​Location: Remote (Preference give to those residing in Reston, VA, Midwest, or Western US)

Project Development Manager is an opportunity to be an important member of an agile and fast-growing team that is leading a strategic and high growth business.

We are looking for a talented and energetic individual to identify, create, and lead new project development opportunities in utility-scale solar, onshore wind, and storage project development across the US. This will include identifying new prospects (greenfield sites and acquisition targets) and advancing them through the development process – leading site identification and control, interconnection and transmission work, project permitting, offtake support and community engagement. The position will work closely with our internal power marketing/origination, project finance, legal, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to help us successfully get our projects into construction and operation.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify new development prospects and opportunities (greenfield sites and/or acquisition targets), including conducting market assessments, fatal flaw analyses, and in-person site reconnaissance

• Lead development of self-generated and assigned projects from early-, mid-, and/or late-stages to construction-ready status

• Secure site control for development prospects (e.g. negotiating leases, easements, and conducting initial site reconnaissance) and coordinate landowner interface

• Lead local, state, regional and/or federal permitting processes

• Lead interconnection and transmission activities

• Oversee project design, working closely with the internal engineering teams

• Support financial analysis, modelling, power pricing and offtake structuring

• Manage tasks according to, and with accountability for, budget and schedule

• Create and maintain project maps, databases, reporting tools, and tracking tools for assigned projects

• Represent with partners, customers, landowners, government officials, community leaders, utilities, and other stakeholders

Key Qualifications:

• Track record of 3-5 years of experience in US solar and/or wind project development

• Experience interfacing directly with external parties such as landowners, government officials, and consultants

• Experience identifying prospects and opportunities (e.g. greenfield sites and acquisitions)

• Experience managing key development workstreams simultaneously

• Strong organization, networking, time management, interpersonal, and accounting skills

• Willingness to travel as necessary

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in technical/engineering or business/finance-related field

Preferred Qualifications

• Candidate has both solar and wind project development experience (battery storage an additional plus)

• Experience working with project engineering and EPC teams

• Based in the Midwest or Western US