What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Market Research & Development position at Cubico Sustainable Investments?
Description
The Director of Market Research & Development will be part of the broader Development Team, providing a highly analytical and strategic focus to support the identification, understanding and development of business opportunities for Cubico in the US.
The individual will prioritize markets, generating in-depth actional market demand and supply analyses, assessing market fundamentals and policy drivers, and developing actionable competitor analysis. This will include the identification of project site locations, and market intelligence across the US to develop greenfield and early-stage projects.
In addition, they will lead the submission of request for proposals (RFPs) and build relationship with Utilities and Commercial and Industrial customers. The role is vital to building and maintaining relationships across U.S. power markets with various customer categories with a focus on developing the growth plan for the US.
The role will be based in Cubico’s Austin office, reporting to Head of Development working closely with the VP’s of Development and O&E to drive growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and drive the overall strategy and execution for market analysis and development initiatives
- Oversee the identification, prioritization, and analysis of target markets, ensuring alignment with the company’s long term strategic goals
- Understand market fundamentals in US regulated and unregulated markets.
- Develop market strategies for the development team to pursue interconnection viability, and lease strategy for future greenfield opportunities.
- Maintain and expand relationships across the US with various stakeholders, including corporates, and utilities.
- Provide market intelligence updates and monitor energy market trends, including staying informed on emerging contract structures, Transmission, and market fundamentals.
- Handle project management and responses to RFPs, offer pricing, and coordinate with relevant teams.
Key stakeholders include :
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
The ideal candidate will have :
Established in 2015, Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico), a London-headquartered firm, is one of the world’s leaders in providing renewable energy across the Americas, Europe and Australia. Owned equally by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and PSP Investments, two of the world’s largest pension funds with over USD300 bn under management, Cubico is committed to a long-term growth strategy designed to make it one of the largest and best in class renewable energy investors in the world.
Cubico holds a portfolio of around 9 GW, with assets across the wind, solar PV, solar thermal and transmission line technologies. Covering the whole energy chain from development and construction to operation, the company’s portfolio is located across 9 countries : Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, the United States (USA), Greece, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia.
Cubico is driven by six core values : Diversity, Respect, Integrity, Value Creation and Excellence, which make up the final value DRIVE. These values encourage employees to take pride and satisfaction in their work, strive to achieve their goals and go the extra mile to attain outstanding results, whilst acting with the upmost integrity and behaving ethically in the course of their employment. Cubico’s employees are central to its success and, as a result, the company looks for people who believe in its purpose, will take full account of its impact and are motivated to make a positive contribution to communities and the environment and build a better future.
As part of Cubico culture and values, we embrace diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building talented teams that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented minority groups.
