Director of Commercial

Job Title:
Director of Commercial
- Local Energy

Reporting to: Managing Director
- Local Energy

Number of Roles Available: 1

About the Organisation

Great British Energy (GBE) is a publicly owned energy company, created to accelerate the deployment of clean energy technologies and to ensure UK taxpayers, bill payers, communities and the energy workforce reap the benefits of a clean and secure energy system.

Our ambition is to become a lasting national institution that the British public will be proud of; a developer, constructor and owner of homegrown energy that is Clean, Secure and Yours.

From our base in Aberdeen, we are building GBE not just as a company, but as a cornerstone of the UK’s energy landscape: a trusted, transparent and innovative public champion that stands shoulder to shoulder with the leading state‑owned energy companies of Europe. GBE will become recognised both at home and abroad as a world‑class energy institution that embodies the values, expertise and ambition of the UK.

The Great British Energy Act, which received Royal Assent in May 2025, provided for the UK’s first publicly owned national energy company to develop, own and operate energy assets since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in the early 1990s.

GBE Local is central to our strategy. We believe Great British Energy can be a transformative force in local and community energy, with a clear ambition: to make hosting and owning a local energy scheme achievable for every community across the UK.

The Director of Commercial will play a pivotal role in realising this ambition. This role is responsible for designing, structuring and leading the commercial model that underpins GBE Local’s portfolio – ensuring that its products, projects and partnerships are financially robust, scalable and capable of unlocking significant levels of public and private investment.

Leading the development of commercial strategies, financial products and frameworks and market partnerships, the Director of Commercial will enable GBE Local to act as a true market maker – transforming local and community energy into a repeatable, investable asset class in line with the ambitions of the Local Power Plan.

A key component of this role is shaping the commercial approach to the Local Energy Platform – a digital interface between GBE and local and community energy customers. This platform will manage and enhance the end-to-end customer journey, enabling simplified access to products, funding, partnerships and delivery support. The Director of Commercial will ensure the platform is commercially effective, scalable and aligned to user needs, supporting pipeline development and standardisation across the portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the commercial strategy for GBE Local, aligned to the Local Power Plan and wider GBE strategy.
• Design scalable, repeatable financial products to enable local and community energy projects.
• Ensure commercial models support multiple routes to market, including PPAs, local supply models, shared ownership structures and flexibility markets.
• Balance financial performance with public value outcomes, including affordability, community ownership and local economic benefit.
• Lead the design and deployment of commercial structures across GBE Local’s portfolio, including grants, loans, equity and blended finance solutions.
• Develop bankable project structures that attract private capital and institutional investment alongside public funding.
• Work closely with finance partners (e.g. UKIB, National Wealth Fund, commercial lenders) to crowd in investment and scale delivery.
• Support internal capital allocation by developing robust, data-driven investment cases (NPV, IRR, payback, risk-adjusted returns and community benefit metrics).
• Partner with Market Development to ensure GBE Local products are commercially viable, scalable and aligned to customer needs.
• Define pricing, risk-sharing and contractual structures for products and programmes.
• Ensure products are designed to reduce transaction costs and complexity for customers and partners.

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