Director, Renewable Project Development

Jobvite, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical, Vision, Dental

Parental leave

401k match

Professional development or degreere‑

Job summary

Nova Clean Energy seeks an experienced leader to advance our development pipeline and manage a team of professionals through early-stage to NTP milestones. You will provide regulatory insights, engage with industry groups, and drive investment decisions across markets.

You will identify prospects, lead negotiations with external stakeholders, mentor staff, and partner with FP&A to maintain budgets and schedules while reporting risk and status to leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive experience in project development and project management within renewable energy, leading a utility-scale project through COD preferred.
• Commercial understanding and financial acumen, with strong ability to speak to and manage portfolio based on economic drivers or projects.
• Strong understanding of US Power Markets, with development experience in MISO, ERCOT and SPP strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to successfully lead negotiations with external stakeholders and maintain relationships.
• Experienced in managing competing priorities, delegating workload, and delivering on project schedules.
• Ability to travel domestically as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide internal expertise on regulatory and policy dynamics and changes within the assigned market. Ensure Nova is engaged at an appropriate level with regional trade groups, consultants, and advisors to inform investment decisions on projects.
• Identify development prospects and advance project development activities, both through individual contributions and by managing a team of internal and external subject matter experts. This role requires that you’re comfortable and confident both in the earliest stages of identifying projects with strong market potential to advancing a project to NTP.
• Cultivate and retain a high-functioning team and provide mentorship to direct reports.
• Collaborate with FP&A team to ensure portfolio and project plans are created and maintained, and regularly report on project budgets, schedules, and financial metrics to ensure company leadership has a clear understanding of the project‑and‑portfolio‑level risk and status.
• Lead complex negotiations with external stakeholders when senior leadership is needed.
• Collaborate with the finance team to work through financial model inputs and ensure accuracy in project and market‑level data.
• Address process and procedure gaps necessary to advance Nova as the team and portfolio grows.

Skills

Project development

Project management

Financial acumen

Negotiation

Leadership

Travel adaptability

Driver's license

Job description

Nova Clean Energy seeks an experienced leader to advance our development pipeline and manage a team of professionals through early-stage to NTP milestones. You will provide regulatory insights, engage with industry groups, and drive investment decisions across markets.

You will identify prospects, lead negotiations with external stakeholders, mentor staff, and partner with FP&A to maintain budgets and schedules while reporting risk and status to leadership.