Distributed Solar Development, LLC (DSD) seeks a Director - Community Solar Subscription to join its growing team.  DSD develops solar and solar plus storage projects with municipalities, F500 companies, and utilities. This role will work cooperatively with a cross functional team to achieve performance goals for the business. 

 

 

Distributed Solar Development, LLC (DSD) is seeking to fill the role of Director - Community Solar Subscription to join our industry leading team.  In this role, you will work cross-functionally with Origination, Asset Acquisition, Project finance, Development, Legal and Asset Management to ensure that Community Solar customer management agreements in all state programs are aligned with our underwriting requirements and standards for ongoing asset management.  The Director - Community Solar Subscription will lead internal and external community solar strategy and will also take leadership on community solar policy, offtake agreement negotiations, aggregator selection, and handoff coordination to our asset management team.

 

 

The Director - Community Solar Origination will report directly to the VP of the Markets Team and will drive community solar implementation across the DSD platform. The role provides an excellent opportunity with the DSD team as we continue to expand our portfolio of community solar assets.  This role will be instrumental to the success and growth of the business.

 

 

Responsibilities

  •  Responsible for development of nationwide community solar strategy in support of organization goals, and heavily coordinated with the origination and project finance teams
  • Responsibility for ensuring DSD’s community solar projects in all phases of origination, project finance, and development are compliant with DSD’s strategy for customer management and underwriting requirements.
  • Engage and communicate community solar policy to DSD teams and seek pathways to optimize strategy and ongoing execution of community solar assets
  • Negotiate third party aggregator agreements and coordinate incoming data to ensure accurate revenue recognition and asset operation with our Asset Management team.
  • Develop an understanding of all relevant community solar incentive programs and serve as our team’s expert on the community solar incentive programs’ guidelines.
  • Support front end activities by reviewing community solar opportunities, acquisitions, and entry into new markets.
  • Work closely with Origination, Development, Project Finance, and Legal teams to guide the internal DSD team and customers regarding community solar programs and associated incentive requirements.
  • Establish a coordinated handoff with Asset Management for project registration and compliance, including tracking milestones and actions to ensure all program requirements are completed.
  • Advise DSD Origination, Asset Acquisition and finance team to optimize project value proposition within applicable community solar programs
  • Work with our Manager of Community Solar Operations to identify community solar data inputs for our IT tools to capture and track for ease of efficiency and continuous improvement.

 

What makes a great Director - Community Solar Origination?

  •  Professional experience in a community solar role
  • Extensive knowledge of community solar programs in major markets
  • Experience negotiating aggregator agreements and beneficial arrangement for portfolio management.
  • Experience working with commercial, finance and legal to structure ties between commercial definitive agreements and aggregator agreements. 
  • Experience with market policy updates
  • Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines and short turnarounds while sustaining rigorous attention to detail
  • Self-motivated, fast learner, and excited to work in a collaborative team environment
  • Willing to challenge oneself by constantly learning and raising hands to solve problems and increase efficiency
  • Comfortable with thinking outside the box and patiently seeking for solutions when being challenged with tough problems
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills in front of customers as well as strong interpersonal and coordination skills with internal team members
  • Strong task management skills
  • Team player with strong cross functional skills and understanding of the sales, development, and financial asset management processes
  • Continuous improvement mindset

  

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in Solar
  • Experience in Community Solar 
  • Extensive experience in major community solar markets
  • Strong MS office skills

 

The position will be remote.

 

 

Additional Eligibility Requirement DSD will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. 

 

Notice to Recruiters & Staffing Agencies Distributed Solar Development has an internal talent acquisition department and designated career site for individuals looking to join our team. Distributed Solar Development will not accept unsolicited resumes from any external recruiters, staffing firms, search agencies or any fee-based referrals. Any unsolicited resumes sent to directly to Distributed Solar Development, in any capacity will be considered property of Distributed Solar Development. This policy is applicable to all Distributed Solar Development locations and will be the responsibility of third parties and vendors to understand this policy. Distributed Solar Development will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

 

DSD Renewables (DSD) is a renewable energy solutions platform enabling a more sustainable future by deploying and operating renewable energy solutions, making solar, storage, and EV charging infrastructure more accessible to commercial, industrial, and municipal partners. With in-house expertise, a broad scope of capabilities, and the proprietary DSD Connect Platform, our team provides resources to industry partners and customers across the US, accelerating the deployment and scale of renewable energy to meet aggressive sustainability and net-zero goals. To learn more, visit DSDRenewables.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook.

 

Distributed Solar Development is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

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