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Senior Greenfield Origination Manager

Job description

​A large, established utility-scale solar and energy storage project developer with a 40+ GW project portfolio, offering full-service development from conception through construction.

Position Summary:

A landowner/client-facing role responsible for independently initiating new utility-scale solar, battery storage (BESS), and energy infrastructure projects nationally.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as primary company representative building landowner relationships through land acquisition and early-stage development

  • Skip trace landowner contacts and work through difficult-to-locate owners

  • Cold-call, generate landowner interest, negotiate, and close real estate agreements on projects ranging from 500 to 20,000+ acres

  • Track landowner/client interactions via CRM and GIS tools

  • Manage outside counsel on real estate contract drafting/revision/closing

  • Evaluate prospective sites commercially and for risk to support efficient project initiation

  • Initiate Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments and fatal-flaw analysis

  • Coordinate interconnection processes and title curative/mineral waiver work

  • Partner cross-functionally with real estate, permitting, development, and legal teams

  • Hand off early-stage projects to regional development teams once site control, interconnection application, and fatal-flaw clearance are complete

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree (Environmental Science, Planning, Engineering, or related)

  • 5+ years experience (Manager) or 7+ years (Senior Manager)

  • Strong knowledge of land use, environmental regulations, and permitting

  • Strong communication skills, including presenting to regulators, officials, and community stakeholders

  • Proven project management across multiple concurrent projects/budgets

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Background combining technical/outside sales, commercial real estate negotiation (options, leases, PSAs), and renewable/BESS/energy generation development experience

  • High-volume real estate deal-closing track record

  • Knowledge of commercial real estate, agricultural, and timberland markets

  • CRM/GIS/MS Office proficiency

  • Willingness to travel up to 35%+

Compensation & Benefits:
  • Competitive base + bonus, generous PTO plus 14.5 paid holidays, health/dental, LTD/life insurance, 401(k) match, flex-time culture.