Project Development Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Last Energy is seeking a Project Development Manager to support the development of our fleet of PWR-20 Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) projects. This role owns project progress end-to-end across multiple markets simultaneously - from securing land and utility interconnection to engaging local stakeholders and regulators. The ideal candidate is a decisive operator who can build a roadmap from scratch, rally a cross-functional team around it, and push a project through ambiguity and hurdles toward a signed grid connection.

Areas of responsibility include:

Program/Project Management

• Develop roadmaps, budgets, and resourcing plans
• Accelerates projects through ruthless prioritization and critical path management, together with in-country teams 
• Assigns and manages cross-functional team members (including product, engineering, licensing, and communications) in support of project progress

Land Acquisition

• Prepares, negotiates, and closes land agreements, together with in-country teams 
• Manages land diligence efforts, including environmental, planning, and geotechnical

Grid Application

• Utilize transmission and distribution maps/data to identify opportunities for expedited grid connections 
• Develop (with support from the engineering team), submit, and manage grid connection applications through the approvals process

Stakeholder Engagement/Permitting

• Travel and present projects to municipalities and local stakeholder groups
• Research, draft, submit, and manage planning and non-nuclear permitting documentation to regulatory bodies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics/Finance, Environmental Science, Urban Planning, or other related discipline 
• 8+ years of professional experience, ideally in the fields of energy or sustainability 

• Has led a project end-to-end through an investment committee or equivalent approval process, building a compelling case for a significant capital commitment

• Highly organized, with proven systems for managing many parallel workstreams and dependencies without dropping anything
• A proven track record of creatively solving problems and pushing projects past development hurdles, whether in permitting, interconnection, land, or stakeholder opposition, to keep them moving forward
• Demonstrated Project Development and Project Management skills 
• Strong experience with Gantt charts and project scheduling tools (Smartsheet, MS Project, or similar)
• Willing to travel as needed (10-30%)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Eager to learn the specifics of nuclear project development, regulatory processes, and energy infrastructure; prior knowledge is a plus but not required
• Strong self-starter with the ability to quickly adapt strategy in a fast-paced environment