The Company
Our client develops community- and utility-scale solar and battery storage projects across the U.S., leveraging the expertise and national presence of an established real estate investment and development firm with billions of dollars in assets under management.
Role Overview
Our client seeks a Managing Director / Sr. Director to expand its utility-scale solar and storage portfolio, enter new markets, and steer projects from origination through funding and construction. This executive will oversee fundraising, financial evaluation, and capital allocation while serving as a senior resource on development, financing, and investment matters across the wider renewables business, including distributed generation. Texas or Washington, DC is preferred, with other U.S. locations considered.
Duties & Responsibilities
Shape our client’s expansion plans for large-scale solar and battery assets, offering expertise to the distributed generation team when needed
Guide projects from land sourcing and securing property rights through grid connection, approvals, environmental reviews, technical design, revenue agreements, funding, notice to proceed, and construction
Direct progress across the battery project backlog, particularly assets navigating PJM’s grid connection queue
Assess prospective regions and investments, using grid access, policy, revenue potential, and financial viability to determine entry plans, including opportunities that combine generation or storage with on-site computing or customer-side electricity demand
Grow the project portfolio through new site origination, individual asset purchases, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and larger portfolio or platform transactions involving both development-stage and operating assets
Evaluate acquisition opportunities by reviewing technology and supplier exposure, comparing portfolio costs, arranging financing across multiple capital providers, and planning how acquired assets would be incorporated into the existing business
Determine which projects merit funding by weighing execution uncertainty, cash needs, profitability, timelines, and anticipated returns
Coordinate with colleagues and outside counterparties to secure buyers and establish routes to market
Work with executives on funding arrangements, ownership structures, financial assessments, investment approval submissions, and business priorities, while securing capital for the platform and individual projects from institutional backers, lenders, and strategic investors
Cultivate connections with power providers, grid operators, property owners, public agencies, advisers, project sponsors, and financial partners, as well as specialists in grid-upgrade analysis, energy-management software, distributed-resource controls, and equipment sourcing
Introduce workflows, milestone reviews, spending plans, delivery timelines, and controls that support measured expansion
Hire, coach, and strengthen the solar and storage team as the business grows
Deliver recommendations on assets, funding, and business direction to executives and relevant decision-makers
Act as our client’s representative with financial backers, business partners, and industry groups to uncover new opportunities
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree required; postgraduate qualifications preferred
At least fifteen years developing clean energy, electricity, or infrastructure assets, with substantial expertise in large-scale solar and battery systems
Proven success moving major energy assets through successive milestones, preferably from initial origination to construction authorization, funding, buildout, and operational launch
Substantial experience structuring project financing and securing outside capital, with the credibility to engage institutional investors and financing counterparties
Comprehensive knowledge of large-scale solar and storage development, including land rights, grid access, approvals, environmental assessments, technical design, financial…