CVE North America · 1 week ago
Director of Project Development
NYC Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expCVE North America is a renewable energy company dedicated to developing solar and storage projects across the United States. The Project Development Director will be responsible for leading commercial development, managing project teams, and driving strategic partnerships to achieve the company's ambitious growth objectives in the renewable energy sector.
ManufacturingPower GridRenewable EnergySolar
Responsibilities
Elaborate the commercial strategy and drive its implementation; structure and organize the development team around the successful deployment of profitable business models
Understand the various ways to sale electricity in the US, their advantages and disadvantages and incorporate them in the regional commercial plan
Identify new opportunities or partnerships through your network of contacts
Spearhead negotiations of complex projects up till their successful conclusion
Support the CVE NA team in their critical missions (M&A offers, bids, projects listing into the State programs….)
Pay regular visits to CVE’s main partners and clients; represent the Company in all private or industry events and seminars
Coordinate with the other CVE teams
Work on the continuous improvement of the business development process to gain efficiency
Ensure that the projects developed follow the rules and the quality standards of CVE Group
Keep abreast of the trends in the various States solar markets, notably of regulatory requirements and of competitors
Promote the creation of new markets or products, pushing for new opportunities
Elaborate, in collaboration with the Executive Team, the corresponding new business models
Validate all commercial offers and their associated business plan prior to making a binding offer
Monitor the achievement of results and control the outlays linked to the development activity
Organize the portfolio reporting and participate to the Group reporting committees
Day to day management of your direct report/s to ensure deliverables are on time and accurate and according to expectations the scope of work assigned; (e.g. Monthly KPI….)
Motivate and coach team members via regular one to one meeting, communicating goals, providing constructive feed-back on the work performed as well as opportunities for growth and development
Create and maintain clearly defined roles and responsibilities notably through a department functional matrix and partner with Human Resources to ensure the accuracy of the associated job description/s. Assess current and future skills needs, potential gaps and implement training plans as appropriate
Monitor performance, identify situations of concern and development path for correction/improvement
Qualification
Required
Must have over 10 years in renewable energy experience
You have a minimum of 10 years of professional experience with similar responsibilities in the renewable energies space
You have demonstrated the ability to be successful: you have high interpersonal skills, you know how to motivate, manage and coach a team that will deliver the expected results
You have a comprehensive experience in developing renewable energy projects, you do understand the market dynamics in each States and what is at stake
Ideally, you have realized several acquisitions of projects or plants
Shrewd negotiator, you have the capacity to appraise, conclude and manage strategic partnerships and complex transactions
You enjoy taking initiatives, you have strong operational skills orientated towards achieving goals and a great sense of team spirit and accountability
Valid US Drivers License
You are convinced that renewable energies will play a major role in the future and you are an advocate of the transition to clean energy
You are willing to join a company with a strong culture, which sets for itself ambitious and captivating goals
Company
CVE North America
CVE North America is a solar power producer that develops, finances, and builds solar rooftops and solar PV power plants.
11-50 employees
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