Manager West Origination

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead and execute business development and origination activities, including negotiation and execution of long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and other offtake structures for new-build and existing generation assets.
• Create and execute regional market and commercial strategies aligned with corporate objectives, risk management principles, and regulatory requirements.
• Support evaluation and development of new generation, repowering, and resource opportunities, including market analysis, site selection, transmission strategy, offtake structures, and project contracts.
• Collaborate with development, transmission, finance, engineering, regulatory, and forecasting teams to develop comprehensive customer solutions, pricing proposals, term sheets, RFP responses and deal models.
• Lead and support production cost modeling, portfolio modeling, and economic analysis to inform corporate budgets, financial forecasts, and long-range planning.
• Analyze and evaluate long-term physical and financial heat rate deal structures, fuel clauses, fuel source availability, and competing product economics for power purchase agreements, emerging technologies, and market trends to support strategic decision-making.
• Monitor competitive intelligence, including pricing trends, market fundamentals, transmission dynamics, policy developments, and emerging technologies.
• Build, maintain, and manage a qualified opportunity pipeline, tracking opportunities from origination through execution.
• Prepare and present internal and external reports, analyses, and presentations for senior management, customers, regulators, and other stakeholders.
• Support long-term commercial and portfolio optimization strategies, including risk analysis and scenario modeling.
• Represent the company in industry forums, utility meetings, regulatory proceedings, and external committees as appropriate.
• Provide leadership on cross-functional strategic initiatives that support business development and corporate objectives.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Necessary Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent experience gained through progressively responsible roles.
• MBA or advanced degree in Business, Engineering, or related discipline preferred.
• Ten (10) or more years of related experience in the energy sector, preferably involving business development, resource planning, power markets, commercial origination, project development, or commodity price forecasting.