Senior Project Manager

DNV•New York, NY

12d•$135,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

DNV Energy Systems North America is seeking a Senior Project Manager with a strong technical background in energy technologies (e.g. wind, solar, storage, electric-vehicle infrastructure, decarbonization, midstream infrastructure, thermal generation, data centers, or other emerging energy infrastructure), and/or practical experience with project financing for our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Advisory Services team. The successful candidate will combine complex project delivery leadership with account growth, commercial ownership, and team capability development. Our M&A team operates at the cutting edge of the energy industry providing technical due diligence and advisory services to diverse customers in the North American market and beyond, primarily in support of M&A transactions such as purchases, sales, divestments, and capital raises of projects and platforms. In this role, you will lead complex, high-value M&A engagements and serve as both a delivery leader and a senior relationship manager for selected strategic customers. You will provide senior-level project management and technical advisory services, exercise judgment across technical, commercial, and delivery trade-offs, grow key customer relationships, serve as Project Sponsor or senior reviewer for selected engagements, develop Project Managers (PMs) and Associate Project Managers (APMs), and translate experience into repeatable methods, tools, and best practices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from accredited four-year university in a relevant field to include engineering, science, thermal generation, renewable energy, finance, business or other related areas.
Typically, 7+ years of applicable technical and project management experience in the thermal, solar, wind, storage, and/or energy infrastructure in North America.
Knowledge of the energy project lifecycle and associated items which may include project contracts (EPC, equipment procurement, interconnection, PPA, etc.), technology and design, energy production assessments and performance, financial modeling and economics (CapEx and OpEx), operations and performance, transmission/curtailment considerations, and common technical risks.
Demonstrated willingness to adopt, test, and improve digital and AI-enabled delivery tools, including using project experience to help translate workflows into scalable methods, templates, and quality controls.
Demonstrated ability to balance technical, commercial, schedule, and transaction priorities while maintaining a focus on issues most material to investment decisions.
Demonstrated experience owning project financial performance, including budget, margin, invoicing, scope control, and change orders.
Demonstrated experience leading proposals, shaping scopes for complex transactions, and contributing to account or pipeline growth.
Experience mentoring project managers or technical professionals and providing quality or sponsor-level oversight across multiple engagements.
Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
Ability to travel domestically and internationally to customer offices and sites, other office locations, and conferences, up to approximately 15% of the time.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.
We conduct pre-employment drug and background screening.

Nice To Haves

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) experience is preferred but not required.
Leadership skills, strong team mindset, and the ability to collaborate, motivate and lead by way of example.
Commitment to customer centricity and demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with customers.
Ability to work effectively and professionally with diverse customers and colleagues.
Ability to distinguish material transaction issues from ordinary technical observations.
Flexibility, resiliency and adaptability within a dynamic team environment.
Continuous improvement mindset and enthusiasm for leveraging digital and AI-enabled tools to improve project delivery, quality, and efficiency.
Drive to learn, and collaboratively identify opportunities for improvements to process, tools, and offerings.
Strong technical and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

Lead large, multi-discipline and multi-technology due diligence engagements, acting as the senior point of contact accountable for scope, schedule, budget, quality, customer confidence, and commercial outcomes.
Identify technical risks and opportunities associated with potential investments, synthesize key findings, and clearly communicate their transaction implications to customers.
Leverage experience, expertise, and creative thought to deliver customer-centric technical analysis for energy and infrastructure projects.
Provide senior oversight for due diligence execution, prioritizing QHSE considerations and ensuring a safe, healthy work environment across project teams.
Lead and coordinate technical reviews among internal specialists, including civil and electrical engineering, energy assessment, technology, transmission, permitting teams, and other DNV disciplines; establish clear accountabilities and resolve cross-discipline delivery issues.
Perform and/or provide senior review of due diligence including contract and financial model review as well as other technical analysis (e.g., technology review, contract review, energy assessment), with emphasis on the issues most material to the transaction.
Resolve technical issues in partnership with transaction stakeholders, including coordination of input on such issues from internal technical specialists, as necessary.
Lead the reporting and quality assurance process, including writing, editing, reviewing, approving, and synthesizing inputs from technical disciplines into clear, technical due diligence reports aligned with customer’s commercial needs.
Lead customer dialogues to understand their needs.
Develop winning proposals for scopes of services related to due diligence work, including creative tailoring and sequencing of work to meet budget and timeline requirements.
Identify opportunities for innovation and refinement to meet the needs of an evolving marketplace.
Support customers through transaction execution, investment committee decisions, financing, and closing, as applicable.
Lead continuous improvement efforts for the M&A team, such as tool development, process refinement, training, and lessons learned activities.
Adhere to the DNV system for quality management, including liaising with QHSE leadership on developing procedures, instructions, guidelines, and checklists in order to ensure quality of services produced by the M&A team.
Mentor Project Managers and Associate Project Managers through project-based coaching, review, and knowledge sharing; provide input to Team Leads on development needs, project assignments, and readiness for increasingly complex responsibilities.