Competitive Intelligence Regional Lead - South + East Region
About The Position
As the Senior Project Manager, Competitive Intel - South + East Region, you will be the expert on competitor activity, interconnection trends, and market dynamics within the South/East regions (ERCOT, MISO South, PJM, ISO-NE and NYISO). Your insights will shape portfolio-wide strategies by equipping development, origination, and M&A teams with actionable intelligence to optimize project siting, reduce attrition, and improve speed to market and project returns. This high-impact role ensures NEER teams have the intelligence needed to make smarter, faster, and more strategic decisions. What You’ll Do: Track and analyze competitor pipelines, interconnection queues, and permitting activity to identify risks and opportunities across the portfolio. Assess regional transmission trends, grid congestion, regulatory shifts, and market dynamics to refine competitive positioning. Deliver data-driven insights that influence development priorities, site selection, and market entry decisions. Collaborate with origination, development, and transmission teams to integrate intelligence into decision-making. Structure and maintain intelligence in a way that is accessible, actionable, and scalable through internal tools and platforms.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in energy (renewables, oil and gas, etc) project development, transactions, or competitive or market intelligence.
- Deep understanding of regional transmission and interconnection processes, permitting and regulatory frameworks, and market dynamics within your region
- A natural curiosity for uncovering competitive insights and translating data into actionable strategies.
- Strong analytical skills with experience using data visualization and market modeling.
- High School Grad/GED
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
- Experience: 5+ years
Nice To Haves
- Proficiency in market research tools, interconnection databases, pricing and revenue modeling, and GIS a plus
- None
Responsibilities
- Track and analyze competitor pipelines, interconnection queues, and permitting activity to identify risks and opportunities across the portfolio.
- Assess regional transmission trends, grid congestion, regulatory shifts, and market dynamics to refine competitive positioning.
- Deliver data-driven insights that influence development priorities, site selection, and market entry decisions.
- Collaborate with origination, development, and transmission teams to integrate intelligence into decision-making.
- Structure and maintain intelligence in a way that is accessible, actionable, and scalable through internal tools and platforms.
- Manages all aspects of the day-to-day transaction process to ensure timely completion as well as a cost-effective and competitive result
- Leads and coordinates key functions such as financial feasibility analyses, engineering/design, project legal review, permitting activities and financial negotiations
- Responsible for managing multiple and complex projects
- Coordinates due diligence activities with other internal groups to ensure proper analysis and structuring of assigned projects
- Acts as liaison between internal and external specialists regarding procurement, contracting, permitting and interconnection
- Constructs contractual arrangements for project development
- Negotiates agreements with consultants and subcontractors
- Ensures compliance with applicable technical and regulatory requirements
- Fosters external relationships with customers, third parties and members of the community
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
