Regional Project Director

Looking for a Dynamic leader to head the Regional Projects worth INR 10k Cr plus.

Position : Regional Director Projects

Reporting to : Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Reportees : 4 to 5 Project Directors.

Education : BE / B Tech with minimum 24+ Yrs of experience in Project Execution and Delivery.

Should have handled INR 8000 to 10000 Cr projects in different locations and multiple stake holders.

Company :

The Company is a leading power transmission infrastructure developer committed to strengthening Indias energy landscape. Develops, own, and operate critical power transmission projects . portfolio spans an asset base of thousands of Crs with more than 10,000 circuit kms across 8 key states. Mission is to develop, own, and operate critical power transmission projects worth 1 lac crore in couple of years.

Role Title

Regional Director

Role Summary

Accountable for outcomes across a cluster of two to three transmission projects in a cluster (state or group of states). Provide leadership oversight so each project meets schedule cost quality and safety commitments and transitions cleanly to operations to protect portfolio IRR. Oversee Project Heads who own day to day planning and execution and who report to the Cluster Head Project Director. In parallel lead and support bidding for upcoming opportunities in the cluster by applying deep state level knowledge routes permissions and stakeholder context

1. Key Strategic Priorities
2. Cluster delivery stewardship: Ensure every project in the cluster achieves approved milestones quality and safety so that energization and tariff start are not delayed
3. Bid leadership for the cluster: Shape competitive and execution credible bids with Commercial Design Survey Land and Finance drawing on institutional knowledge of the cluster
4. Stakeholder and clearance strategy: Build and maintain relationships with state utilities SLDCs forest and wildlife authorities district administration and local leaders to unlock permissions access and outages
5. Readiness and assurance: Assure readiness for foundations erection and stringing substation works and energization windows by reviewing Project Head plans and prerequisites
6. Culture of safety and quality: Set zero harm expectations and ensure continuous improvement through audits learning reviews and corrective actions
7. Leadership bench: Develop Project Heads and site leadership capabilities and manage performance and succession across the cluster

B. Core Responsibilities

1. Cluster project plan and reviews: Approve project L2/L3/L4 roadmaps across cluster; run monthly cluster reviews focused on critical path risks, mitigations, and decision clarity
2. Bidding and pre-bid orchestration: Lead state scans, competitor intelligence, pre-bid engagement, route options, and capex and BoQ checks; coordinate risk registers and review packs with the CCO and CFO
3. Mobilization oversight: Ensure early works, land and ROW strategy, forest clearances, logistics, and vendor mobilization are in place so that the NTP-to-construction cycle is compressed
4. Progress, cost, and change control: Track earned value, commitments, and cash curves; chair variance reviews; approve changes and claims with Commercial and Legal to protect IRR
5. Interface management: Lead engagement with EPCs, OEMs, and utilities; resolve inter-agency dependencies and secure planned outages required for execution
6. Quality and HSE leadership: Enforce life-saving rules and quality checkpoints; investigate incidents and drive closure of corrective actions
7. Coaching of Project Heads: Set goals, mentor PHs, review look-aheads and recovery plans, and ensure adherence to playbooks and reporting cadence; PHs regularly report status to the Project Director

Handover to O&M: Ensure snag closure, documentation readiness, and performance ramp-up for reliable tariff operations