​Role & Responsibilities:

• Developing and managing the Italian development strategy in line with the corporate and country business plan;

• Ensuring the right governance, risk management and reporting is in place to approve the development budget and ensure delivery of project milestones;

• Ensuring projects progress through the development process, intervening to resolve issues as required;

• Managing and leading the Italian development team;

• Managing relationships with all stakeholders;

• Staying up-to-date on the regulatory framework and market changes to inform development strategy;

• Coordinating with Origination, Engineering and Construction departments.

• Responsible for establishing and monitoring the schedule and budget of commercial and utility-scale solar photovoltaic, wind and BESS development projects up to RtB phase;

• Manage consultants (legal and technical advisors) and stakeholders responsible for critical development tasks to ensure on-time delivery and accuracy of required work projects;

• Coordinate the preparation, and submission of regulatory documents for submission to the appropriate regulatory agencies;

• Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the Company’s standards and local regulations;

• Represent the company at conferences and business development meetings as needed.
  

Required Experience:

• 10+ years’ experience in a similar role or in a senior development positions;

• Multi-geographical experience across the Italian market

• Participation in and leading the projects’ development processes in Italy;

• Proficient with MS Office, including MS Project;

• Solid understanding of greenfield solar photovoltaic, wind and BESS development process in the region of interest (Italy). including site control, securing interconnection, permitting process, etc.);

• Good knowledge of associated business development costs;

• Energy Markets – knowledge of the electricity market in Italy, including but not limited to interaction with grid operators (TERNA and E-Distribuzione), knowledge of the Italian regulation and development roadmaps;

• Knowledge of BESS and Wind project development considered as a plus;

• Ability to travel regionally, depending on projects location;

• Fluent language proficiency in English, another language as a plus.