At Bloom Energy, our vision for a world powered by clean, reliable, and affordable energy is more than just a dream—we’re making it reality.

For over two decades, we’ve been at the forefront of the global energy transition, pioneering solutions that empower critical industries to thrive in a rapidly digitizing, energy-intensive world. From revolutionizing power for AI-driven data centers to ensuring resilience for hospitals, electric grids, manufacturing facilities, and utilities, our solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies are redefining what’s possible by delivering energy abundance for all. With more than 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed worldwide, we are the trusted partner for Fortune 100 companies and innovators alike. Our cutting-edge solutions enable unparalleled “time-to-power” capabilities, reliability, and sustainability, ensuring our customers remain ahead in a world where soaring energy demand and intensifying energy scarcity are rapidly becoming the new norm.

At Bloom, we thrive on collaboration, bold thinking, and relentless innovation. We believe that, together, we can create a brighter, more sustainable future while tackling the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.

We are looking for a Senior Project Leader, Customer Installations Group to join our team in one of today’s most exciting technologies. This role will report to the Director, Global Program Management and will be based in office in San Jose, CA or remotely in Colorado. When not traveling, if based in San Jose, this will be a fully on-site, in office role 5 days a week.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Responsible and accountable for Large Scale Commercial and Industrial Fuel Cell deployments notably in the Hyperscaler Data Center industry requiring direct and/or indirect management of the following:
• Prior to Customer Contract Execution, supporting Contract Deal Team and providing early Project Management deliverables such as duration based schedules, driving FEED studies, preparing risk registers for internal review and hosting War Rooms to drive pre-contract execution plans.
• Following Customer Contract execution, finalize the baseline schedule and execution strategy to deliver SOW to client.
• Manage Cost, Schedule and Risks using project management fundamentals.
• Finalize Project Team Structure including identifying and hiring temporary hires to support the project on a temporary basis
• Design and construction contract negotiation and fulfillment
• Construction and project documentation completion to meet all technical and governmental standards
• Regulatory outreach and permit acquisition
• Gas and electrical utility interconnection process
• Construction bid documents development
• Project commissioning
• Regularly interface with internal Bloom Energy cross functional resources and subject matter experts.
• Participate in Bloom Energy’s product offering innovation process
• Ensure exemplary safety and performance through specific metrics during site construction and commissioning
• Ensure that Bloom Energy customers are 100% satisfied with the product and their site energy server installation experience
• Deliver presentations confidently to all project stakeholders, and sell new ideas to Bloom Energy senior leadership and its customer base
• 40-70% Travel Required, as needed for large projects

Skills and Experience:

• 12-15+ years of project management experience including 5+ years of distributed energy solution experience required or 5+ years managing Hyperscaler data center projects. Candidate experience must include management of >$100 million Installation budgets (excluding product cost)
• Power Generation experience at scales >50 MW strongly preferred.
• Project management experience should include management of budgets including fundamental understanding of earned value forecasting, schedules, design contracts, and construction contracts
• Experience producing results with gas and electrical utilities and leading local, state and federal permitting efforts is strongly preferred
• Extremely organized and can confidently communicate project status and risk mitigation strategies to Bloom Energy senior executive leadership with little notice. This role will require disciplined and regular report out of all aspects of project performance to executive leadership
• Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional teams of subject matter experts strongly preferred
• B.S. Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Electrical, and/or Mechanical Engineering required though other technical degrees (Construction Mgmt, Architecture, etc.) will be considered.
• Project Management Professional certification (PMP) required.
• Scheduling software programs: Microsoft Project and/or P6

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Salary Ranges:

$175,500.00 - $252,500.00