Project Development Director, Offshore, California

RWE Renewables Americas LLC,San Francisco

To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent

Functional area: Project Development

RWE Renewables Offshore Wind is looking for a talentedDevelopment Director to join our west coast team based in San Francisco Ca. This position would not only lead all aspects of development but also be a key industry influencer on the west coast with regard to energy policy and transmission.

Responsibilities

• Leadthe development of a large and complex floating offshore wind project on in California; Develop the respective project organization. Report directly to the project Steering Committee and senior management of RWE Renewables
• Represent the project externally in industry forums and drive policy discussions in close alignment with the Government Affairs team (e.g. to advance offtake mechanisms and transmission build out)
• Coordinate/Interface with offshore and engineering technical teams, partnering, finance, legal, procurement, construction and commercial analysis as needed to ensure effective development of offshore wind project
• Manage budgets, objectives, schedules and deliverables for assigned offshore wind development projects consistent with financial targets.
• Business development: Identify, create, asses and implement project/ business opportunities, i.e. potential co-operations with local partners and other developers or investors
• Actively engage with supply chain and local stakeholdersfor offshore wind and represent RWE's interests; monitor and drive technological development
• HSE: Promote our high HSE standards and procedures for offshore wind; share local insights and ensure that global best practices and learnings are implemented locally;

Your Profile

• At least 10 years of global relevant experience in leading positions in development of large infrastructure projects; US offshore wind experience and or experience in infrastructure projects in California is beneficial
• Proven leadership skills and managerial experience, ability to build and develop high performance teams and to motivate, acting comfortable in cross-cultural teams, collaborating across country boundaries with a sense of diversity and inclusion
• Results-oriented and Entrepreneurial mindset, ability to analyze and summarize complex development topics and aggregate decision-relevant information to convey messages clearly and concisely.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with people of different backgrounds and cultures, must be a team player.
• Excellent understanding of financial & commercial analysis and specifically of competitive drivers that can help commercializing projects in very competitive environment
• Excellent university degree (BS), Masters preferred
• Sound understanding of US offshore wind market dynamics & market specific challenges
• Willingness to extended travel regionally and inter-continentally (up to 30%)

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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world's leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.

RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE's youngest subsidiary and one of the world's leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition - and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.