Enel Spa

Who We Are:

Enel is a globally recognized leader in sustainable energy and is consistently names one of Fortune Magazine’s “Companies that are Changing the World.”  It is also one of the largest and most trusted energy companies in the world, serving around 70 million customers in more than 30 countries across 5 continents.  The Enel Group vision is about Open Power.  Open Power means opening energy access to more people; opening the world of energy to new technologies; opening new ways for people to manage energy; opening new uses of energy; and opening more partnerships.  These are ambitious goals and we are pursuing them with the passion of more than 65,000 people whose brilliant work is based on our values of Responsibility, Innovation, Trust and Proactivity.  At Enel North America, our businesses are leading the energy transition creating the sustainable energy solutions of the future to help individuals, businesses and communities change energy into lasting value.

The Opportunity:

The Director, Development Special Projects will lead project development for a set of early-stage greenfield projects being initiated.  They will also lead the development team and subject matter experts on preparing project plans for acquisition projects.  In addition. This position will lead other special projects or new initiatives as requested by Enel North America.  Responsible for managing a team of Senior Development Managers, Development Managers and Associate Developers who are each managing individual wind, solar and/or storage projects within the development team.

What you’ll do at Enel:

Responsibilities, include, but not limited to: 

· Lead a team of leasing agents, developers and/or associate developers in the initiation of new, greenfield projects after handoff has occurred from the siting team, including creating the strategy around which sites to pursue and how. 

· Lead negotiations with key landowners and counsel to obtain significant site control and/or direct the team in those negotiations. 

· Stepping into projects and project activities on short notice to support the North American team to provide support/take over initiatives/lead team members when staffing capacity restrictions occur  

· Maintain active involvement in day-to- day work as needed to ensure project success. This includes but is not limited to landowner meetings, permit hearings, meetings with regulatory bodies, project site visits, etc. 

· Ensuring that all project management tools and reports are created and updated by the development manager – including training the manager how to complete those items, ensuring that they align with risks, strategy, critical milestone dates, and reality. 

· Ensuring that project managers accomplishing and regularly updating budgets, timelines, databases (such as Horizon) and are aligning each with the project strategy. 

Who You Are and What You’ve Accomplished:

· 4-year college degree required  

· MBA highly preferred, other advanced and/or technical degree preferred 

· Project management experience required 

· Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred

· 10+ years development experience in the renewable energy industry strong preferred 

· Extensive knowledge of regional environmental and site permitting processes required, and having been directly completed, from initiation of project to start of construction 

· Proven track record in project management including greenfield development initiation through construction 

· Proven track record of successful negotiation of many wind and solar lease agreements, purchase option agreements, easement agreements, good neighbor agreements, access agreements, etc. with difficult, complex, and/or sophisticated counterparties, including large corporate property owners and high net worth individuals 

· Experience managing a leasing agent team of 5+ agents 

· Proven ability to complete local or state level project permitting – including directly being the lead on preferably three or more projects that have completed land use permitting and other permitting requirements  

· Proven ability to professionally and successfully engage with difficult project opposition stakeholders preferred 

· Proven ability to negotiate lease and/or purchase option agreements with difficult, complex, and/or sophisticated counterparties 

· Detailed knowledge of renewable energy industry specific regulatory and legislative frameworks  

· Extensive knowledge and experience with regional RTO’s, tariffs, and requirements 

· Personally completed/lead full real estate title curative efforts, including familiarity with project proforma and ALTA survey. 

· Strong analytical mindset to assess project status and risks to mitigate accordingly. 

· The ideal candidate would have a customer orientated mindset, enjoy stakeholder engagement, have exceptional communication skills, impressive attention to detail, strong work ethic, proven leadership capabilities, always have strong conflict resolution skills to maintain professionalism, and an entrepreneur spirit. 

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Power-Point, etc.  

· Microsoft Project, Primavera, or similar software experience required  

· Leadership traits are key; must have successfully lead cross-functional and dynamic project teams in a matrix organization for more than 5 years 

· Mentored direct reports and fostered employee development for multiple years preferred 

· A valid driver’s license operable in all 50 states 

· Up to 50% of domestic travel. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 

Enel North America is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information. We will not discriminate, in any employment decision, against any individual or group on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veterans/national guard/military reserve status. This shall be done in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws in every location in which Enel North America has facilities. Enel North America maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks, where permitted by law. Accessibility – If you require accessibility assistance applying for open positions please contact EnelApplication@enel.com. 

What Enel North America Offers You: 

• Enel North America offers its regular full-time employees affordable, quality healthcare for you and your family, life insurance and disability benefits to provide security, and retirement benefits to help 
  you plan for your financial future.  In addition we offer an array of other benefits such as flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement and professional development allowance.
• Benefits are effective day one!
• 401k with match fully vested as of day one.  Enel North America matches 100% of the first 4% that you contribute up to set IRS limits
• Generous PTO that supports work/life balance including 4 weeks vacation, personal days, volunteer days, birthday, paid holidays and sick time.  
• Paid leave programs