Senior Associate, Origination

We are looking for aSenior

Associate to join the Origination team. Our team matches the perfectofftakerwith our wind, solar, and storage projects. To do that, we build andmaintaina lot of connections so we can share our renewable energy projects with utilities, C&Is, retailers, and othersin the Unites States. We share our projects through bilateral discussions andrespondingto RFPs.

Youwill be a core member of ourWestOrigination team,andtheposition willfocusonthe SPP, Desert Southwest, and Mountain West markets.

On theWestOrigination team,you willbe responsible for cultivating client relationships,overseeing RFP and bilateral outreach proposals, andmaintainingour market intelligence. Each day will incorporate both proactive and responsive activities across a range of projects, clients, and deals.

You will report to theSenior

Director of Origination and work closely with other members of the Origination team, including thelead of theWestOrigination team. You will collaborate extensively with team members across the company as Scout continues to grow our wind, solar, and storage pipeline.

You are a deal-oriented, analytically minded professional who likes to work with a wide range of people and is passionate about the ways that renewable energy will make the world a better place.

Your primary role will be to support the

WestOrigination team. Here are all the responsibilities we’lltrust you with:

• Lead the origination of late-stage projects.
• Process RFPs by adding them to a tracker,proposingresponse decisionsduring a team call, and sharing with the company via email and meetings.
• Develop an RFP response schedule for larger lift proposal efforts and share that schedule with teams.
• Work with the various applicable teams to help prepare a response including development, finance,structuringand legal.
• Prepare proposals for RFP responses and bilateral agreementstoutilities, C&Is,retailers and others.
• Manage the Know Your Customer process.
• Support the maintenance ofan up-to-date proposal response templateand other team templates.
• Submit best-in-class proposals on time.
• Summarize and conduct analysis on our offers.
• Prepare forand leadshortlist meetings.

• Support our market intelligence efforts by communicating any market intelligence gained from discussions with brokers, conferences, industrygroupsand other sources.
• Maintain market packet(s), through a deep dive intothemarket andexpertisein that market, specifically related to offtake opportunities

• Participate in our market readiness process andlead ready-to-market calls.
• Stay up to date on our late-stage projects that may be ready tomarketincluding completing offtake analyses.

• Leverage your existing network in the renewable energy space and build your network by attending conferences andparticipatingin organizations on behalf of the Origination team.
• Propose ideas on ways to make new  creative and active in building our network and relationships.

• Follow our Origination team’s processes and procedures to ensure consistency across the team and suggest updates and refinements to the processes to make them better.
• Deep dive into the exciting challenges in the western markets, including western market formation. Be willing to put on your investigator hat, be curious,work across the organization to get subject matter expert inputand propose pathways and solutions for our projects.

• ABachelor’sdegree, preferably related to Renewable Energy and Sustainability, with an outstanding academic record
• Minimum of 2-3 years of experience in an origination, structuring, or relevant business development role withintheutility-scale renewable energy sector
• Knowledge of power marketing and existing connections you canleveragewithutilities, C&Is, retailers, and brokers

• A great communicator, in emails, PPT slides, on meetings, at a conference, on a phone call, in person in the office.
• Organized.
• Meticulous because you agree that details matter.
• Curious and you ask questions; you quickly apply lessons learned in one area to other work areas.
• Creative and enjoy solving…