Core Mission: As a core member of our European business development team, you will
lead energy storage project development (from greenfield to Ready to Build Stage) and
drive investment/financing activities in Europe. Leverage your expertise in market
dynamics, policies, grid compliance, and financial modeling to identify opportunities,
mitigate risks, and ensure ROI.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Monitor and analyze electricity market structures, trading, pricing mechanisms,
ancillary service demands, grid reserve services and price trends;
2. Understanding the impact of regulatory requirements and various applications
(trading, balancing mechanism, ancillary services and grid reserve services) on
each project business case;
3. Identify, screen, and evaluate energy storage project opportunities (greenfield,
brownfield, co-location) in pre-RTB or RTB stages;
4. Developing compelling propositions and competitive bids;
5. Supporting day-to-day business case development activities of projects until the
closure of deals;
6. Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, grid operators, landowners, and consultants. Lead due diligence processes;
7. Develop, build, review, and optimize financial models (LCOE, NPV, IRR) for projects, including sensitivity analysis and risk assessment with the support of supply chain, finance and technical team;
8. Establish investment/financing partnerships with banks, funds, infrastructure investors, energy firms, and power traders;
9. Supporting corporate finance team to raise debt on portfolio of projects;
10. Supporting preparing high quality internal Invest Committee papers;
11. Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between project teams and internal departments;
12. Developing sales and marketing materials, speaking at and attending conferences
as appropriate;
13. Developing strategic partnership to support scaling of the business.
Requirements:
1. Essential competencies:
• Minimum 8 years in commercial/business development in energy sector
(B2B) preferably in energy storage or renewable sectors.
• Strong commercial skills with legal contracts and project financing
• Strong organization skills, team and good attention to detail
• Experience in energy storage and renewable sectors
• Knowledge of the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific energy landscape
• Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial
environment
2. Skills:
• Mastery of financial modeling and investment analysis (ability to
build/complex project models).
• Proven track record in energy storage project development, M&A, or
asset rotation.
• Advance in PowerPoint
• Advance Excel skills
• Advantage: Python skills
3. Communication: Exceptional communication skills, negotiation and stakeholder
management skills, capable of presenting financial models and sales pitches
4. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance related fields.
5. Language: Fluent in English (written/spoken); additional European languages or
Mandarin are a plus.
6. Mobility: Ability to travel frequently between China, UK and Europe
internationally