Business Development & Investment Manager

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

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading energy technology firm is seeking a core member for their European business development team in Trieste. The role focuses on leading energy storage project development and driving investment activities. Candidates should have at least 8 years in commercial/business development within the energy sector, expertise in financial modeling, and excellent communication skills. Fluency in English is required, with additional European languages as a plus.

Competenze

• Minimum 8 years in commercial/business development in energy sector.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in energy storage and renewable sectors.

Mansioni

• Monitor and analyze electricity market structures and price trends.
• Identify and evaluate energy storage project opportunities.
• Develop financial models (LCOE, NPV, IRR) for projects.

Conoscenze

Commercial skills with legal contracts

Financial modeling

Energy storage project development

Excel and PowerPoint proficiency

Stakeholder management

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance

Strumenti

Excel

PowerPoint

Python

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

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. Understanding 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. Developing compelling propositions and competitive bids.
5. Supporting 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. Supporting corporate finance team to raise debt on portfolio of projects.
10. Supporting preparing high quality internal Invest Committee papers.
11. Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between project teams and internal departments.
12. Developing sales and marketing materials, speaking at and attending conferences as appropriate.
13. Developing strategic partnership to support scaling of the business.

Requirements

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

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.
• Advance in PowerPoint
• Advance Excel skills
• Advantage : Python skills

Communication: Exceptional communication skills, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, capable of presenting financial models and sales pitches

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance related fields.

Language: Fluent in English (written / spoken); additional European languages or Mandarin are a plus.

Mobility: Ability to travel frequently between China, UK and Europe internationally