Senior Business Developer Green Power & BESS
ENGIE Italia
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Job summary
ENGIE Italia is seeking a Senior Business Developer to propel its green power and BESS portfolio in Italy from Rome. You will lead origination, structure complex PPA solutions, and manage client relationships across the energy value chain.
Joining a front-office trading environment, you will collaborate with trading, risk, legal, and pricing teams to drive revenue growth while navigating Italian market structure and regulatory context.
Qualifications
- More than 10 years of experience in the energy market with origination exposure.
- Master degree in engineering, economics, finance, or related quantitative field.
- Strong knowledge of the Italian power system, markets and regulatory context.
- Familiarity with pricing models, risk metrics and physical/financial energy contracts.
- Excellent commercial and negotiation capabilities.
- Fluent in English and Italian.
Responsibilities
- Develop green power and BESS flexibility business, building the commercial pipeline and closing deals.
- Lead Green Power PPAs onboarding, structuring, client relationship management and governance processes.
- Draft and structure downstream PPA offers with Downstream sales teams.
- Identify BESS tolling and flexibility opportunities with third party developers.
- Develop 24/7 Hybrid PPA solutions for mature clients and data centers.
- Provide market knowledge and support to contract implementation with cross-functional teams.
- Monitor regulatory and market changes affecting green power and BESS in Italy.
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Job description
ENGIE puts sustainable development at the center of its activities (electricity, natural gas, energy efficiency, and services) to meet the challenges of the energy transition to a low-carbon economy: access to a sustainable economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resource optimization.
ENGIE puts sustainable development at the center of its activities (electricity, natural gas, energy efficiency, and services) to meet the challenges of the energy transition to a low-carbon economy: access to a sustainable economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resource optimization.
We are currently searching for Senior Business Developer Green Power & BESS in Supply & Energy Management Italy, based in Rome
ENGIE Supply & Energy Management (S&EM) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.
ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business piloted by its Global Business Unit Supply & Energy Management (S&EM) who built its savoir-faire managing the Group’s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years.
7,500 employees around the world develop our solutions, through 19 countries. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization.
Our clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike.
- Asset management
- Energy supply , providing green energy & innovative solutions
- Risk management & market access
At S&EM we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you.
Under the supervision of the Head of Business Development & Sustainability, you will Develop the green power and BESS flexibility business (prospecting, building commercial pipeline and closing deals) focusing on:
- Green Power PPAs : Develop from onboarding, structuring, managing the client’s relationship, negotiating terms till internal governance committees preparation and validation and deal signature opportunities in Italian Upstream PPA with third party developer and with Engie projects;
- Cooperate with Downstream sales team in structuring and drafting the downstream PPA offers
- BESS/Flex Tolling : Develop from onboarding, structuring, managing the client’s relationship, negotiating terms till internal governance committees preparation and validation and deal signature BESS tolling/flex optimization opportunities with third party developers
- Hybrid PPA (PV, Wind, Bess) : Develop hybrid PPA solution targeting a 24/7 solutions for mature clients and data centers;
- Develop, originate and implement risk management solutions to support the growth of S&EM renewable and BESS portfolio in Italy;
- Full comprehension of the pricing methodologies and models and collaboration to the development of the relevant models in close collaboration with the power portfolio and pricing team;
- Follow legislative and market structural changes in the Italian markets impacting S&EM green power and flexibility business
- Provide technical market knowledge and commercial support to implement contracts properly, while ensuring a very good coordination of the different stakeholders/counterparties involved.
This is a front office role, working in a dynamic trading floor environment and in close collaboration with trading, quants, risk, legal, and other origination teams.
- More than 10 years of experience in the energy market, with relevant experience in origination. Track record in Italian green power with track record in structured green PPA deals negotiated and signed .
- Master degree in quantitative discipline (engineering, economics, finance, etc.).
- Solid knowledge of the Italia power system, markets and regulatory context.
- Knowledge of pricing models, risk metrics, physical and financial energy products and contracts (PPA, Tolling, etc.), main master agreements.
- Commercial and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Result-oriented, hands‑on approach and ability to manage multiple workflows.
- Reliable, rigorous and detail-oriented.
- Oriented towards cross-functional collaboration, with the ability to understand and exploit the activities of other teams in order to successfully carry out negotiations requiring internal approvals
- Team player, communicate easily and ability to interact/cooperate with a variety of different profiles (portfolio manager, legal, analysts, sales, risks, credit, support functions, etc.).
- Languages
- Fluent in English and Italian
Permanent contract according to local law
Working at ENGIE, a multinational group, means having a wide variety of career opportunities in more than 30 countries. Whilst putting the community at the center of your professional life and contributing to real change during a challenging career.
At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in accelerating the energy transition. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.
Our commitment is clear: We support a social model that balances economic performance with positive impact on people and the planet. We bet on the power of community and act as part of a community committed to disrupting and reinventing the future. Diversity and inclusion are at the core of our corporate culture.
ENGIE is committed to combating all forms of discrimination in employment, access to training and promotion. Therefore, the integration and support of youth, adults, and people with disabilities, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or religion, are key priorities of human resources policy.
Recognized for 2025 by Sole24Ore as a leading company in diversity & inclusion, the ISO 30415:2021 and UNI PDR 125:2022 certifications are further proof of our commitment.
Divisione: BP ITALY
Entità legale: ENGIE GLOBAL MARKETS ITALIA BRANCH
Società: ENGIE Italia
Salario minimo: 71.000,00 EUR
Salario massimo: 78.000,00 EUR
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