Director, Commercial & Revenue (BESS) in City of London

Overview

Business Manager – Data Centre and Digital Infrastructure with a global renewables investment business (over €30 billion under management). Portfolio spans offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, Power-to-X, transmission, and utility-scale BESS across UK, Europe, APAC and North America.

The Role

• Structuring and negotiating BESS Optimisation and Off-take Agreements.
• Managing the full commercial life-cycle from feasibility to financial close.
• Identifying and mitigating commercial, technical, and legal risks.
• Aligning internal teams (investment, legal, procurement, technical) and external partners.
• Advising investment committees on market attractiveness and revenue optimisation.
• Ensuring contractual structures support long-term stable returns and operational flexibility.
• Supporting broader storage-market strategy and portfolio expansion across Europe.

The Requirements

• Proven experience negotiating and closing BESS, renewable, or power-market commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of BESS revenue mechanisms, including capacity, ancillary, and balancing services.
• Experience assessing and managing commercial risk across complex infrastructure projects.
• Financial and analytical capability to evaluate project value, revenue forecasts, and sensitivities.
• Ability to collaborate across technical, legal, and investment teams to deliver commercially robust outcomes.
• Track record influencing senior stakeholders and investment-level decision making.
• Demonstrated success delivering bankable BESS commercial structures and optimisation contracts.
• Experience driving projects through key investment and financial milestones.
• Proven capability aligning diverse stakeholder groups and managing commercial risk effectively.
• Strong commercial judgement and precision in advising investment committees.

This presents the opportunity to play a defining role in shaping the commercial strategy of a leading global energy infrastructure platform as it accelerates its expansion in storage and flexibility markets.

Location

The role location is flexible. For more information please apply through the link below.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Consulting

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