VP, Structured Energy Transactions

This position will be responsible for delivering transaction origination and execution, including power purchase and sale agreements, complex structured energy transactions, and co-location/co-development agreements and transaction structures. The individual will be also responsible for creating and implementing the market strategy for the business by developing new and existing strategic relationships, identifying and executing commercial opportunities and expanding product structures while providing deal assurance driving business growth.
In depth understanding of the electric utility industry and electric energy markets is required.

Key Accountabilities

• Build and maintain long-term, strategic relationships internally and externally to ensure compliance, drive efficiencies and identify and pursue new opportunities,
• Originate, manage and execute structured energy transactions,
• Work closely with internal stakeholders across trading, legal, and operations
• Oversee deal process and internal approval processes, ensuring deals and transactions deliver on both contractual intent as well as expectations
• Identify and implement new processes and process improvements to allow the company to meet the needs of the market and the achievement of business objectives.
• Maintain a deep understanding of energy markets, monitor current market conditions, identify opportunities for new transactions.
• Attend industry events to enhance or initiate customer relationships

Essential Experience and Attributes

• Minimum 8+ years experience in the energy trading and marketing sector or structured energy transactions for an IPP or generation company; specifically power markets and business development.
• Experience in delivering commercial solutions and understanding key value drivers in the energy and renewables sector.
• Strong communication and influencing skills coupled with a track record of delivery through action-orientated and value-based decisions; demonstrating relationships built on trust and commitments kept.
• Strong leadership, influencing and collaboration skills working across organizational lines
• Comfortable leading through ambiguous circumstances without clearly defined parameters yet results and deadline oriented.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully dealing with both internal and external collaborators.
• The ability to quickly identify where value and risks are in potential transactions coupled with the judgement to enhance value while mitigating risk.

Other Relevant Skills

• Managing negotiations pertaining to complex structured transactions and the team of people required in order to successfully land and execute these types of opportunities.
• Strong analytical and technical skills to include deal structuring modeling and valuation, coupled with the ability to understand complex data sets.
• Developing and implementing market penetration strategies in order to respond to changing market conditions.

Travel Requirement
Up to 50% travel should be expected with this role

Skills
Agreements and negotiations, Analytical Thinking, Commercial Acumen, Commercial Business Development, Consultative selling skills, Continued Learning, Customer promise execution, Customer service delivery excellence, Deal modelling and valuation, Developing and implementing strategy, Influencing, Internal alignment, Joint Venture Structuring, Listening, Loyalty Management, Marketing strategy and programmes, Negotiating value, Negotiation planning and preparation, Partner relationship management, Presenting, Thought Leadership, Trade discipline and compliance, Trading Fundamentals, Sentiment and Trends, Trading knowledge, Writing skills

CyrusOne is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

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