Director, Renewable Development
Posted Aug 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Walk me through a utility-scale wind, solar or storage project you took from early stage to contracts. Where did it nearly die, and what kept it alive?
What they are checking: Whether they have actually carried a project through the messy middle of development rather than handing it off early.
Tell me about a time a county or township turned against a project you were leading. What did you do in the weeks after?
What they are checking: Whether they treat local opposition as something to work through with people, not something to steamroll or ignore.
Describe how you've worked with origination, engineering and permitting teams who each wanted something different from your project.
What they are checking: Whether they can lead people who don't report to them and still keep one project plan moving.
How do you coach a developer on your team who is good with landowners but weak on the financial model?
What they are checking: Whether they can grow people at a director level instead of just doing the hardest work themselves.
What would you do
You inherit four mid-stage projects and only have budget to push two hard this year. How do you decide which two?
What they are checking: Whether they can rank projects on interconnection cost, land, permitting risk and offtake odds instead of on gut feel.
A network upgrade estimate comes back three times higher than you modeled. What happens next?
What they are checking: Whether they can rework the economics, weigh withdrawal penalties and make a clear call under real money pressure.
Which new prospects in the Eastern US would you chase first right now, and why there?
What they are checking: Whether they have a current, specific view of where load growth, transmission and policy make projects buildable.
About the work
You'd be working MISO, PJM and TVA at the same time. How do the interconnection queues and market rules in those three change how you pick and pace projects?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that each market's queue reform and rules shape which projects are worth the money to advance.
How do you size up a project you might buy through M&A compared with one you'd start greenfield?
What they are checking: Whether they know what diligence uncovers in someone else's project, like weak site control or hidden queue costs.
How do you build and keep up site control across hundreds of landowners on a big solar or wind site?
What they are checking: Whether they know land work is the foundation of development and how lease terms and relationships can sink a project later.
What does a development budget look like for a project you're carrying to notice to proceed, and how do you decide when to spend at risk?
What they are checking: Whether they manage development capital with discipline and know which spending unlocks the most value at each stage.
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