Commercial Director - Energy Transition

About Us

Liberty Global connects people through cutting-edge technology. As a world leader in broadband, video, and mobile communications, we invest in fiber and 5G networks, providing over 85 million fixed and mobile connections through leading brands, such as Virgin Media O2, VodafoneZiggo, and Telenet. We prioritize diversity, equity, and sustainability, using technology for good. If you're entrepreneurial and thrive on challenges, join our high-performing team. Liberty Global Energy Transition is a key growth enabler for the future.

Egg Power invests in and develops onsite energy infrastructure and offsite energy projects to provide long-term, low-cost power to OpCos, affiliates, and third parties and accelerate digital infrastructure. This is our investment vehicle to develop energy projects and services to provide low-cost clean power (through PPAs) to OpCos, affiliates, and third parties both over the grid (offsite) and on powered land for digital infrastructure (onsite).

Job Purpose

The Development and Commercial Lead role will lead engagement with internal and external stakeholders and, in particular, our partner(s) in the renewable sector to develop, structure, and deliver renewable energy projects to support the customers of Egg Power (OpCos and third parties under CPPAs). The role will be entrepreneurial, hands-on, initially working with internal and external colleagues.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead renewable project development, commercial structuring, and delivery
• Lead energy project origination, development, commercial structuring, and delivery through market knowledge, expertise, own network, and experience
• Lead late-stage development of renewable energy projects through to construction and commercial operations
• Lead and oversee project contracting, procurement, supply chain, and program delivery including risk management
• Lead bids and subsequent negotiation for procurement of new Wind and Solar renewable assets and future onsite energy projects
• Lead commercial structuring of projects to deliver expected returns and risk/reward profile
• Coordinate internal functions including Legal, Tax, Treasury
• Understand regulatory, market, and operational risks for energy project investments
• Identify issues and lead a learn/change/improve cycle based on our experience of multiple project bid cycles
• Lead projects from acquisition to delivery

Knowledge & Experience

• Renewable energy project development expertise from late stage to operations – technical, development process, and delivery experience essential
• Investment analysis of commercial debt/equity funded transactions in renewable energy in the UK and Europe
• Deal transaction in energy or associated/similar markets
• Commercial negotiation
• Engagement with and commitment to ongoing learning about the evolving energy markets across Europe
• Project management and team development skills, supporting anticipated ramp-up in team scope, need to support on-the-job learning about a multifactor
• Demonstrable training and experience in Excel modeling, Microsoft Project and PowerPoint development, and presentation
• Interpersonal skills
• Experience of corporate Strategy, M&A or associated roles
• Commercial contract negotiation

Qualifications and Capabilities

• Bachelor's or above in Engineering, Physics, Economics, or similar
• Energy market and renewable energy experience essential especially in the UK and Europe
• Experience of Private Equity or other Investment environments in the energy sector an advantage
• Development experience of renewable energy projects essential

Skills & Abilities

• Fluent in English, both verbal and in writing
• Analytically strong and pragmatic with a long-term vision
• Ability to apply sound business practices and work with senior management
• Result-driven, output-focused team player
• Being able to build bridges and create support for improvements
• Being able to translate budgets into business cases into operational impact assessments
• Proactive and self-reliant/independent self-starter
• Business modeling and knowledge of underlying drivers of growth
• Fits into ambitious, result-driven, down-to-earth culture
• Strong organizational and operational skills, able to plan effectively, anticipate issues, and solve problems
• Knowledge of accounting principles and application of them during different stages of the lifecycle of renewable energy projects