Sr. Generation Program Manager

Important Application Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, August 19, 2026 More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. Turbine and Generator Services (TGS) exists to provide programmatic engineering and technical support to the Regulated and Renewable Energy (RRE) fleet of turbines and generators.  We embrace and diligently pursue the vision of zero major events for these centerline assets resulting in substantial and sustained improvements in station availability/reliability and exceptional long-term shareholder value.  TGS is committed to relentlessly and purposefully leveraging people, organizations, information, technology, and analytical techniques to identify, evaluate and address any issue that could contribute to a major event.  This position is the expert level of the Generation Program Manager hierarchy and is responsible for the development and implementation of comprehensive programmatic strategies for the RRE fleet of turbines and generators.  These strategies address corporate strategic objectives, financial goals, regulatory requirements, technology limitations, and OEM/vendor relationships.  The Program Manager will ensure adequate and consistent plans, processes, documentation, and standards are developed, trained, implemented, and exercised to ensure all RRE sites maintain compliance with the program outline.  At this level, the employee will solve the most complex problems and will have wide latitude for unreviewed work and proposals submitted to Senior Leadership teams.  Assignments at this level require the highest level of critical thinking to resolve high-impact, complex and/or cross-functional problems.  Incumbents are expected to have advanced skills, work independently and are to be considered industry experts in their discipline or in a particular field.  They consult on strategic and highly complex work. The incumbent must have leadership ability, organizational knowledge, experience, and strategic vision to implement relevant programs to address issues in the fleet. The incumbent must possess the technical acumen to design/analyze/assess program details, have proficiency in financial or economic analysis to optimize results and recommend adjustment to program initiatives, all to achieve defined improvement results.  The position requires excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to lead the preparation of complex reports and presentations.  This level will frequently interface with all levels of management including GMs, VPs, Senior VPs, and the senior management groups. The position requires a high level of coordination skills as well as the ability to manage complex technical projects involving other departments, outside consultants and industry groups.  The Program Manager is expected to frequently interface with industry groups and peers to benchmark best practices and to lead the industry in a rapidly changing environment. Continually evaluate changing and emergent fleet events, industry developments, supplier changes, environmental legislation, regulatory drivers, and corporate strategic direction to identify opportunities to improve the performance and cost effectiveness of program strategies.  Prepare reports, white papers, and/or presentations which address technically complex and financially significant issues Leads the development and scoping of new improvement initiatives across the fleet to maintain compliance with standards and company governance and policies.  Provides technical leadership for