Cypress Creek Renewables · 13 hours ago
Director, Origination
New York City, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$215K/yr - $245K/yr
5+ years expCypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future by developing, financing, owning, and operating solar and storage projects. The Director, Origination is responsible for building relationships and sourcing offtake agreements to support the company’s growth in delivering renewable energy solutions.
EnergyRenewable EnergySolar
Responsibilities
Drive internal and external process related to offtake opportunities, including RFP engagements with regulated utilities, as well as bilateral offtake negotiations
Develop and execute on origination strategy, with a bias towards offering wholistic power solutions to Large Load Customers
Build and maintain relationships with new and existing customers, manage customer engagement and qualification of opportunities
Contribute to marketing efforts and customer outreach to communicate key attributes of product offerings
Leverage the company’s greenfield pipeline and existing fleet of solar and battery storage assets to structure value-added products for customers
Support the sourcing, negotiation, and execution of long-term PPAs, VPPAs, and innovative commercial structures with corporate customers to facilitate the development of solar and storage while meeting customer sustainability goals
Identify customer opportunities and lead the pricing, structuring, and negotiation of offtake agreements
Represent the company to potential customers in bilateral meetings and at industry events
Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Revenue, Development, Project Finance, Fleet, and Solutions teams
Prepare internal analysis, memos, and presentations, manage CRM
Stay informed on trends impacting renewable development and their implications for customer opportunities
Qualification
Required
Minimum five (5) years of experience with an IPP, power marketing firm, corporate energy end-user, utility, or consultant with direct customer engagement experience
Experience sourcing and landing deals
Experience managing customer relationships
Knowledge of / experience with datacenter power procurement, relationships in this space is highly desirable
Existing network of potential customers, (utilities, co-op's, end users, LSE's)
Knowledge of U.S. energy markets, RTO operations, and electric transmission
Knowledge of the physical transmission system and long-term procurement required to enable generation projects
Knowledge of Natural Gas markets, physical pipelines
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject area required
Experience leading contractual analysis and proposal submissions
Demonstrated ability to originate, structure, negotiate, and implement PPAs coordinating with customers, internal stakeholders, and external advisors
Ability to identify and formulate risk management strategies for various offtake structures
Strong commercial capabilities to balance customer and business needs
Professional presence and excellent communication skills
Understanding of renewable generation technology, especially solar and battery storage
Willingness and ability to travel as needed
Benefits
15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 11 observed holidays.
401(k) Match
Comprehensive package including medical, dental, vision and health insurance
Wellness stipend, family planning stipend, and generous parental leave
Tuition Reimbursement
Phone Bill Reimbursement
Company Swag
Company
Cypress Creek Renewables
Cypress Creek Renewables is an independent power producer that develops utility-scale and distributed solar and energy storage projects.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$1.56BKey Investors
MUFG BankFirst Citizens BankInvestec
2025-11-19Debt Financing
2025-05-05Debt Financing· $150M
2025-03-11Debt Financing· $133M
Leadership Team
Michael Discenza
Chief Financial Officer
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William Petmecky
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
Energy-Storage.News
2025-10-23
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