Senior Associate, Commercial Development

TerraPower•Bellevue, WA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

TerraPower is seeking a Senior Associate to support its rapidly growing commercial development activities. This unique opportunity will serve cross-functionally across the commercial and business development teams on a variety of projects to deliver on TerraPower’s rapidly growing orderbook. On a day-to-day basis, the Senior Associate will focus on capital markets, fundraising, offtake arrangements, and competitive positioning. They will understand current market trends, develop new relationships with investors and manage fundraising efforts. This cross-functional opportunity will manage the internal programs to forecast capital expenditures, revenue opportunities, and assess fundraising needs. A successful candidate will be able to translate their deep technical abilities into clear, concise presentations to senior management to inform critical business decisions.

Requirements

4+ years of investment banking, corporate fundraising, project finance, venture capital or private equity experience
Successful and proven experience with large infrastructure finance, corporate finance, project finance, or fundraising for advanced technologies
Technically astute as the role requires working internally with advanced reactor programs and project managers to establish plans, financial models, and cash flow scenarios
Capable of managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills capable of presenting findings to senior management and external stakeholders
Strong quantitative background that can provide analytical and commercial support, business, and scenario planning to the TerraPower organization
Ability to work on tasks and teams that require a multi-disciplinary approach
Ability to work with minimum direction to solve challenging problems
The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect and a desire to foster teamwork

Nice To Haves

MBA Preferred

Responsibilities

Support capital raise efforts for TerraPower, including financial modeling, commercial strategy and due diligence
Support project financing for nuclear projects and medical isotope facilities
Prepare and lead presentations on project structuring to ensure alignment with TerraPower’s commercial strategy
Manage both internal and external fundraising efforts under the direction of the CFO and VP, Commercial Development
Support corporate strategy development to identify and develop TerraPower’s target markets
Work cooperatively with the reactor and medical isotopes divisions to understand capital needs, specific market dynamics and future growth potential
Concisely communicate findings to senior leadership and external partners
Leadership and management of small teams
Build alignment around key risks, associated mitigation strategies, contingency planning
Manage external advisors and internal teams in support of fundraising efforts
Conduct work in accordance with the Guiding Principles for work across functions within TerraPower