Director, Portfolio Transactions

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day transaction execution for the sale, transfer, or contribution of solar and storage assets and portfolios into AssetCo vehicles.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day transaction lead with Qcells’ JV counterparties, including driving alignment on commercial terms, diligence, issue resolution, documentation, and closing execution.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of managers and senior managers responsible for active transaction workstreams, while driving strong accountability, prioritization, and execution discipline across the function.
• Quarterback multiple concurrent transactions and coordinate internal stakeholders across Development, Engineering, Legal, Finance, Tax, EPC, and executive leadership.
• Drive transaction strategy, execution planning, and process management from diligence and sale preparation through definitive documentation and closing.
• Lead commercial assessment of transaction value, structural considerations, risk allocation, and negotiation tradeoffs in support of Qcells’ broader monetization strategy.
• Oversee preparation and review of transaction materials, including investment memoranda, diligence trackers, process letters, valuation materials, management presentations, and closing deliverables.
• Direct diligence processes across counterparties, advisors, lenders, and internal teams, including management of data rooms, request lists, open items lists, and closing checklists.
• Lead negotiation of transaction-related agreements and deliverables in coordination with internal and external counsel, including purchase and sale agreements and ancillary closing documents.
• Oversee transaction, valuation, and financing analyses used to evaluate project and portfolio transfers, returns, capital structures, and value capture.
• Partner closely with acquisitions, commercial pricing, and capital markets teams to ensure valuation assumptions, underwriting outputs, and transaction positions reflect current market conditions and strategic priorities.
• Drive urgency and accountability around issue resolution, stakeholder coordination, and transaction timelines, escalating key matters as appropriate to maintain execution momentum.
• Support leadership in standardizing transaction processes, improving diligence and closing protocols, and enhancing internal templates and workflows to scale the portfolio transactions function.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in project finance, renewable energy, infrastructure investing, private equity, investment banking, or strategic transactions; 10–12 years preferred for most candidates at the Director level.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex transactions involving U.S. solar, community solar, distributed generation, and/or energy storage projects.
• Strong track record of independently managing transactions from diligence through negotiation and closing.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and coordinating legal, technical, financial, and commercial workstreams across multiple active deals.
• Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, including project valuation, transaction structuring, and financing analysis.
• Strong commercial judgment and ability to assess transaction value, risk allocation, execution tradeoffs, and negotiation strategy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior internal stakeholders, executive leadership, and external counterparties.
• Demonstrated people management experience, including management and development of managers, senior managers, analysts, or other transaction professionals.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple active transactions simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.