Director, West Region Development

Description As a Director on our West Region Team, you will lead a team of Project Managers and Associates who are driving the execution of Scout’s U.S.

-based wind and solar projects through all development phases. With a focus on mid- and late-stage development phases, you will be a resource for the team, providing strategy, guidance, and accountability regarding the identification and delivery of the needed real estate, environmental, and permitting milestones. You will be responsible for your team’s delivery of profitable projects that have been appropriately de-risked.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

Project Management Direct portfolio-wide activities with a focus on budget management and project profitability. Direct regular reporting of project and portfolio timeline, budgets, and documentation.

Develop risk management frameworks and processes to provide frequent opportunities to identify, assess, and mitigate risks and add value to projects, or shelve the project.

Contract Management Provide proactive guidance and troubleshooting for contractor relationships and identify new contractor opportunities for the team.

Identify and implement portfolio-wide standards for engagement with contractors to create efficiencies while respecting the unique characteristics of individual projects. Decision maker on complicated terms and conditions.

Ensure contract review and administration are consistently managed across your portfolio.

Final review and approval of contracts and expenditures through the AP system

Finance and Commercial Matters Oversee the development and refinement of Development-appropriate tools to assess the financial feasibility of a project at regular intervals. Create strong relationships and processes with the Finance & Accounting teams to create a foundation for straightforward collaboration at appropriate times. Demonstrate strong skills in working through financial model inputs and identifying flaws.

Develop innovative approaches to resolving complex commercial matters in Scout's favor or creating new opportunities based on your synthesis of context from a range of complex market and commercial matters. Create new business models / strategies that advance your project(s) and Scout.

Support the Senior PM/PM and be able to step in on complicated due diligence efforts and responses.

Stakeholder relationships and Real Estate Participate in strategic planning, troubleshooting, and resolution of conflicts with key landowners, community members, and community leadership needed to advance projects. Identify and implement relevant training and professional development needed for all team members.

Cultivate shared best practices across the team to secure necessary land and related planning / use permits. Advise team members in resolving or resolve issues that arise.

Frequent travel to project sites (potential and in development) to assess opportunities and acquire valuable land rights.

GISEnsure team has access to needed resources to maximize use of mapping tools (e.g., training, SMEs, software). Create systems for sharing best practices across the team and continuously improve the tools being used by the team. Use the outputs of others' mapping activities to inform decision making.

Permitting (local, state, federal) Tax Create tools to institutionalize knowledge about federal, regional, and location-specific permitting and tax requirements; support team's ability to meet requirements in priority locations.

Provide guidance on and ensure favorable resolution of complex permitting and tax abatement issues. Collaborate across teams to establish and integrate proven practices for permitting and tax abatement. Work with project leads to shape relevant negotiating strategies.

Work closely with internal team and external consultants to improve studies and ensure team is using industry best practices and innovative methods to better understand the risks and opportunities associated with each project and transfer this knowledge to the team. Create and implement strategies based on competitive landscape.

Engineering Design, Technology, Construction and Operation (Includes Interconnection,battery storage, solar, and wind)
Work with the Development Engineering team to create tools that streamline the Development team's access to interconnection-related information.

Develop and implement a process to secure needed reviews and approvals of site and system design at critical points in development.

Work with Procurement,…