Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A and Strategy - Renewable Energy

Board and Investment Committee Leadership

• Prepare Board materials, Investment Committee memoranda, acquisition recommendations, strategic planning presentations, capital allocation analyses, and transaction approval materials.
• Present investment recommendations, growth scenarios, acquisition opportunities, financing alternatives, risk assessments, and integration plans to Executive Leadership, investors, lenders, and the Board of Directors.
• Provide concise, executive-ready recommendations that support informed decision-making at the Board, investor, lender, and executive leadership levels.

Portfolio, Platform and Strategic Investments

• Evaluate operating asset acquisitions, development-stage project portfolios, platform acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, carve-outs, distressed opportunities, and strategic investments.
• Assess risks and opportunities associated with project performance, subscriber portfolios, interconnection status, permitting, development milestones, supply chain, tax credits, and regulatory requirements.
• Review revenue assumptions, power purchase agreements, subscriber agreements, incentive programs, tax credit structures, and storage-related revenue opportunities.

Financial Analysis, Modeling and Capital Markets

• Develop and oversee sophisticated financial models for project acquisitions, platform acquisitions, strategic investments, capital raises, and long-range growth scenarios.
• Prepare valuation analyses utilizing discounted cash flow models, comparable transactions, IRR analysis, ROIC analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling.

Strategic Partnerships and Competitive Intelligence

• Build and maintain relationships with developers, utilities, investors, tax equity providers, lenders, consultants, advisors, technology vendors, and industry stakeholders.
• Identify partnership opportunities that accelerate market expansion, project development, storage deployment, technology enablement, or value creation.

Operational Excellence, Technology Enablement and Value Creation

• Partner with Development, EPC, Asset Management, Subscriber Management, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, IT, and Operations teams to identify opportunities to improve business processes, scalability, and operating efficiency.
• Evaluate technology platforms, software tools, automation solutions, AI applications, reporting systems, and data platforms that enhance organizational effectiveness and support continued growth.

Post-Acquisition Integration

• Lead or sponsor the integration office for acquired platforms, businesses, teams, projects, and portfolios.
• Partner with functional leaders to ensure acquired assets and organizations are integrated effectively into the company's operating model.

Leadership and Function Building

• Recruit, mentor, manage, and develop a high-performing corporate development, M&A, and strategy team.
• Establish transaction playbooks, diligence checklists, valuation standards, governance processes, integration frameworks, and investment committee procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field required; MBA, CFA, or other advanced degree or relevant professional credential preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, renewable energy, infrastructure investing, investment banking, private equity, project finance, strategic finance, or related fields.
• Minimum 7–10 years of renewable energy transaction experience, with significant direct exposure to community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, or related sectors.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex M&A transactions, platform acquisitions, project portfolio acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, or industry consolidation initiatives.
• Proven experience building and managing teams, processes, governance structures, investment approval frameworks, transaction playbooks, and integration plans.
• Significant experience preparing and presenting materials to executive leadership teams, investment committees, investors, lenders, and Boards of Directors.
• Strong capital markets experience, including debt financing, tax equity, project finance, underwriting, preferred equity, growth equity, joint venture structures, and corporate capital raises.
• Deep knowledge of community solar, distributed generation, renewable energy development, asset valuation, subscriber management economics, interconnection, permitting, EPC, asset management, regulatory frameworks, and multi-state market dynamics.
• Working knowledge of solar-plus-storage, BESS economics, hybrid distributed generation assets, Investment Tax Credits, renewable energy incentives, and FEOC-compliant supply chain considerations.