COO – Renewables - Milan + Exciting portfolio to construct
Are you an entrepreneurial renewables executive with a passion for driving a Renewables Portfolios to realisation? Do you have a strong background in the Secondary Permitting & Construction of a portfolio? Are you a strong General Manager with a high motivation to deliver? If so, please read on...
The Company:
A highly successful investor, developer, and IPP of utility-scale renewable energy projects. Further expansion within a number of markets has created the opportunity for a COO in Italy in order to drive the advancement of the organisation and ensure delivery to their ambitious but achievable 5 year strategy.
The Role
The role will be to Authorise and Execute their strong portfolio of late stage Utility Scale Solar, Wind, BESS and Hydrogen projects, whilst driving the ongoing strategy Greenfield and M&A development.
Some duties would include:
Drive the delivery of the Italian portfolio in close cooperation with the local 20+ person team, the global management team, and centralised functional teams.
* Develop and execute 3-5 year global strategy to support accelerated growth and to operate at Scale whilst driving efficiency & profitability
* Drive the Development, Authorisation & Construction of a 300MW+ pipeline of late-stage Utility Scale projects
* Drive growth of a development portfolio through Greenfield & M&A.
* Ensure success in areas such as PPAs, Financing, Pre-Construction, Construction, and Asset Management
* Oversee development of processes, tools, and best practices for effective Construction & Asset Management, and for interfacing & reporting across all internal and external stakeholders
* Structure SPVs & undertake board-level responsibilities
* Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team
* Lead & establish relationships with OEMs, financial institutions, O&M operators, governments, and major offtakers across region
* Be the face of the business and strengthen the already positive reputation in the Italian market
* Excellent future career opportunities
The Person
The successful candidate will likely have:
* Bachelor's Degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Law or Engineering
* 3+ years in a leadership position with a renewables company
* Experience leading negotiations with counterparts across the various areas of the development, construction, and O&M phase of the lifecycle
* Strong commercial & technical knowledge, and financial acumen
* Speak Italian & English
If you are looking for a challenging role with prospects to match, make your application without delay.
For more information and a confidential career discussion please contact:
david.cottam@hunterphilips.com