BESS Director H/F

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Our client is a leading European renewable energy services provider, offering technical and financial expertise to producers, developers, investors, and financial institutions across wind, solar, and storage projects in multiple countries.

Your Role

We are seeking a visionary, business-driven energy storage expert capable of structuring, expanding, and championing the company's BESS offering across Europe.

Your mission: create opportunities, influence clients' energy strategies, deliver BESS advisory and position the company as a key BESS partner.

Reporting directly to the CEO and serving as a member of the executive committee, you will play a pivotal role in the company's growth. This role could be based out of any of the countries in which we operate, either remotely or in one of our office locations. The BESS Director would be expected to travel to the Paris headquarters when required and elsewhere in Europe for client meetings and industry events.

Your Responsibilities

Business Development

• Build and cultivate a strategic network of developers, investors, utilities, and technology providers.
• Represent the company at events, conferences, and participate in specialized panels as a speaker.
• Identify and structure new opportunities in markets where BESS can serve as a strategic entry point for the company.
• Expand the client portfolio across target geographies (developers, utilities, investment funds, banks, DFIs, etc.).

Strategic, technical and Financial Advisory

• Support clients in defining their BESS strategies: market targeting, technology selection, business models, investment planning.
• Lead high-level discussions on regulation, business models, and BESS project structuring.

• Conduct or oversee:

• Technical and commercial due diligence,

• Financial and technical modelling, including revenue stacking,
• Customer BESS procurement processes.
• Provide strong expertise on European electricity markets and their ongoing developments.

Product Positioning & Internal/External Coordination

• Design and structure the company's BESS offering in line with market needs.
• Work closely with internal technical teams to ensure high-quality and consistent service delivery.
• Contribute to the development of tools, methodologies, and analysis frameworks for energy storage.
• Manage strategic partnerships (e.g., Stackease for revenue stacking, PowerUp for asset management, etc.).

Market Intelligence

• Monitor regulatory developments, emerging BESS markets, and technological innovations.
• Identify innovative business models and financing structures for energy storage.

Profile

• Master's degree in engineering, energy, business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in renewable energy, including 3+ years specifically in BESS (commercial, strategic, or technical roles).
• Proven experience in business development, client relationship management, and strategic advisory.
• Strong knowledge of energy storage technologies (standalone, collocated, hybrid) and their economic drivers (including revenue stacking).
• Experience in due diligence and/or asset management is a plus.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in an additional European language (French, Italian, etc.) is an asset.