Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A, Strategy – Renewable Energy

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +4 more locations.

📋 Description

• Act as a primary advisor to the CEO and Board regarding growth strategies, capital distribution, market consolidation trends, and strategic financing options.

• Oversee the entire M&A process, which includes sourcing transactions, conducting due diligence, financial assessment, contract negotiations, structuring, and finalizing platform acquisitions, project portfolios, and corporate divestitures.

• Develop and sustain multi-year capital allocation models.

• Analyze corporate capital raises, joint ventures, preferred equity, tax equity, and growth equity frameworks.

• Create Board presentations, Investment Committee documents, and financial models such as DCF, IRR, ROIC, and sensitivity analyses.

• Deliver recommendations directly to executive leadership, lenders, and investors.

• Identify and nurture high-level partnerships with developers, infrastructure funds, utilities, tax equity providers, lenders, and advisors.

• Evaluate technical, financial, and regulatory risks across development assets, interconnection queues, PPAs, subscriber portfolios, and BESS.

• Direct the post-acquisition integration office to incorporate acquired platforms, operational teams, and asset portfolios.

• Mentor and develop a high-performing corporate development and strategy team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related area.

• At least 15 years of experience in corporate development, M&A, renewable energy, infrastructure investing, private equity, investment banking, or project finance.

• A minimum of 7–10 years of direct experience with renewable energy transactions, focusing significantly on community solar, distributed generation, and energy storage.

• Demonstrated success in managing complex corporate acquisitions, platform roll-ups, portfolio buyouts, and joint ventures in the clean energy sector.

• Extensive knowledge in project finance modeling, debt structuring, tax equity, corporate capital raises, and underwriting standards.

• Profound understanding of community solar economics, subscriber acquisition/management models, state-level regulatory programs, interconnection, EPC frameworks, Investment Tax Credits (ITC), and supply chain compliance (including FEOC standards).

• Significant experience in preparing materials for and delivering presentations to Boards of Directors, Investment Committees, and institutional investors.

• MBA, CFA designation, or advanced technical/financial qualifications are preferred.

• Practical leadership in post-acquisition integration, platform optimization, and organizational scaling is preferred.

• Knowledge in solar-plus-storage optimization and emerging merchant/ancillary market revenue models for BESS is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (effective the first of the month following the start date).

• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a 3% Employer Match.

• Performance-based annual bonus opportunity.

• Remote work flexibility with standard business travel.