Sr. Manager Business Development

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Kindle Energy LLC (“Kindle”) is a leading power generation and asset management company focused on the management, optimization, and development of energy assets across the United States and Canada. A portfolio company of Blackstone Group Inc., one of the world’s largest alternative asset managers with over $1 trillion in assets under management, Kindle operates with the backing of a premier global investment firm.

Kindle currently manages 8.1 GW of power generation assets located in Louisiana, Texas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Colorado. Our development and construction achievements include Magnolia Power, LLC, a 694 MW Advanced Combined Cycle project in Louisiana, and Mountain Peak Power, a 162 MW peaking project in Colorado, both now in operation. We currently have two projects under construction:
Canyon Peak Power (Colorado), a 156 MW peaking facility, and Wolf Summit Energy (West Virginia), a 610 MW Advanced Combined Cycle plant. We are actively working to expand our footprint through three additional natural gas projects under development:
Camellia (Louisiana), a 700 MW facility;
Cross Timbers (Oklahoma), a 450 MW facility; and Rolling Cedar (Wyoming), a 430 MW facility, with further projects in progress in Arizona, Ohio, and Idaho.

Each of these projects reinforce Kindle’s growth and our commitment to delivering reliable, efficient, and flexible power solutions to meet evolving grid demands.

We currently have an opportunity for a Senior Manager of Business Development to support a dynamic and growing team engaged in building a pipeline of gas power plant development projects to support growing needs for clean-burning and reliable generation. This position is remote and can be based in any of the states listed in the location section.

• Lead project development efforts, partnering with VP Business Development and colleagues across origination, engineering, procurement, legal, environmental, and other functions to advance existing and new development initiatives from concept through execution
• Manage key external relationships in support of development initiatives (e.g. landowners, prospective offtakers, community leaders, partners, vendors, etc.), serving as a primary point of contact and trusted representative of the company
• Lead analyses, structuring, and negotiations, and direct legal drafting with counsel, for complex power plant development transactions (e.g. real estate agreements, curative agreements, engineering design, equipment procurement, construction, offtake, fuel supply, permits, precedent agreements, market trends, insurance related matters, etc.)
• Lead project evaluations and due diligence, and develop clear recommendations and investment cases for senior leadership on long-term contracted investments and new growth opportunities
• Lead responses to requests for proposals for new natural gas fired development projects, including strategy, cross-functional coordination, and final review of submissions
• Develop business cases, proposals, and presentations for business growth and development opportunities, including identifying and screening new markets and prospects
• Own the quality of materials such as board-level PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, business correspondence, financial models, technical analyses, and investment memorandums
• Develop and manage project development budgets, with accountability for results, in coordination with the financial planning and analysis team
• Work within company protocols to onboard vendors, establish purchase orders, finalize / execute NDAs
• Manage and track major project deadlines, milestones, and deliverables, proactively identifying risks and escalating…