Storage Business Development Manager – Italy
About us
Matrix Renewables is a renewable energy platform that was founded by global alternative asset manager TPG through its impact investing platform, TPG Rise, in 2020. Headquartered in Madrid, Matrix Renewables focuses on developing, constructing and being long-term owners of renewable energy assets.
Matrix Renewables’ current portfolio is comprised of 12.2 GW (operational, under construction, ready to build, under development) of renewable energy projects and storage across Europe, North America, and Latin America.
TPG Rise is a $17 billion impact investing platform focused on investing in and supporting the growth of world-class businesses that deliver positive and measurable social and environmental impact globally.
TPG is a leading global alternative asset investment firm with offices in Austin, Beijing, Boston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Moscow, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore, and Washington D.C. TPG’s investment platforms span a wide range of asset classes, including private equity, growth equity, impact investing, infrastructure, growth venture, real estate, secondaries, and public equity.
The Role
At Matrix Renewables we are looking for a highly motivated individual to play a key role supporting our Project Storage Business Development area in Italy. Based in Rome, the Italy Batteries development associate will be assisting business development activities over Matrix’s portfolio of projects in Italy, reporting to Matrix’s VP, Business Development Storage & Hydrogen, based in Madrid. The Candidate will be monitoring compliance with contractual obligations and assessing the quality of work done by with Matrix’s developers, assisting in the ordinary corporate and administrative obligations, liaising with external advisors, and assisting to M&A, financing and operation teams when required. The Candidate would also use their experience and intelligence to identify risks and to guide Matrix in understanding the risks that these projects face. The candidate must be familiar with all aspects of the development of renewable energy projects in the country, either wind or solar. During the development phase, the candidate will collaborate with in-house Matrix and external teams to ensure that projects obtain all the permits, authorizations, and licenses necessary to reach Ready to Build (“RTB”) status, on time.
Key activities and responsibilities:
• Day-to-day activities in Storage Business Development in Italy
• Analyze and control greenfield project opportunities (land securing and interconnection procedures) and other early-stage project development activities.
• Ensure projects’ VDR are updated with relevant documentation through each project development stage.
• Help tracking development status of projects in its pipeline, liaising with developers to help to deliver projects to RTB on time.
• Controlling internal and external development costs & budgeting.
• Monitor compliance with contractual obligations and assessing the quality of work done by Matrix’s developers.
• Project scheduling management through activities definition, sequencing, resources, and duration estimation
• Management of community and public relations in respect of the Project
• Help to implement ESG Company policy at local level in compliance with modern standards, regulations, and best industry practice. Flag to ESG team any issues as soon as possible, gather information related to them and where instructed interact with stakeholders if appropriate
General Skills / Attributes:
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, law or business. Master highly desirable
• 3 years minimum of energy industry experience in business development, project administration, project management.
• Full understanding of the development, construction, and operational processes for solar or wind projects in Italy. Experience in Storage development or construction will be a strong positive.
• An ability to perform in a matrixed organization, working in interdepartmental teams to achieve objectives.
• Solid communication skills: capability to establish technical discussions in different cultural environments.
• Fluent in English & Italian. Spanish will be much appreciated.
• Ability to travel through Italy to meet stakeholders around Matrix projects.