About us:
Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy expansion solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through its transmission business, LS Power Grid, the company has built 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission systems with another 375+ miles currently in construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are meeting the growing needs of the energy expansion, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised more than $76 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.
Our Purpose, Mission, & Values:
Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world
Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem
Our Values are the willingness to participate in and help strengthen our culture of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership
Our People create value and are our Most Valuable asset. We take our values of Integrity, Innovation, Teamwork and Taking Ownership seriously and ask candidates to think about how they can help us further enhance our culture with their specific skillsets, capabilities and experiences.
Benefits:
We provide our team the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.
Compensation:
The salary for this role is $250,000 - $300,000. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York City. This salary range may also be modified in the future.
About the Role:
As Senior Vice President, Renewables, you will provide strategic leadership and oversight for LS Power’s energy marketing and trading activities. You will drive commercial success, lead high-impact initiatives, and shape the firm’s approach to asset management, trading, acquisitions, and risk management across U.S. power markets. This role requires deep industry expertise, advanced analytical capabilities, and a proven track record of leadership in the power and energy sector. ResponsibilitiesWhat you will do:
- Lead market analysis to identify and evaluate short- and long-term trading opportunities across commodity markets (Power, FTRs, emissions, RECs, natural gas, oil, coal, basis products).
- Oversee and guide third parties executing day-to-day commercial strategies for generating facilities (bidding, fuel procurement, outage coordination, etc.).
- Apply advanced industry fundamental and technical analysis to research market dynamics and assess trade and hedge positions.
- Monitor and interpret market, industry, product, and pricing trends to inform trading strategies.
- Structure and negotiate documentation for complex trades, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
- Provide asset valuation and strategic support for acquisition and development activities.
- Lead assessment and underwriting of revenue streams for target power generation facilities.
- Collaborate with acquisition and development teams to evaluate and implement strategic hedging alternatives.
- Develop and optimize power generation hedging strategies across market regions to maximize profitability and minimize margin volatility.
- Formulate and implement risk management and trading strategies, ensuring compliance with strategic objectives and risk controls.
- Apply advanced statistical and econometric analysis to power and gas data sets to generate actionable insights and predictive models.
- Mentor junior team members and contribute to the development of best practices within the team.
We want you on our team because you…
- Bachelor’s Degree required; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of progressive experience in trading, structuring, and/or analytical leadership within the power industry.
- Demonstrated expertise in market analysis, modeling, and programming (writing, reading, and editing code).
- Deep working knowledge of trade capture, risk management, and programming systems.
- Proven leadership and team development skills.
- Exceptional written and oral communication abilities.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to oversee multiple complex initiatives.
- Commitment to LS Power’s values and culture.
LS Power New York, New York, USA Office
1700 Broadway, New York, New York, United States, 10019
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