Senior Renewable Business Development Manager

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White Plains, US

We are seeking a Senior Technical Business Development Manager (Renewables) to lead performance modeling reviews and technical design reviews for renewable energy and energy storage projects. Responsibilities include optimizing energy yield, reliability, and financial performance; supporting project origination and evaluation; and collaborating across engineering, permitting, finance, and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have hands on engineering experience supporting renewable energy and energy storage technology and development, including BESS, and alternative storage solutions, with demonstrated expertise in energy modeling, knowledge of project development and permitting, proficiency in with tools like PVSyst, PowerSIMM, WAsP, SAM, Transect.

Candidates should demonstrate interest in energy/utilities and possess a collaborative, problem-solving mindset. Experience with in the NYS energy markets, familiarity with NYISO, incentive credits and asset lifecycle management will be highly preferred.

This role sits within NYPA’s Renewable Development team, responsible for supporting development of utility scale projects in support of NYPA’s strategies and New York State clean energy targets. This team acts as industry change agents supporting utility scale solar, wind integration, energy storage policies, and overall policy and regulation shifts to support electrification and the changing transmission system within New York.

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• With limited oversight, support engineering and development teams with site evaluations, equipment selection, layout design, and interconnection planning.
• Lead technical due diligence for renewable energy development, acquisitions, and joint venture opportunities by evaluating engineering, permitting, interconnection, constructability, equipment, and operational risk, and providing recommendations to support investment decisions.
• Collaborate with asset management and O&M teams to meet or exceed performance KPIs.
• Modeling:
  • Develop, validate, and maintain energy production models for solar PV, onshore wind, and BESS using tools like PVSyst, PowerSIMM, WAsP, SAM, Transect.
  • Integrate storage dispatch modeling with renewable generation for hybrid system performance assessment.
  • Review and challenge third‑party modeling assumptions and vendor performance estimates.
  • Drive innovation in modeling accuracy and performance forecasting across technologies.
• Analysis:
  • Analyze site‑specific conditions to optimize project layout and performance, including system loss analysis and degradation studies.
  • Analyze operational data to compare actual performance against modeled expectations, leading troubleshooting and performance enhancement efforts.
• Build and own relationships with key stakeholders by directing team towards consensus points & gaining buy‑in.
• Craft storylines that clearly articulate findings, insights, and recommendations.
• Utilizing adept mentoring, coaching, and influencing skills to inspire others and resolve challenging relationship management situations, collaborating on approaches with Senior Vice President.
• Managing the execution of individual projects. This typically includes developing hypotheses, managing data collection, model creation and analyses, conducting primary and secondary research, creatively tackling information limitations, and surfacing insights.
• Manage the entire project lifecycle: leverage problem‑solving skills to identify key issues/questions at the beginning of a project and develop an appropriate work plan, including project scope, timelines, specific analyses to be completed, and assign…