Business Development Director

ContourGlobal; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ContourGlobal is seeking a Director of Business Development in Houston to lead a portfolio of power development projects. You will report to the VP of Business Development and guide the project development team, shaping growth opportunities in renewables, storage, and traditional assets.

You will oversee strategies, manage risk, and coordinate across functions including engineering, legal, and finance to drive value creation. The role requires US market experience and travel readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a portfolio of utility-scale power/energy infrastructure projects.
• Ability to coach and develop project developers and cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proven track record in strategic planning, budgeting, and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Provide portfolio-level leadership across multiple power development projects and maintain clear understanding of strategies, risks, priorities, and resources.
• Support Development Managers in advancing projects, provide senior judgment, coaching, and escalation as needed.
• Drive portfolio prioritization, resource allocation, and ensure spending aligns with milestones and value creation.
• Oversee development portfolio budgets and forecasted spend; prioritize and align with project milestones and risks.
• Develop and mentor Development Managers and Associates, expanding ownership and external relationship management.
• Provide senior-level support on complex development matters including real estate, permitting, interconnection, stakeholder engagement, and project economics.
• Support cross-functional execution to resolve competing priorities and escalated issues across Development Services, Engineering, Interconnection, Finance, Legal, Construction, and other functions.
• Synthesize portfolio status for senior leadership, communicating risks, opportunities, and decisions requiring attention.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

People leadership

Development experience

Strategic communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree (engineering, business, finance)

Job description

About ContourGlobal

ContourGlobal is a KKR-backed next-generation Independent Power Producer (IPP) operating across the United States, Latin America, Europe and Africa. The company manages a diversified portfolio of nearly 6 GW of renewable generation, flexible thermal power and battery energy storage assets, providing reliable, dispatchable power solutions that support the transition to a more electrified and sustainable future.

ContourGlobal is transforming into a predominantly renewable power platform through the decarbonization of its thermal fleet and the development of large‑scale renewable energy and battery storage projects. Leveraging its in‑house development, engineering and operational capabilities, the company currently has more than 2 GW of renewable and BESS projects under construction and approximately 15 GW in development.

Building on its advanced commercial and energy management capabilities, ContourGlobal partners with utilities, industrial customers and digital infrastructure operators to deliver tailored power solutions through long‑term contracts, corporate PPAs and powered‑land solutions that shorten time‑to‑market for data center developments.

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Director of Business Development

Houston, Texas

Job Summary

As Director of Business Development , you will join our Business Development team! In this role, you will report to the Vice President of Business Development and will have the opportunity to lead across a portfolio of power development projects, supports and develop our project development team, and help shape new growth opportunities for ContourGlobal. Join us to drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!

Key Responsibilities:

• - Provide portfolio‑level leadership across multiple power development projects, maintaining a clear understanding of project strategies, critical paths, key risks, priorities, and resource requirements.
• - Support Development Managers in owning and advancing their projects, providing senior judgment, coaching, and escalation support while maintaining clear accountability at the project level.
• - Drive portfolio prioritization and resource allocation, working with Development Managers and cross‑functional leaders to determine where organizational attention and resources are most needed based on project value, development maturity, risk, critical path, and strategic importance.
• - Oversee development portfolio budgets and resource requirements, working with Development Managers to ensure development spend is appropriately prioritized, forecasted, and aligned with project milestones, risks, and value‑creation opportunities.
• - Develop and mentor Development Managers and Associates, creating opportunities for team members to take on increasing levels of ownership, responsibility, and external relationship management as they demonstrate readiness.
• - Provide senior‑level support on complex development matters, including real estate and site control, permitting, interconnection, stakeholder engagement, commercial matters, project economics, and pre‑construction and execution planning.
• - Support the stewardship of key external relationships, including landowners, counties and local governments, neighbors, communities, consultants, counterparties, and other project stakeholders, stepping in where senior engagement can materially improve an outcome or protect an important relationship.
• - Enable effective cross‑functional execution across the portfolio, helping Development Managers resolve competing priorities, resource constraints, and escalated issues involving Development Services, Engineering, Interconnection, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Construction, and other functions.
• - Synthesize portfolio status for senior leadership, clearly communicating material risks, opportunities, tradeoffs, resource needs, and decisions requiring leadership attention.
• - Contribute to development strategy and opportunity scouting, helping identify and evaluate opportunities that align with ContourGlobal's growth objectives and capabilities.
• - Support M&A and project opportunity evaluation, pressure‑testing seller and developer assumptions related to development maturity, schedule, land, permitting, interconnection, stakeholder considerations, project economics, execution risk, and required resources.
• - Support investment and portfolio decision‑making, ensuring development risks, assumptions, resource requirements, mitigation strategies, and value‑creation opportunities are clearly understood and appropriately reflected in investment recommendations and senior leadership decisions.
• - Maintain awareness of market, regulatory, policy, interconnection, and competitive developments and translate relevant changes into portfolio strategy, project priorities, and development decisions.
• - Support the integration of newly originated or acquired projects into the development portfolio, helping establish clear ownership, priorities, development plans, and resource requirements.
• - Drive continuous improvement across the Development organization by identifying lessons and recurring challenges across projects and translating them into stronger processes, tools, standards, and ways of working.

Qualifications and Skills:

Your profile is a natural match if you have:

• - Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, economics, environmental studies, law, or another relevant field; equivalent relevant professional experience will also be considered.
• - Experience: 5-10 years of relevant experience in power, renewable energy, energy infrastructure, or related project development, including demonstrated experience advancing complex utility‑scale projects and supporting or leading teams of developers.
• - Development expertise: Direct experience across several core development disciplines, which may include real estate and site control, permitting, interconnection, governmental and community engagement, commercial development, project economics, engineering, pre‑construction, and transaction diligence.
• - Portfolio leadership: Demonstrated ability to operate across multiple complex projects, identify critical risks and priorities, and effectively allocate attention and resources across a portfolio.
• - People leadership: Experience developing, coaching, and supporting project developers or other professionals and a demonstrated ability to build capability in others without unnecessarily taking over their responsibilities.
• - Judgment: Strong commercial and development judgment, including the ability to make decisions and recommendations in situations involving ambiguity, incomplete information, competing priorities, and complex tradeoffs.
• - Relationship management : Demonstrated ability to build and steward productive relationships with landowners, communities, governmental entities, counterparties, consultants, and internal cross‑functional partners.
• - Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex project information and communicate key issues, alternatives, and recommendations effectively to senior leadership.
• - Travel requirements : Ability and willingness to travel regularly to project sites and communities and for meetings with project stakeholders as required.

What drives your application forward:

• - Experience developing utility‑scale power generation, renewable energy, battery energy storage, or other energy infrastructure projects in the United States.
• - Experience leading or overseeing a portfolio of development‑stage projects across multiple markets, technologies, or stages of maturity.
• - Experience evaluating development‑stage acquisitions and M&A opportunities, including development‑focused due diligence and integration of acquired projects.
• - Working knowledge of U.S. power markets, interconnection processes, permitting frameworks, land acquisition, and local stakeholder engagement, with experience across one or more major U.S. power markets.
• - Demonstrated ability to develop people and build high‑performing teams, creating clear ownership and accountability while coaching others to take on increasing levels of responsibility.

Our Values

«We» is our greatest asset

We respect and protect the environment

We are doers, committed to doing things right

We act with integrity and transparency

We think and act like entrepreneurs

You can find here more about our Purpose, Mission and Values.

Working@CG:

As a globally integrated team, we push boundaries, work collaboratively, and remain agile in the pursuit of excellence. With an entrepreneurial mindset, we encourage initiative and innovation. At ContourGlobal you are an employee, and you are also an owner. Our Employee Ownership Program allows our employee‑owners to make a difference and drive the right power forward and make clean energy the natural choice for all!

We foster a culture where individuals are empowered to succeed, contribute and shape the future of sustainable energy.

Cross-border collaboration shapes our way of working: our diverse workforce reflects the multicultural environment we embrace every day.

We offer a competitive compensation package: we believe in meritocracy and rewarding meaningful contributions.

We enjoy making the most of our shared spaces to foster teamwork and collaboration. At the same time, our flexible working policy allows us to prioritize results while supporting wellbeing and a healthy work‑life balance.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.

ContourGlobal provides equal employment opportunities and maintains a diverse workforce that reflects the rich environment of our society and the markets in which we operate.