Manager/Director, Development

Manager/Director, Development

This position will provide development leadership for a growing portfolio of behind-the-meter and on-site power generation projects serving critical load customers across North America. Projects may include natural gas generation, microgrids, combined heat and power ("CHP"), renewable generation, battery storage, and hybrid resiliency solutions.

The Manager/Director, Development will be responsible for driving projects through all phases of development, including:

• Fatal flaw analysis
• Site diligence and feasibility
• Customer coordination
• Utility and interconnection management
• Environmental and permitting processes
• Commercial negotiations
• EPC and OEM coordination
• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Development budgeting and scheduling
• Transition to construction and commercial operations

This role requires an individual who can operate effectively in ambiguous and fast-moving environments while coordinating multiple internal and external stakeholders. The successful candidate will possess strong project management capabilities, excellent communication skills, commercial awareness, and a solutions-oriented mindset.

As an early member of a growing team, this individual will play a critical role in shaping Generate's development processes, customer engagement approach, and execution strategy for mission-critical power infrastructure.

What you will be doing at Generate Capital as a Manager/Director, Development:

• Lead development activities for a portfolio of on-site power generation projects from origination support through COD
• Conduct fatal flaw analyses, feasibility assessments, and development risk evaluations
• Coordinate with customers to understand load requirements, operational priorities, resiliency objectives, and project constraints
• Manage utility interconnection processes, including application strategy, technical coordination, upgrade negotiations, and schedule management
• Lead permitting and entitlement efforts at the local, county, state, and federal levels
• Coordinate environmental diligence, land use approvals, and third-party technical studies
• Manage project schedules, development budgets, and critical path risks
• Collaborate cross-functionally with internal investment, engineering, commercial, legal, construction, operations, and finance teams
• Coordinate with external developers, consultants, OEMs, EPC contractors, utilities, regulators, and financing counterparties
• Support customer-facing commercial discussions and participate in contract negotiations
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with local stakeholders, public officials, utilities, and community representatives
• Travel to project sites and customer locations as needed to advance development activities
• Prepare and deliver presentations to customers, regulators, public boards, community stakeholders, and executive leadership
• Support investment committee materials and development-stage reporting
• Drive process improvements and help establish scalable development best practices across the platform
• Identify and proactively mitigate project risks related to permitting, commercial structure, interconnection, schedule, cost, and constructability
• Ensure successful handoff from development into construction execution and operations

Candidate qualifications & core characteristics:

• A demonstrated passion for, or commitment to, Generate's mission
• Unimpeachable integrity and outstanding references
• 6-8+ years of experience in power, infrastructure, energy, or related project development roles
• Deep understanding of the end-to-end power project development lifecycle
• Experience developing distributed generation, thermal generation, microgrid, CHP, renewable, or other energy infrastructure projects
• Strong familiarity with utility interconnection processes, permitting frameworks, and power market dynamics
• Experience working directly with large commercial or industrial energy customers is strongly preferred
• Exceptional project management and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to evaluate project risks, timelines, and development economics
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Confidence representing projects publicly before customers, regulators, community groups, and executive leadership
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, ownership-oriented mindset
• High degree of self-awareness, humility, and adaptability
• Entrepreneurial spirit with comfort operating in dynamic and evolving environments
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams
• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree in engineering, business, environmental policy, or related field preferred

Generate's compensation packages are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Salary decisions take into account a wide variety of factors including, but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $150,000 - $175,000. In addition, the compensation package may include a discretionary bonus and other benefits, including health care benefits, retirement benefits, benefits permitting paid days off (including sick leave, parental leave, and paid time off or vacation benefits), and other benefits that must be reported for federal tax purposes. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of this range.

Generate Capital is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or handicap, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.