Madrid or Muscat | Permanent | Office-based with regular travel in the region

The role

A state-backed clean energy and data centre platform is growing its business development team. The flow of leads, offers and opportunities is outpacing the people available to drive them, and this role takes ownership of renewable projects across Africa and other emerging markets, with North Africa a natural starting point.

In these markets the hard part is rarely the permit. It is bankability: offtaker credit, currency risk, guarantees and how the project gets financed. You will know how to get a PPA signed and financed in that environment, not only in a mature European market.

What you will do

• Originate and develop utility-scale solar, wind and storage opportunities across Africa and selected emerging markets
• Negotiate PPAs with utilities and offtakers, structuring around bankability and offtaker risk
• Work with development finance institutions, lenders and guarantee providers to move projects towards financial close
• Build relationships with governments, utilities and local partners
• Take projects from first lead to signed agreement, pulling in technical, legal and financial input

What you bring

• Renewables business development experience with projects you personally originated and signed in Africa or comparable emerging markets
• At least one PPA you negotiated and closed where bankability was a live issue
• Working knowledge of DFI financing, sovereign guarantees and risk mitigation instruments
• A background with an IPP, international developer or utility
• Fluent English; French is valuable for francophone markets, Spanish or Arabic a plus
• Willingness to be based in Madrid or Muscat and to travel regularly in the region

Applications are handled confidentially by Capax Mundi. Contact Imee Carisma, i.carisma@capaxmundi.com