Sr. Director, Business Development
Location: Remote Northeast/Midwest
Primary Role – This role focuses on leading complex geothermal development projects from early-stage through full project contract execution. The position requires a unique combination of business development, stakeholder management, technical engineering knowledge, regulatory expertise, and financial acumen to successfully navigate the challenges of geothermal project development. The role involves direct client engagement, cross-functional team leadership, and comprehensive project oversight throughout the development process.
Principal Responsibilities:
Project Leadership & Coordination
- Coordinate across internal and external teams to meet project timelines, while maintaining clear and professional communication with the client and key stakeholders throughout.
- Develop and execute comprehensive and tailored communication strategies for complex geothermal projects, including client presentations and stakeholder engagement.
Business Development, Sales and Revenue Achievement
- Articulate value proposition in a compelling manner, build rapport, and develop and implement sales strategies to steer clients’ and stakeholders’ decision-making.
- Identify opportunities for leveraging stakeholder interactions to foster strategic partnerships to bring new pipeline projects.
- Manage their geothermal project pipeline to meet or exceed sales and/or revenue targets
Qualifications:
- Experience in client-facing roles in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
- Any combination of supervisory, sales, project management, project implementation.
- Background in or experience working with renewable energy project development, real estate development, MEP engineering, environmental engineering, construction project management, architecture, or a comparable field.
- Proficiency in reading and interpreting technical, engineering, financial, and/or regulatory documents, including drilling reports, cost estimates, thermal conductivity reports, site plans and specification packages, and grants.
- Ability to manage a pipeline of projects to meet or exceed sales and/or revenue targets.
Client provides end-to-end energy efficiency and clean energy measures to commercial, industrial, and institutional clients. We have the intellectual and financial capital to develop, implement, fund, and maintain clean energy solutions. Our diverse solutions range from lighting and other energy efficiencies to renewable energy solutions such as solar, battery storage and geothermal.
If you are interested, contact Scott Brownholtz @ 916.649.3200 –