Chief Operating Officer (COO)

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Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serves as a member of the company’s Leadership team, overseeing critical aspects of company operations day-to-day with a focus on operating metrics, systems, processes, strategy, culture, and procedures to streamline the business and allow for sustainable growth.
• Adopts and executes on the company’s overall strategic direction and goals, including annual objectives and key results (OKRs).
• Assists the CEO to align the team for high performance with a focus on communication clarity, maturing and sustaining organizational health, culture of creativity and growth, diversity equity and inclusion, and long-term employee retention.
• Provides direction, support, and timely decision-making to the CEO and Leadership Team while helping hold staff accountable for results aligned with objectives.
• Analyze operating results relative to established objectives and lead adjustments in a manner that maintains team morale and retention, while mitigating risk and planning for financial success.
• At the request of the company’s board of directors, participates in various committees of the company, which may include participation on the company’s Investment Committee as a voting or non-voting member.
• At the request of the company’s board of directors, attends (in a non-voting capacity) Board meetings, attends and leads various strategic planning sessions, and leads other corporate initiatives.
• Leads OneEnergy’s Management Team meetings to achieve cross-functional alignment and multidisciplinary results including OKRs and key performance indicators for each department.
• Enhances operational efficiencies and cross-functional collaboration with a goal to improve communication and coordination and across the company.
• Measures and proposes strategies and procedures to reduce lead time for key Development and Delivery processes, enhance cash-flow and long-term forecasting efforts, and create efficient resource planning tools for department heads to improve capacity, resilience and collaboration across teams.
• Provides regular projections on headcount growth or contraction to meet company goals, with ample engineering, preconstruction and procurement resources available to support the Development team’s efforts to enhance project and pipeline value via pre-NTP and COD sales.
• Supports expansion of the company’s development pipeline, including both greenfield and project acquisitions, across the United States, working closely with Government Affairs, Development and Real Estate teams to ensure we are proactive in emerging and lucrative markets while also mitigating risk to both projects and the company.
• Participates in and supports Government Affairs with emphasis on trade policies, potential changes to industry incentives (e.g., tax credits), community solar markets, and other external policy-related topics.
• Oversees, supports, challenges, mentors, and enhances the Delivery, Preconstruction, Engineering, Systems and Government Affairs teams, working in tandem with the company’s HR department to ensure adherence to policies and procedures.
• Participates in designing and implementing the strategic business plan by optimizing pipeline and project value, identifying market-advantage business opportunities, and setting the stage for a strong business culture.
• Establish objectives and real-time corrective action for unsatisfactory conditions, shortfalls, and negative variances to budget and business plan.
• Drive cultural values and results through personal and professional development, training, mentorship, and talent acquisition.
• At least 25% travel required, potentially more depending on remote location.

Qualifications:

• Relevant BS or BA degree. Preference for an advanced degree in a related engineering or business field.
• 15+ years of hands-on corporate and operational leadership experience in renewable energy or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in strategic planning, finance, and business administration.
• 5+ years directly managing engineering, procurement, and construction teams.
• Experience with and focus on a “safety first” culture.
• Proven record of scaling organizations and implementing opportunistic investments and cost controls during significant growth periods.
• Demonstrated holistic understanding of the solar industry value chain.
• Extensive knowledge in contract administration, negotiating deals, and leading change management procedures.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, plus superior presentation skills.
• Self-motivated, proactive, professional, ethical, responsive, resourceful, and committed to excellence.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with staff, vendors, and customers of all disciplines.
• Attention to detail, highly organized, and skillful at working on multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Advanced experience in Microsoft Office/Office 365, proprietary systems development and database tools required.
• Must have a “roll up our sleeves and let’s get the job done right” type attitude.
• Demonstrated qualities of integrity, credibility, and fiduciary responsibility.
• Demonstrated track record of success in corporate leadership, renewable energy, real estate development or related field.
• Excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated people management capability successfully leading teams and experience with remote/virtual supervision.