Business Development Manager, Flexible Generation

RWE Gruppe; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

RWE Americas, LLC is expanding its Business Development team to serve large load customers, including data centers. The role focuses on originating and developing sites, combining gas-fired generation with renewables, and managing partnerships and commercial structures.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in the U.S. electric power sector or related field; experience with utilities, IPPs, hyperscalers, or data center developers is preferred. Legal work authorization in the U.S. is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline including business administration, economics, engineering, etc.
• Experience in the U.S. electric power sector or related field is required.
• Experience with utility-scale energy developers or hyperscalers is preferred.
• Proven ability to create new business opportunities through relationships.

Responsibilities

• Create and build relationships across energy and data center ecosystem for FlexGen.
• Manage commercial progress of FlexGen Energy Campus opportunities from conception to negotiations.
• Research market intelligence from public sources and direct relationships.
• Maintain relationships with utilities and load-serving entities for insight on dispatchable needs and tariffs.
• Increase visibility of RWE FlexGen and energy campus capabilities through outreach and conferences.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to shape energy campus opportunities for customers and partners.

Skills

Relationship building

Communications

Industry knowledge

Influencing

Innovative thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/economics

Job description

RWE Americas, LLC

To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Business Development

Remuneration: Exempt

Who is RWE? RWE is a global energy company and one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies with the goal of investing billions of dollars in the U.S. in the next decade.

We are expanding our Business Development team to serve the growing demand for energy from large load customers in the United States. This includes originating and developing sites for data center load customers, and combining gas-fired power generation with our core business of power generation through solar, wind, and battery storage. RWE develops, owns, and operates all generation assets, while taking care of development steps only for the data center site, including land, electrical interconnection, utilities and permits, thereby accelerating the customers’ speed to interconnection and power. The Business Development team closely collaborates with other internal functions (e.g., utility-scale renewable development) and external stakeholders to identify and develop the best sites for our expanding project portfolio. The Business Development function identifies and drives new opportunities for partnerships, offtake, and project origination.

We are looking for individuals with experience in origination, business development and commercial structures for energy infrastructure, specifically natural gas power generation expertise and related commercial deals, while other experience, e.g. in renewables, data center or other conventional generation is a plus. If you’re excited about helping RWE to expand its portfolio to serve new market needs, we look forward to speaking with you.

Role Responsibilities:

• Create and build relationships across the energy and data center ecosystem in service of RWE FlexGen business development objectives
• Manage commercial progress of FlexGen Energy Campus opportunities from conception to term sheet and detailed negotiations with hyperscalers and other data center customers
• Research and gather market intelligence including public sources of information and direct relationships to inform FlexGen Energy Campus development activities
• Maintain relationships with relevant utilities, coops, munis and other load serving entities to provide early insights on dispatchable generation needs, upcoming RFPs, large load tariffs and regulation and potential new data center projects in their service territory
• Increase visibility of RWE FlexGen and energy campus capabilities and project pipeline through direct outreach, conference participation and presentations and networking across the energy and data center industries
• Partner with internal stakeholders within FlexGen and across RWE to shape energy campus and standalonegas opportunities to meet the needs of customers (data centers) and partners (e.g., utilities)

Job Requirements and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline including business administration, economics, engineering, etc..
• A minimum 5 years experience in the U.S. electric power sector or related field
• Experience working with at least one of a leading U.S. utility or IPP, hyperscaler/co-lo/neocloud or data center developer
• Demonstrated achievements in leveraging relationships and industry networks to create new business opportunities
• Deep knowledge of the U.S. power sector or data center developer market or both
• Commercial negotiations experience preferred
• Professional experience at the intersection of the electric power sector and data center demand preferred
• Relationship building:
  • Highly skilled and creating, building and cultivating professional relationships to create unique insights and unlock new business opportunities
• Communications:
  • Clear, structuring and and highly polished written communication skills. This role will require quickly absorbing and understanding complex commercial arrangements regulatory structures and market rules, identifying unique commercial opportunities in that environment and clearly and concisely communicating this to partners, customers and other stakeholders
• Industry knowledge:
  • Understanding, not necessarily mastery, of either the U.S. power sector or hyperscaler / data center key buying factors for energy
• Influencing:
  • Requires influencing internal and external stakeholders of all backgrounds, seniority levels and areas of domain expertise
• Innovative thinking:
  • Demonstrated ability to think creative, work with ambiguity and create new solutions to problems where little precedent exists

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

We look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE’s 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states.With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operates wind, solar and battery storage projects that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors – Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.