Business Development & Investment Manager

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited; Teramo; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

An international energy company in Italy is seeking a seasoned business development professional with over 8 years of experience in the energy sector. The role focuses on leading energy storage project development and requires strong skills in financial modeling and stakeholder management. Fluency in English is essential, with additional languages being an advantage. Frequent international travel will be expected.

Competenze

• Minimum 8 years in commercial/business development in the energy sector.
• Strong organization skills, team player, and attention to detail.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Mansioni

• Monitor and analyze market structures and pricing mechanisms.
• Identify and evaluate energy storage project opportunities.
• Develop financial models and assess risks.

Conoscenze

Financial modeling

Energy storage expertise

Negotiation skills

Project financing

Stakeholder management

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance

Strumenti

Excel

PowerPoint

Python

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Core Mission: As a core member of our European business development team, you will lead energy storage project development (from greenfield to Ready to Build Stage) and drive investment / financing activities in Europe. Leverage your expertise in market dynamics, policies, grid compliance, and financial modeling to identify opportunities, mitigate risks, and ensure ROI.

Responsibilities

1. Monitor and analyze electricity market structures, trading, pricing mechanisms, ancillary service demands, grid reserve services and price trends.
2. Understand the impact of regulatory requirements and various applications (trading, balancing mechanism, ancillary services and grid reserve services) on each project business case.
3. Identify, screen, and evaluate energy storage project opportunities (greenfield, brownfield, co-location) in pre-RTB or RTB stages.
4. Develop compelling propositions and competitive bids.
5. Support day-to-day business case development activities of projects until the closure of deals.
6. Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, grid operators, landowners, and consultants. Lead due diligence processes.
7. Develop, build, review, and optimize financial models (LCOE, NPV, IRR) for projects, including sensitivity analysis and risk assessment with the support of supply chain, finance and technical team.
8. Establish investment / financing partnerships with banks, funds, infrastructure investors, energy firms, and power traders.
9. Support corporate finance team to raise debt on portfolio of projects.
10. Support preparing high quality internal Invest Committee papers.
11. Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between project teams and internal departments.
12. Develop sales and marketing materials, speak at and attend conferences as appropriate.
13. Develop strategic partnerships to support scaling of the business.

Requirements

1. Essential competencies:
   • Minimum 8 years in commercial / business development in energy sector (B2B) preferably in energy storage or renewable sectors.
   • Strong commercial skills with legal contracts and project financing.
   • Strong organization skills, team and good attention to detail.
   • Experience in energy storage and renewable sectors.
   • Knowledge of the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific energy landscape.
   • Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial environment.
2. Skills:
   • Mastery of financial modeling and investment analysis (ability to build complex project models).
   • Proven track record in energy storage project development, M&A, or asset rotation.
   • Advanced PowerPoint skills.
   • Advanced Excel skills.
   • Advantage: Python skills.
3. Communication: Exceptional communication skills, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, capable of presenting financial models and sales pitches.
4. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance related fields.
5. Language: Fluent in English (written / spoken); additional European languages or Mandarin are a plus.
6. Mobility: Ability to travel frequently between China, UK and Europe internationally.