Originations Lead

Comity; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A renewable energy technology firm seeks an Executive Director, Head of Originations in New York City. The successful candidate will lead commercial scaling of the company's insurance-based collateral solution for renewable energy projects. Responsibilities include originating and structuring transactions, refining commercial strategies, and guiding platform evolution. Ideal candidates will have over 10 years of project finance experience and a strong ability to navigate complex financial models and relationships. Join us to help shape the future of energy systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in renewable energy project finance.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to originate and execute complex transactions.
• Fluency in complex financial models and risk allocation.
• Ability to communicate complexity clearly.

Responsibilities

• Originate and structure transactions with utilities and corporates.
• Refine commercial strategies and deepen strategic relationships.
• Engage with engineering to improve underwriting workflows.

Skills

Project finance experience

Relationship building

Analytical skills

Commercial strategy articulation

Team collaboration

Technology proficiency

Collateral insight

Job description

🎯 Why we exist

We’re on a mission to improve the reliability, transparency, and efficiency of our energy systems, fostering a future with sustainable and abundant energy.

We envision energy systems that are efficient, autonomous, resilient, and powered by 100% renewable energy.

🧗 Who we are

Our founders (ex-Apple, Bluevine; ex-Affirm, Square, Google) are Stanford alumni with experience in complex systems, machine learning and structured finance. Our world-class investors, Maverick Ventures and Caffeinated Capital, are aligned to our policy objectives and platform vision.

⚡ What we are building

We are building the next-generation clearing platform for renewable energy transactions. To accomplish our aims, we leverage proprietary power market models, AI-driven underwriting technology, and deep expertise in structured finance and insurance capital to redefine how forward power contracts are secured and financed.

Our ambition is to become the clearinghouse for power, the keystone energy of the next century.

The Role

Comity is looking for an Executive Director, Head of Originations to lead the commercial scaling of our insurance-based collateral solution across PPAs, battery tolling structures, interconnection agreements, and other structured renewable energy contracts.

You will own originations end-to-end: refining commercial strategy, sourcing and structuring transactions, and channeling market insight into our underwriting and technology platform.

In this role, you will:

• Originate and structure: Proactively source high-quality counterparties across IPPs, utilities, traders, corporates, and data centers. Lead transaction structuring in close collaboration with our credit team, ensuring rigorous analysis of contractual risk allocation, downside scenarios, and structural protections.
• Refine and expand our commercial strategy: Continuously sharpen our positioning versus traditional collateral solutions. Leverage your network and market judgment to build repeatable origination channels and deepen strategic relationships.
• Guide the evolution of our platform: Act as a core user of our underwriting and origination systems, engaging with engineering to translate market realities and transaction complexity into scalable workflows and AI-powered risk tools that increase our speed, precision, and volume.

As a key leader, you will help build the financial rails of our future energy systems.

We’re excited about you because

• Seasoned project finance professional: You have 10+ years of experience in renewable energy project finance, with deep exposure to structuring and executing complex transactions in the US.
• Builder mentality: You thrive in 0→1 environments. You operate effectively under ambiguity, move with urgency, and are motivated by building a new category, not just optimizing an existing one. You do what it takes to move the business forward.
• Commercial originator: You originate, not just execute. You bring and build relationships, develop strong personal connections, articulate commercial strategy, and consistently source new business. You know how to position differentiated financial solutions in competitive institutional markets.
• Highly analytical: You are fluent in complex financial models. You think in stress cases, credit protections, risk allocation, and structural mitigants, and you provide clear guidance to underwriting teams without needing to run every model yourself.
• Clear communicator: You move fluidly between structuring, commercial negotiation, underwriting discussions, and product conversations, and you explain complexity with clarity and conviction.
• Team-oriented operator: You understand that building a product requires tight collaboration across teams. You operate with high ownership and low ego, and you elevate the performance of the teams around you.
• Technology enthusiast: You are excited about leveraging a proprietary, AI-powered underwriting platform that enhances your judgment and scales your impact. You see technology as a competitive advantage that increases speed, precision, and commercial reach.
• Collateral insight: You understand how collateral is structured and the various forms of credit support used in PPAs and interconnection agreements (e.g., letters of credit, surety bonds). You recognize inefficiencies in the current system, and see the opportunity to modernize and optimize how risk is secured.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification listed above. If you're excited about the role and believe you can contribute, we'd love to hear from you.

Location

New York City

At Comity, we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our priority is to ensure that all applicants are provided with fair and equal access to employment opportunities. Recruiting and hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other class protected by law.