Manager, Project Origination

The Manager, Project Origination will lead the development, planning, and execution of new utility-scale wind, solar, and battery energy storage projects throughout CAISO, WECC, MISO, SPP, ERCOT, and/or other markets identified by the Company. This role will identify new best-in-class projects through a combination of technical expertise, market insights, greenfield prospecting, and strategic partnerships.

The Manager, Project Origination will be responsible for identifying and advancing greenfield opportunities while managing the evaluation of M&A prospects. Leveraging in-depth knowledge of market intelligence, resource assessment, transmission planning, power deliverability, and permitting requirements, the Manager, Project Origination will design and implement strategies to achieve key early-stage development milestones. They will coordinate across cross-functional teams including GIS, resource assessment, transmission planning, market analysis, permitting, and land acquisition to ensure projects are positioned for long-term success, aligned with market demands, and highly competitive.

This role will oversee the due diligence process for early-stage project opportunities, including interconnection feasibility studies, GIS modeling, electrical injection studies, policy research, stakeholder engagement, and preliminary project design. A strong understanding of project development fundamantals for renewable energy projects is essential. This position will demand cultivating a robust network within the energy industry, maintaining key relationships with representatives and stakeholders in the utilities sector and broader project development

Responsibilities

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

· Manage all aspects of the day-to-day project origination process including opportunity sourcing, evaluation, analysis, resourcing, scheduling, and budgeting.

· Provide strategy for locating, identifying, and managing greenfield opportunities.

· Lead due diligence efforts for M&A opportunities.

· Negotiate certain agreements and contracts with 3rd parties, including but not limited to consulting and services agreements.

· Coordinate offtake evaluations, resource assessments, feasibility studies, buildability assessments, and electrical injection studies to evaluate project feasibility.

· Collaborate with land acquisition and interconnection teams to progress opportunities through key early-stage development milestones.

· Support in the monitoring of local, state, and federal policy impacting renewables.

· Foster relationships with local, county, state, and federal permitting agencies.

· Ensure compliance with zoning/planning departments.

· Evaluate and understand technology specific project needs.

· Understand hybridization and integration of technologies and ensure coordination with financial modeling efforts.

· Coordinate efforts across development and commercial teams to ensure project origination goals are achieved.

· Manage utility interconnection queue cluster participation strategies including schedules, budgets, and technologies.

Qualifications, Education and Experience

· A minimum of bachelor’s degree in a business or technical discipline or equivalent experience in a related field.

· 5 years of experience in strategic research, analysis and planning, business development, project development, or a related field within the energy industry.

· Excellent communication and presentation skills.

· Ability to work collaboratively and independently.

· A deep understanding of the energy industry and the regulatory environment is a plus.

· Self-motivated with a high level of initiative and accountability.

· Organized, diligent, and able to track and manage multiple streams of information on an ongoing basis.

· Ownership of workflows to meet deadlines and budgets.

· Strong cross-cultural relationship building and influencing at all organizational levels.

· Flexible and cooperative with a well-developed team spirit.

· Current driver’s license and ability to travel extensively is required. Maintain legally required insurance.

· Excellent computer skills working with various office equipment, computers and various programs including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, etc. and the ability to effectively work on spreadsheets, word processing, networking, and e-mail programs.