- Prospect for, identify, develop and close new business opportunities
- Create appropriate, productive long-term relationships with key stakeholders including the Ministry of Energy, Regulators and national utilities in our respective countries
- Promote the PowerGen solution to prospective customers, partners and sponsors through a combination of proactive business development, relationship building, thought leadership, networking, conference attendance, etc.
- Successfully develop through our Development Roadmap, incl. the required approval gates, documentation, and hand-overs.
- Work with colleagues to continuously improve our development process, our commercial and technical solutions (incl. LCOE, alternative generation sources, new type of grid projects, etc.), and to ensure a smooth transition into operations
- Lead, manage and develop the BD team in SL
- Passionate about transforming the power sector on the continent and providing clean, reliable and affordable power to millions of people
- Strong ability to build relationships with governments and power utilities and a clear understanding of what a sales process would entail with such counterparts
- More than 7 years BD and/or project development experience in Sierra Leone
- Strong understanding of the African power sector, preferably within the generation, distribution or retail segment
- Basic understanding of technical issues within the power sector
- Experience developing and implementing 3-5 year Business Development strategies including KPI setting, resource plans, team training
- Collaborative team player with demonstrated experience working effectively across teams
- Preferred:
- Experience developing large MW-scale solar and/or metro-grid projects in Africa
- Basic understanding of project finance
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION
A competitive package including annual compensation, performance bonuses, health insurance and professional development. Plus you'll be working with a dynamic team of brilliant people passionate about electrifying Sub-Saharan Africa!
Equal Opportunity:
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in employment regardless of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, tribe, gender or age.
