Talen Energy

Lead, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)

Allentown, PA Full time

Position Summary
The Lead, Enterprise Asset Management is responsible for driving the strategic vision, governance, and operational performance of the company’s asset management platforms, processes, and data. This role partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, IT, and Engineering to optimize asset lifecycle management—improving reliability, cost effectiveness, compliance, and business outcomes.

How You’ll Power the Future

At Talen Energy, your work fuels progress. In this role, you’ll do more than contribute you’ll drive meaningful change by:

Enterprise Strategy & Governance

  • Develop and maintain the enterprise asset management strategy aligned to business goals, compliance requirements, and financial targets.

  • Lead governance for work management, maintenance, asset master data, reliability standards, and capital planning processes.

  • Define KPIs and enable performance measurement (asset health, work management efficiency, preventive vs. corrective mix, lifecycle ROI, etc.).

  • In partnership with Finance and Internal Audit, ensure SOX controls are embedded, tested, and continuously monitored within EAM processes.

Platform Ownership & Optimization

  • Own system roadmap and enhancement prioritization for EAM platforms (e.g., Workday, Maximo, SAP PM, Oracle EAM, Infor, or similar).

  • Govern configuration standards, role-based controls, integrations, and change management aligned to SOX and compliance principles.

  • Ensure alignment with cybersecurity, change management, internal control, and regulatory frameworks.

  • Lead team of analysts to maintain and provide business level support for EAM platforms

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to improve spare parts optimization, maintenance execution, and reliability engineering maturity.

  • Serve as liaison between IT, business owners, and external partners to ensure system capability meets business needs.

  • Collaborate with Finance to validate cost/benefit, capital planning, and operational budgeting implications.

Continuous Improvement & Delivery

  • Lead process standardization, harmonization, and modernization efforts.

  • Drive backlog management, release planning, and user adoption across sites and business functions.

  • Manage enhancement requests, issue resolution, and vendor performance.

Leadership & Influence

  • Lead functional SMEs, business analysts, and third-party delivery teams.

  • Promote asset stewardship, disciplined operations, and data-driven decision making.

  • Develop training, playbooks, and role clarity for end-users and supervisors.

What You Have

Required

  • BS/BA degree in Business or IT related field with 7+ years’ experience in Enterprise Asset Management, Operations, Maintenance, or related business process ownership.

  • Obtain and maintain unescorted access to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.

  • Experience leading EAM implementations, work management maturity programs, or asset optimization initiatives.

  • Strong understanding of maintenance planning, spare parts management, reliability practices, financial impacts, and internal control models.

  • Exposure to compliance frameworks, SOX requirements, audit cycles, and internal control testing.

Preferred

  • Prior experience in asset-intensive industries (energy or utilities).

  • Familiarity with Maximo or other EAM solutions.

  • SOX, controls, or audit-related experience or certifications a plus.

Leadership Competencies

  • Strategic thinking with ability to turn vision into operational capabilities.

  • Cross-functional collaboration and change leadership.

  • Strong communication and executive-ready presentations.

  • Problem solving, prioritization, and value-based decision-making.

  • Ability to coach, mentor, and build business capability.

Why Talen Energy?

Power the Future

Talen Energy is one of the largest competitive energy and power generation companies in North America. We operate power plants that use diverse fuel sources in the most attractive wholesale power markets and sell energy to wholesale and retail customers in selected competitive markets. Our passion for excellence grows value through safe and efficient operations. We have an inclusive, diverse, respectful, and collaborative workplace, and a strong commitment to innovation, teamwork, and integrity. We generate energy for a brighter tomorrow.

Collaboration

Our passion for excellence grows value through safe and efficient operations. We have an inclusive, diverse, respectful, and collaborative workplace.

Talen Energy offers an exceptional benefits program to its employees. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, vision, prescription plans, life insurance, and disability insurance.  In addition, employees are eligible to participate in Talen Energy’s 401(k) plan.  Talen Energy also provides competitive vacation and sick time to its employees.

Talen Energy is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity and the strength it brings to the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, disability, perceived disability or any other protected characteristic as may be defined by applicable law.

If you need assistance with the application process, please email us at Talenenergyrecruitment@talenenergy.com

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