Senior Director, Clean Energy (Hybrid) Bethesda or Baltimore, MD

Enterprise Residential • Bethesda, MD

3d • $150,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the sixth-largest nonprofit developer-owner-operator in the United States and the largest provider of affordable homes in the Mid-Atlantic, Enterprise Community Development (“Community Development” or “ECD”) aims to be an employer of choice that attracts people drawn to the organization’s high-impact mission and the opportunity to create sustainable and transformative community development models. The division focuses on four primary areas: new development and preservation, asset management, property management, and resident services. To meet its mission, Community Development and its property management subsidiary, Enterprise Residential, employ more than 500 employees (400+ in property management) who work in our Baltimore, Maryland, Silver Spring, Maryland or Richmond, Virginia offices or on-site at our properties. Enterprise Community Development and Enterprise Residential comprise the Community Development Division of Enterprise Community Partners (“Enterprise” or “ECP”) – a national affordable housing nonprofit that, in addition to its Community Development division, invests capital in affordable rental homes through its Capital Division and manages programs, policy, and an advisory group through its Solutions Division. Collectively as “Enterprise,” the breadth and depth of these end-to-end capabilities is unequaled in the affordable housing industry. In recent years, ECD has developed a successful and growing clean energy development practice focused on a number of multifamily assets in its existing portfolio. This included solar generating systems totaling 1.1MW at 12 existing ECD properties in Washington, DC; 2.2MW at 4 additional properties in DC; and approximately 6.5MW at 25 properties in Maryland. ECD is committed to continue pursuing efforts to green and decarbonize the rest of its Mid-Atlantic portfolio including solar development at sixty plus properties, pursuing partnerships for offsite solar, maximizing incorporation of EV charging stations, building out battery resilience hubs at a number of properties, and implementing energy efficient retrofits across the portfolio where feasible. ECD is also embracing a clean energy and resiliency lens for its new development pipeline. This Senior Director, Clean Energy position is expected to focus on all energy related aspects of ECD portfolio work, including green building design, long term building performance, energy benchmarking compliance, operations efficiency, and clean energy projects, collaborating closely with multiple Enterprise departments. This leader will play a critical role in leading ECD’s clean energy business line and maximizing integration of energy efficiency, building performance, and resiliency goals in ECD’s existing operating housing portfolio as well as its new development pipeline. The scope of responsibility for the Senior Director role includes overall management of the existing ECD Clean Energy and Resiliency team including two direct reports and may include additional consultants and/or new staff who specialize in construction, operations and maintenance, and asset management. The ideal candidate will bring a passion for ECD’s mission and have substantial experience with energy efficiency, electrification, clean energy, resilience, and multifamily affordable housing portfolios. Substantial experience with solar development linked to affordable housing is a plus. In addition, the candidate is expected to have a track record of overseeing project managers; engineering, procurement, and construction contractors; and other staff or consultants involved with project or program delivery and compliance. Reporting to the VP, Development Strategy and Impact, this position requires strong leadership, organizational, business planning, communication, relationship management, financial and negotiation skills as well as expansive clean energy industry knowledge and expertise. Please include a cover letter and resume.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Engineering, Business Management, Real Estate, Finance or related field.
• At least 10 years of solar development experience and/or other relevant experience (e.g. other clean energy development, electrification, or decarbonization); experience working at the intersection of affordable housing and clean energy development is a plus.
• A passion for ECD’s mission includes a commitment to high quality affordable housing and environmental sustainability.
• A track record of successful clean energy development leadership and project management.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to strategize, develop, refine and execute on a multi-year clean energy development business plan.
• Ability to coordinate complex activities, prioritize conflicting demands, manage workflow and drive results.
• Ability to guide staff and evaluate development plans including assessment of third-party team members, design, entitlements, financing, target market, mission impacts and profitability.
• Demonstrated capability to lead staff in structuring, negotiating and closing on clean energy transactions.
• Strong relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to serve as an effective internal and external spokesperson for ECD initiatives across a broad and diverse range of stakeholders.
• Facility with private debt financing, equity financing and federal, state, and local clean energy funding programs for affordable housing.
• Please include a cover letter/ resume required .

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree related to clean energy, achievement of relevant green building certifications, and/or completion of industry-specific training is highly desirable .
• Substantial experience with solar development linked to affordable housing is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with ECD’s senior leadership team and internal ECP partners to refine the ECD organization’s energy strategy and multi-year business plan.
• Lead the ECD clean energy team in executing on the organization’s energy strategy and resiliency plan including:
• Comprehensive project management.
• Project planning including solar system sizing and design.
• Coordinating with ECD multifamily development management, construction management, asset management, property management, and resident services staff.
• Managing project budgets and project expenses.
• Identifying and tracking energy cost related risks.
• Managing entitlements, permits, and other approvals.
• Selecting and negotiating agreements with project partners, contractors, and vendors.
• Sourcing, structuring and negotiating financing.
• Overseeing quality control of energy or clean energy installation.
• Developing and training staff on Green Operations and Maintenance.
• Cross-team training as needed.
• Managing the subscription process.
• Maintaining project records; and Internal and external reporting
• Continue to build out of the ECD clean energy team.
• Select and manage existing and new team members.
• Cultivate and maintain key government, utility, regulator, financing and community relationships at local and national level; and liaison with Enterprise policy staff, providing support as needed.
• Stay abreast of trends, policy changes, new programs, and risks affecting the clean energy industry at both local and federal level as it relates to affordable housing to ensure that ECD is positioned to take advantage of new opportunities and is able to adjust its activities as appropriate in response to external shifts in the industry.
• Oversee staff responsible for structuring debt, equity and grant financing, providing guidance as needed.
• Represent ECD in high-level meetings and negotiations with financing partners, equity investors, lenders, government officials and community groups.
• Foster strong relationships and collaboration across Enterprise Community Development and with other Enterprise divisions to optimize the impact of clean energy and other resiliency initiatives on residents, ECD’s existing apartment portfolio, ECD’s active and prospective real estate development pipeline, and property management operations.
• Manage ECD’s internal review and approval processes to ensure that energy project proposals, including but not limited to stand-alone clean energy projects, retrofits, benchmarking compliance contracts, third party consulting contracts, and projects integrated into the new construction or rehab/recapitalization of multifamily assets, are well-structured, feasible, and consistent with the organization’s mission, values, business plan, and quality standards.
• Facilitate the rollout of ECD’s updated green building design standards, electrification guidelines, and resilience criteria to support broader implementation of the organization’s energy strategy as well as related goals. For example, this includes liaising with ECD’s design and construction management staff and property engineering staff on water efficiency and stormwater management. The goal is to support fully embedding energy and climate resilience considerations into all workflows
• Provide thought leadership and guidance on pursuing clean energy procurement opportunities outside ECD’s housing portfolio to broaden energy burden reduction opportunities for ECD’s residents.
• Maintain and shape ECD’s commitments on greenhouse gas reduction efforts and help establish pathways to zero emissions for ECD’s portfolio, in alignment with the Better Climate Challenge pledge.
• Help oversee compliance with regional building energy performance standards and other applicable requirements triggered by jurisdictions or funding sources.
• Support or lead fundraising or business development as needed.

Benefits

• Enterprise offers a comprehensive total rewards package for you and your family.
• The base salary for this role is $150,000 to $180,000/year depending on level of skills and experience.
• The salary range for this position is represented by the low and high end of the range for the amount to be paid for the position. Salaries paid at Enterprise will vary based on factors that may include skills, education, location, experience, and performance.
• The salary range is just a part of the total rewards package provided to employees at Enterprise, and other rewards may include annual performance bonuses and generous paid leave programs.
• At Enterprise, our benefits form a major component of our total rewards package. Benefits include dental, health, and vision care plans, as well as family-building benefits, such as adoption and surrogacy support.
• Enterprise allows flexible work arrangements to promote a better work-life balance.
• We offer health advocacy, EAP, and mental health benefits.
• We round out our total rewards package by offering financial education, wellness programs, and auto-enrollment in the company's 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions.
• Finally, you will have learning and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement for job-related courses and certifications.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees