VP, Strategic Development & Innovation

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This individual will lead the strategic alignment and operational integration of large load infrastructure across Exelon's utility footprint. This executive will be responsible for accelerating interconnection timelines, optimizing large load growth processes, and ensuring seamless coordination between internal teams and external partners. This role is pivotal in shaping Exelon's response to the surging demand for AI-ready infrastructure and will serve as a key interface between strategy, operations, innovation, and regulatory affairs.

The individual will also lead the internal and external efforts on innovation including the planning and execution of the Innovation Expo and other key events. They will also be primarily responsible for the development, origination, and execution of strategic plans for expanding Exelon's communication infrastructure in partnership with third parties.

This individual will work collaboratively across Exelon and will help build, manage, and lead a team to support execution and operations.

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Large Load Integration:

+ Lead the end-to-end integration of large load infrastructure into Exelon's utility systems, ensuring alignment with long-term grid modernization and sustainability goals. + Redesign and streamline the large load interconnection process to reduce average timelines. Collaborate with engineering, regulatory, and customer-facing teams to remove bottlenecks and improve speed-to-market for data center customers. + Serve as a senior liaison to large load customers, ensuring their evolving needs are met with agility and transparency. + Represent Exelon in national forums and events focused on next-generation data centers and AI infrastructure + Actively engage with policymakers, regulators, and economic development agencies to shape supportive frameworks for data center growth.

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Corporate Innovation:

+ Leading Exelon's Innovation Program, serving as a thought-leader on innovation methodology and tools, providing leadership for innovation growth and efficiency initiatives, and representing the company internally and externally in communicating the company's innovation strategy, goals and metrics + Plan & Execute Exelon's Innovation Expo (Exelon's largest event) to showcase Innovation efforts and promote a Culture of Innovation + Cultivate and maintain the culture of innovation at Exelon, including managing the peer groups, establishing metrics, developing training, and executing on the Innovation showcase / expo + Incubate and test emerging technologies. Build business cases for testing technology and larger scale deployment + Responsible for improving the culture of innovation + Design & Implement Metrics to define and measure the Culture of Innovation + Measure and develop recommendations for improving performance on Innovation Leadership, Organization, Learning, Process, Capabilities, Culture + Design & Implement Training Programs, Rewards & Recognition ' + Partner with all of the OpCo's Leadership Team, HR, Communication, Legal, Risk to develop the company's innovation strategy and plans + Track and Manage Exelon Intellectual Property (where applicable) related to innovation initiatives

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Strategic Development

+ Developing and implementing business plans for strategic communications infrastructure (such as fiber optics and PLTE) and working across the organization to attract large load data centers. Leading analysis of opportunity, including asset diligence and geographic demand forecasts. + Evaluate, Test, and Implement Emerging Technology that can directly improve Exelon's Operational Efficiency + Other key tasks such as supporting the execution of projects in collaboration with the Operating companies for the build out of infrastructure pursuant to the award/receipt of federal grants + Responsible for the communications of the program via the various avenues + Collaborate with Utility leadership including Regulatory, Policy, Legal, and Economic Development colleagues on strategies to secure regulatory and/or legislative approval. + Lead efforts to design and engineer project proposals. Lead contract proposals and negotiations and work with Legal, Finance, and Supply to Finalize transactions. + Developing Financials needed to secure approval for capital requests + Lead contract proposals and negotiations and work with Legal, Finance, and Supply to Finalize transactions

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Leadership:

+ Represent Exelon to the community and industry, including serving on community or industry boards, and maintaining relationships with community, business and political leaders + Provide leadership to the Corporate Strategy management team. Provide timely and accurate feedback regarding performance and operations + Engage in mentorship opportunities within the Exelon Employee Resource Groups ("ERGs") + Winning Behaviors: Champions Change, Leads by Example, Achieves Results, Builds Partnerships and Fosters Excellence

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Note: Exelon-sponsored compensation and benefit programs may vary or not apply based on length of service, job grade, job classification or represented status. Eligibility will be determined by the written plan or program documents.