SUMMARY

This role will play a key role in developing and delivering the power market strategy for EMEA. You will sit on regional Power Markets leadership team with regional responsibility for origination leading the regional origination team and working closely alongside the Commercial and Analysis teams.
You will focus on long term corporate PPAs and other offtake arrangements for RES, BESS and Hybrid projects from lead generation through PPA negotiations.

KNOWLEDGE/ EXPERIENCE

• Comprehensive knowledge of the European power market including experience in origination and negotiation oflong term, bankable Corporate PPAs.
• Understanding of how to assess BESS revenue stacks and develop commercial solutions for standalone and hybrid BESS assets.
• Successful track record of originating and executing complex energy projects and/or transactions.
• Strong good interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills and team management experience.
• Experience presenting at many levels including internal and external stakeholders and speaking at events.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Management responsibility for the Orginiation team in EMEA.
• Create and implement proactive marketing campaigns to originate opportunities as well as identifying and responding to tenders for renewable energy from Corporate offtakers.
• Identifying and developing market opportunities with major energy users for RES and BESS offtake in EMEA Region to support the development pipeline.
• Working as part of a matrix team structure to collaborate closely with commercial management to develop strategy to optimse value creation.
• Develop innovative products and structures to strike a balance of risk and reward and deliver competitive and attractive solutions to customers.
• Lead PPA negotations working closely with Development, Legal, Structured Finance teams and other internal stakeholders.
• Help shaping the future pipeline to align to buyer’s needs based on insight gained.
• Close collaboration with origination functions in US and APAC regions to ensure alignment and collaboration as well as the bp S, T&S team.
• Understand developments in the European markets and energy policy and the impact these will have on power marketing in order to keep Lightsource BP at the forefront of the market.