Senior Manager - Regional Organic Growth

Position Information:

Job Title: Senior Manager - Regional Organic Growth

Location: New Mexico

Salary Range: $148,480 - $185,600

Schedule: Remote

The location of this position will be determined based on the business need targeted markets.

The Senior Manager of the region will work with the Senior Director of the region, Director of Strategy and Planning and Vice President – Organic Growth to develop and implement Company strategy to ensure the achievement of yearly Objectives and FID & COD goals with profitable projects within the Senior Manager’s Region. Based on Company strategy, Senior Manager will work with Senior Director and Director of Strategy and Planning to set the regional goals for each regional/market development manager/developer, set the project priorities, lay out the road map to FID, ensure creation of schedules and budgets. In coordination with VP Development/Commercial Services, Director of Strategy and Policy, and the other regional senior directors, lead the growth strategy that will be followed not only by Development but by the different onshore growth stakeholders.

This role is responsible for development, execution, and oversight of the US onshore greenfield renewable pipeline strategy in the assigned sub-region to ensure Avangrid Renewables growth goals are met. The Senior Manager will manage the assigned sub-region greenfield development team in the markets defined above. These individuals will manage a pipeline of opportunities and will coordinate multiple teams of project development resources with renewable origination efforts to deliver the respective regional goals.

·         Work with the senior leadership team to define growth plan and priority regions, needed pipeline (MW, technology, BESS, etc.), required budget, regional contribution to goals, needed FTEs, etc.

·         Within the Sub Region:

·         Lead and facilitate in a team environment the development of renewable energy projects and markets through coordination of development, policy, origination, market rules, permitting, transmission, meteorology, engineering, construction.

·         Developing and implementing regional strategic plans and budgets.

·         Build a strong greenfield project pipeline to meet current and future business plans.

·         Lead, manage, and develop multi-person project management and development teams.

·         Coordinate closely with regional head and the regional origination teams to implement sales and market development strategy.

·         Coordinate closely with leaders of permitting, interconnection, legal, investment office, land management and engineering technical teams to implement development strategy.

·         Manage yearly budget of each project. Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning to ensure developers and project managers control the budget of each project to align with the last approved strategy or seek variances.

·         Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning and Origination team to develop and maintain competitive assessment in each targeted market, ensuring rational, timely and value-enhancing investments in those projects demonstrating competitive advantages, required return on investment/equity, and/or strategic fit.

·         Concomitantly, work with internal stakeholders to support maintenance of project prioritization and competitiveness listings to identify and recommend project capital investment needs and provide project value proposition.

·         Work with the Region head and Director of Strategy and Planning to identify challenged projects and those ripe for termination and/or limited investment (freezing of significant capital spend).

·         Support assessment and recommendations of monetization options for competitive and valuable projects that would be a better strategic fit for would-be acquirers or whose sale would enhance Company’s ROI.

·         Establish/support systems and processes to ensure the development teams are fully apprised of national markets/developments and their implications for localized development.

·         Manage regional development teams and supporting their efforts to meet project pipeline and build goals.

·         Understand the energy business including its segmentation, its technology, competitive dynamics, and regulatory and market landscape.

·         Develop and provide views of the market based on competition, market fundamentals, customer demand, regional forecasts etc.

·         Ensure development teams adhere to company internal control practices and anti-fraud processes.

·         As required/necessitated, assist development teams with and/or develop renewable energy projects in targeted market as required, to include leading internal and external teams, prospecting, and furthering development of greenfield sites, supporting divestures and acquisitions, managing schedules and budgets and preparing and leading entitlement and other permitting processes to achieve FID and COD.

·         Work with governmental agencies and elected politicians at national, state, and local levels to craft zoning, regulations, rules, and laws beneficial to renewable development.

·         Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in engineering or related field

·         8+ years of relevant business experience in the power industry.

·         8+ years of project development experience in wind and solar development with demonstrated experience of working in targeted development markets.

·         5+ years of experience managing and developing teams.

·         Project Management experience.

·         Demonstrable experience and success of leading development and bringing to construction and operations multiple renewable energy projects.

·         Demonstrated knowledge of all aspects of renewable energy development from site origination through construction.

·         Demonstrable experience of supporting tax equity closing.

·         Thorough understanding of real estate agreements and laws and title and survey requirements for renewable projects.

·         Willingness to travel 50% or more throughout designated region and to corporate headquarters.

·         Proficiency in Windows based business software applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

·         Proficiency in ArcGIS and Google Earth or similar geographic mapping software.

·         10+ in development / power industry.

·         5+ years of experience managing and developing teams in a matrix-structure.

·         MBA, Law Degree or other advanced degree or equivalent experience in engineering or related field.

·         Growth & Continuous Improvement

·         Initiative & Change

·         Focused on Results

·         Customer Centric (internal and/or external)

·         Communication

·         Collaboration

·         Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

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