Director of Renewable Energy

• Take complete responsibility for the successful completion of projects.
• Manage a team of project management, development, and construction professionals in the country, offering guidance, solving issues, and maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Interact with internal stakeholders and teams, escalating problems to management when needed to implement effective solutions.
• Constantly work to improve team capabilities in relation to project management, official processes, and procedures.
• Implement and establish processes in projects to ensure optimal outcomes.
• Validate the internal process for onboarding projects into development and bringing them to a ready-to-build state, then handing them off to the Asset Management team.
• Manage projects to ensure excellence in project delivery - reviews, forecasting, and resource management.
• Evaluate the project portfolio in the country and present status and KPI\xe2\x80\x99s to the Leadership team.
• Prepare project-specific elements of internal approval papers for presentation to Board/Investment committee during development and construction stages of projects.
• Assist in the preparation of energy tenders, bids, and pre-qualification questionnaires,
• Seek out new RE investments from local developers using network/relationship.
• Communicate with financial institutions for disbursement of funds.
• Analyze and provide feedback on term sheets and contracts, such as for development services, equipment supply, PPAs, leases, EPC contracts, and O&M agreements.

• 15+ years of hands-on professional experience managing multiple energy projects, ideally in solar, onshore wind, or other renewables.
• Degree in Engineering, Commerce, Science, Project Management, Business Administration, or similar technical/commercial training.
• Demonstrated success heading large teams in a professional project management setting.
• Established network with local developers and EPC providers
• Project management skills, including planning, WHSE compliance, risk/issue management, and driving outcomes under tight timeframes and external pressures.
• Manage technical/regulatory discussions and inputs from internal support functions.