Manager, Strategic Development

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AES Clean Energy (AESCE) is seeking a Strategic Development Manager for the CAISO and WECC regions. The Strategic Development team is responsible for creating AESCE's greenfield pipeline of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects. The role will work cross-functionally to establish and implement siting strategies in these regions. The successful candidate will have experience working on renewable projects in CAISO and/or WECC.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Establish recommendations for regional filing goals using information from market and growth strategy teams
• Determine how to incorporate development, siting, and technology policies into siting strategy

• Create and manage prospecting budgets
• Identify siting incentives and unique siting opportunities to pursue
• Manage select strategic partnerships and advance prospects
• Oversee the selection of new potential injection points for solar and battery storage projects
• Review and provide feedback on viability of prospects identified by analysts

• Review prospect diligence and decide which prospects to move forward with
• Oversee status of land campaigns and adjust target sites as needed based on progress
• Oversee early-stage development handoff to ensure a smooth and complete transition to developers
• Review competition analyses and incorporate into siting strategy
• Work with transmission strategy and interconnection teams to advocate for favorable interconnection rules and RTO policies, and incorporate transmission buildout into strategic development

• Work with policy team on identifying, tracking, and influencing policy related to development and siting in target markets

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree
• 5-7 years' relevant experience

• Strong organization and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• Knowledge and capabilities to work in Microsoft Excel, Word and Power Point
• Experience with GIS or mapping tools preferred
• Experience with data analysis preferred

• Diligent, detailed oriented, and dynamic. Able to self-organize priorities.

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