercial outcomes
  • Experience using AI tools, analytics, and large datasets to screen and prioritize large portfolios of sites
  • Strong ability to build business cases and communicate recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
  • Experience structuring and negotiating commercial terms for energy transactions, including PPAs, ESAs, and build-transfer agreements, from either the buyer or seller perspective
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, energy systems, business, economics, finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience

Nice to have

  • Proficiency reviewing technical and financial modeling outputs; experience with Energy Toolbase, HelioScope, PVsyst, Xendee, or similar tools is preferred
  • advanced degree or certifications such as PMP, CEM, PE, NABCEP, or similar are preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience using AI tools, analytics, and large datasets to screen and prioritize large portfolios of sites