[Remote] Senior Manager - Regional Organic Growth

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. AVANGRID POWER, LLC is hiring a Senior Manager to lead the strategy and execution of greenfield renewable energy development across an assigned U.S. sub-region. The role manages regional teams and project pipelines, coordinating stakeholders and budgets to achieve the company’s growth goals and bring projects to financial investment decision and commercial operation.

Responsibilities

• Work with the senior leadership team to define growth plan and priority regions, needed pipeline (MW, technology, BESS, etc.), required budget, regional contribution to goals, needed FTEs, etc
• Lead and facilitate in a team environment the development of renewable energy projects and markets through coordination of development, policy, origination, market rules, permitting, transmission, meteorology, engineering, construction
• Developing and implementing regional strategic plans and budgets
• Build a strong greenfield project pipeline to meet current and future business plans
• Lead, manage, and develop multi-person project management and development teams
• Coordinate closely with regional head and the regional origination teams to implement sales and market development strategy
• Coordinate closely with leaders of permitting, interconnection, legal, investment office, land management and engineering technical teams to implement development strategy
• Manage yearly budget of each project. Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning to ensure developers and project managers control the budget of each project to align with the last approved strategy or seek variances
• Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning and Origination team to develop and maintain competitive assessment in each targeted market, ensuring rational, timely and value-enhancing investments in those projects demonstrating competitive advantages, required return on investment/equity, and/or strategic fit
• Concomitantly, work with internal stakeholders to support maintenance of project prioritization and competitiveness listings to identify and recommend project capital investment needs and provide project value proposition
• Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning to identify challenged projects and those ripe for termination and/or limited investment (freezing of significant capital spend)
• Support assessment and recommendations of monetization options for competitive and valuable projects that would be a better strategic fit for would-be acquirers or whose sale would enhance Company’s ROI
• Establish/support systems and processes to ensure the development teams are fully apprised of national markets/developments and their implications for localized development
• Manage regional development teams and supporting their efforts to meet project pipeline and build goals
• Understand the energy business including its segmentation, its technology, competitive dynamics, and regulatory and market landscape
• Develop and provide views of the market based on competition, market fundamentals, customer demand, regional forecasts etc
• Ensure development teams adhere to company internal control practices and anti-fraud processes
• As required/necessitated, assist development teams with and/or develop renewable energy projects in targeted market as required, to include leading internal and external teams, prospecting, and furthering development of greenfield sites, supporting divestures and acquisitions, managing schedules and budgets and preparing and leading entitlement and other permitting processes to achieve FID and COD
• Work with governmental agencies and elected politicians at national, state, and local levels to craft zoning, regulations, rules, and laws beneficial to renewable development

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in engineering or related field
• 8+ years of relevant business experience in the power industry
• 8+ years of project development experience in wind and solar development with demonstrated experience of working in targeted development markets
• 5+ years of experience managing and developing teams
• Project Management experience
• Demonstrable experience and success of leading development and bringing to construction and operations multiple renewable energy projects
• Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of renewable energy development from site origination through construction
• Demonstrable experience of supporting tax equity closing
• Thorough understanding of real estate agreements and laws and title and survey requirements for renewable projects
• Proficiency in Windows based business software applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in ArcGIS and Google Earth or similar geographic mapping software
• 10+ in development / power industry
• 5+ years of experience managing and developing teams in a matrix-structure
• MBA, Law Degree or other advanced degree or equivalent experience in engineering or related field

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance-based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development
• Clear career-advancement pathways

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