Business Development & Investment Manager

Core Mission: As a core member of our European business development team, you will

lead energy storage project development (from greenfield to Ready to Build Stage) and

drive investment/financing activities in Europe. Leverage your expertise in market

dynamics, policies, grid compliance, and financial modeling to identify opportunities,

mitigate risks, and ensure ROI.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Monitor and analyze electricity market structures, trading, pricing mechanisms,

ancillary service demands, grid reserve services and price trends;

2. Understanding the impact of regulatory requirements and various applications

(trading, balancing mechanism, ancillary services and grid reserve services) on

each project business case;

3. Identify, screen, and evaluate energy storage project opportunities (greenfield,

brownfield, co-location) in pre-RTB or RTB stages;

4. Developing compelling propositions and competitive bids;

5. Supporting day-to-day business case development activities of projects until the

closure of deals;

6. Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, grid operators, landowners, and consultants. Lead due diligence processes;

7. Develop, build, review, and optimize financial models (LCOE, NPV, IRR) for projects, including sensitivity analysis and risk assessment with the support of supply chain, finance and technical team;

8. Establish investment/financing partnerships with banks, funds, infrastructure investors, energy firms, and power traders;

9. Supporting corporate finance team to raise debt on portfolio of projects;

10. Supporting preparing high quality internal Invest Committee papers;

11. Coordinate cross-functional collaboration between project teams and internal departments;

12. Developing sales and marketing materials, speaking at and attending conferences

as appropriate;

13. Developing strategic partnership to support scaling of the business.

Requirements:

1. Essential competencies:

• Minimum 8 years in commercial/business development in energy sector

(B2B) preferably in energy storage or renewable sectors.

• Strong commercial skills with legal contracts and project financing

• Strong organization skills, team and good attention to detail

• Experience in energy storage and renewable sectors

• Knowledge of the UK, Europe, Australia and Asia-Pacific energy landscape

• Desire to work in a fast moving, high pressure and entrepreneurial

environment

2. Skills:

• Mastery of financial modeling and investment analysis (ability to

build/complex project models).

• Proven track record in energy storage project development, M&A, or

asset rotation.

• Advance in PowerPoint

• Advance Excel skills

• Advantage: Python skills

3. Communication: Exceptional communication skills, negotiation and stakeholder

management skills, capable of presenting financial models and sales pitches

4. Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or finance related fields.

5. Language: Fluent in English (written/spoken); additional European languages or

Mandarin are a plus.

6. Mobility: Ability to travel frequently between China, UK and Europe

internationally