VP - Corporate Development, M&A and Strategy - Renewable Energy

The Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, M&A and Strategy will lead the company's corporate growth strategy, mergers and acquisitions, capital planning, strategic partnerships, investment governance, and long-term value creation initiatives across community solar, distributed generation, and energy storage.

This executive leadership role will be responsible for driving the company's next phase of growth, including the expansion of its owned and operated asset portfolio, while positioning the organization as a leading consolidator in the distributed generation sector.

Key Responsibilities

Corporate Strategy and CEO Partnership

• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors on corporate growth strategy, capital allocation, industry consolidation trends, strategic financing alternatives, and long-term value creation.
  
• Partner with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team to define, prioritize, and execute the company's long-term corporate development, M&A, and growth strategy.
  
• Translate Board-approved strategic objectives into executable acquisition roadmaps, capital deployment plans, investment recommendations, and value creation initiatives.
  
• Evaluate and prioritize growth pathways including greenfield development, project acquisitions, portfolio acquisitions, platform acquisitions, joint ventures, energy storage investments, and corporate acquisitions.
  

Corporate Development, M&A and Industry Consolidation

• Lead the corporate development and M&A function, including opportunity identification, transaction sourcing, financial evaluation, diligence, negotiation, execution, and integration planning.
  
• Develop and maintain a prioritized acquisition roadmap of community solar, distributed generation, and storage platforms across North America.
  
• Identify and execute opportunities that accelerate the company's objective of becoming a leading consolidator in the distributed generation sector.
  
• Lead evaluation and execution of corporate acquisitions, platform acquisitions, carve-outs, portfolio purchases, project-level acquisitions, distressed opportunities, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships.
  
• Lead evaluation and execution of platform acquisitions to support the company's industry consolidation strategy, including leadership of the integration office for acquired teams and businesses.
  
• Source and cultivate relationships with developers, asset owners, investors, lenders, tax equity providers, infrastructure funds, strategic counterparties, brokers, advisors, and other market participants.
  

Strategy, Capital Planning, Underwriting and Investment Governance

• Support the Project Transporter process and participate in or lead evaluation of corporate capital raises, preferred equity, growth equity, joint venture structures, and other strategic financing initiatives.
  
• Partner with FP&A, Project Finance, Development, and Executive Leadership to maintain a long-range growth plan supporting the company's strategic objectives.
  
• Develop and maintain multi-year capital deployment models evaluating organic development, project acquisitions, platform acquisitions, portfolio acquisitions, and energy storage investments.
  
• Assess capital requirements necessary to achieve Board-approved growth targets.
  
• Review project-level financial models, underwriting assumptions, and investment analyses to ensure consistency, accuracy, and alignment with corporate investment criteria.
  

Board and Investment Committee Leadership

• Prepare Board materials, Investment Committee memoranda, acquisition recommendations, strategic planning presentations, capital allocation analyses, and transaction approval materials.
  
• Present investment recommendations, growth scenarios, acquisition opportunities, financing alternatives, risk assessments, and integration plans to Executive Leadership, investors, lenders, and the Board of Directors.
  
• Provide concise, executive-ready recommendations that support informed decision-making at the Board, investor, lender, and executive leadership levels.
  

Portfolio, Platform and Strategic Investments

• Evaluate operating asset acquisitions, development-stage project portfolios, platform acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, carve-outs, distressed opportunities, and strategic investments.
  
• Assess risks and opportunities associated with project performance, subscriber portfolios, interconnection status, permitting, development milestones, supply chain, tax credits, and regulatory requirements.
  
• Review revenue assumptions, power purchase agreements, subscriber agreements, incentive programs, tax credit structures, and storage-related revenue opportunities.
  

Financial Analysis, Modeling and Capital Markets

• Develop and oversee sophisticated financial models for project acquisitions, platform acquisitions, strategic investments, capital raises, and long-range growth scenarios.
  
• Prepare valuation analyses utilizing discounted cash flow models, comparable transactions, IRR analysis, ROIC analysis, sensitivity analysis, and scenario modeling.
  

Strategic Partnerships and Competitive Intelligence

• Build and maintain relationships with developers, utilities, investors, tax equity providers, lenders, consultants, advisors, technology vendors, and industry stakeholders.
  
• Identify partnership opportunities that accelerate market expansion, project development, storage deployment, technology enablement, or value creation.
  

Operational Excellence, Technology Enablement and Value Creation

• Partner with Development, EPC, Asset Management, Subscriber Management, Finance, Legal, Human Resources, IT, and Operations teams to identify opportunities to improve business processes, scalability, and operating efficiency.
  
• Evaluate technology platforms, software tools, automation solutions, AI applications, reporting systems, and data platforms that enhance organizational effectiveness and support continued growth.
  

Post-Acquisition Integration

• Lead or sponsor the integration office for acquired platforms, businesses, teams, projects, and portfolios.
  
• Partner with functional leaders to ensure acquired assets and organizations are integrated effectively into the company's operating model.
  

Leadership and Function Building

• Recruit, mentor, manage, and develop a high-performing corporate development, M&A, and strategy team.
  
• Establish transaction playbooks, diligence checklists, valuation standards, governance processes, integration frameworks, and investment committee procedures.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, Renewable Energy, or a related field required; MBA, CFA, or other advanced degree or relevant professional credential preferred.
  
• Minimum 15 years of professional experience in corporate development, mergers and acquisitions, renewable energy, infrastructure investing, investment banking, private equity, project finance, strategic finance, or related fields.
  
• Minimum 7–10 years of renewable energy transaction experience, with significant direct exposure to community solar, distributed generation, energy storage, or related sectors.
  
• Demonstrated experience leading complex M&A transactions, platform acquisitions, project portfolio acquisitions, corporate acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, or industry consolidation initiatives.
  
• Proven experience building and managing teams, processes, governance structures, investment approval frameworks, transaction playbooks, and integration plans.
  
• Significant experience preparing and presenting materials to executive leadership teams, investment committees, investors, lenders, and Boards of Directors.
  
• Strong capital markets experience, including debt financing, tax equity, project finance, underwriting, preferred equity, growth equity, joint venture structures, and corporate capital raises.
  
• Deep knowledge of community solar, distributed generation, renewable energy development, asset valuation, subscriber management economics, interconnection, permitting, EPC, asset management, regulatory frameworks, and multi-state market dynamics.
  
• Working knowledge of solar-plus-storage, BESS economics, hybrid distributed generation assets, Investment Tax Credits, renewable energy incentives, and FEOC-compliant supply chain considerations.