Energy Services BD Manager – Growth & Projects

110 Duke Energy Business Services, LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a Business Development Manager to lead opportunities for energy services projects across regulated jurisdictions. You will drive engagements from initial customer contact through funding and handoff to construction, coordinating with engineering, regulatory, and legal teams.

Role requires deep stakeholder management and experience structuring commercial agreements for energy infrastructure solutions and EPCs, with travel across sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or other related degree.
• Alternative: High School/GED and 14 years related work experience.
• Roles may be level II or III depending on experience.
• Willingness to travel to customer sites and partner locations.

Responsibilities

• Identify and qualify opportunities across industrial, commercial, and governmental sectors for resiliency, electrical infrastructure, temporary power, and distributed energy solutions.
• Engage customers to understand operational needs and structure technical scopes aligned with Duke Energy foundational principles.
• Maintain strategic relationships with contractors, vendors, developers, and key stakeholders.
• Develop project budgets, schedules, development plans, and capital estimates.
• Partner with engineering resources to optimize design and constructability.
• Structure, negotiate, and execute commercial agreements including leases, purchase options, interconnect agreements (when applicable), EPC agreements, and Energy Services-specific agreements.
• Lead due diligence across environmental, safety, technical, financial, and regulatory domains.
• Prepare and submit proposals for competitive procurement processes.
• Serve as project sponsor through internal governance.
• Coordinate across matrixed departments - engineering, regulatory, real estate, legal, finance, operations to advance project milestones.
• Contribute to market assessments, RFP strategy, acquisitions, and new product development.
• Integrate Energy Services Safety Plan requirements into early development activities.
• Incorporate environmental compliance, permitting, and hazard awareness into project planning.
• Uphold Duke Energy safety culture and support continuous safety improvement.
• Communicate complex topics effectively to stakeholders, leadership, customers, and community representatives.
• Influence internal teams and external partners to align and overcome project barriers.
• Represent Energy Services professionally through written, verbal, and public-facing communication.

Skills

Problem solving

Negotiation

Project management

Implementation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering

Job description

Duke Energy is seeking a Business Development Manager to lead opportunities for energy services projects across regulated jurisdictions. You will drive engagements from initial customer contact through funding and handoff to construction, coordinating with engineering, regulatory, and legal teams.

Role requires deep stakeholder management and experience structuring commercial agreements for energy infrastructure solutions and EPCs, with travel across sites as needed.