Senior Manager, Development

Sanity.io

Manage solar photovoltaic and energy storage projects for Avantus, focusing on the WECC market. Requires strong leadership, project management, and industry knowledge.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeSan Diego • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $147,840 - $173,929 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage development activities including site acquisition, title curative, interconnection, regulatory approvals, engineering, land use and environmental permitting, and financial valuation
Collaboration and coordination with functional team members, consultants, attorneys, advisers, transmission providers, off-takers, financing counterparties, and other project stakeholders
Identification of project risks, coordinating resolution and mitigation with cross-functional team
Command of project budgets and project schedules
Travel to site locations and meet with project stakeholders and evaluate sites
Engagement in community, local, and state institutions for project support
Support land use and environmental permitting applications as well as preliminary engineering
Coordinate the real estate title curative process including diligence, supporting negotiation, and closeout
Support the interconnection process including diligence, technical review, negotiation from application through signed agreement
Coordinate preliminary project valuation modeling with the project finance team
Negotiate various project agreements including tax abatements and mitigation settlements
Arrange, organize, and conduct regularly scheduled project meetings
Review and manage project contracts including leases, interconnection agreements, power purchase agreements for compliance

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 5-10 years of experience in the energy industry
Strong market experience in CAISO, and/or the Southwestern US
Knowledge of utility-scale solar and energy storage markets
Extensive knowledge of the full-cycle of utility-scale renewable power development and marketing
Knowledge of interconnection, permitting, real estate, state/federal regulation, utility procurement goals, politics, law and other issues that impact development of renewable energy projects in energy markets
Detailed understanding of the interconnection process (study process, contracting, utility requirements, financial obligations, and scope execution by utilities)
Solid understanding of economic drivers within the business
Highly proficient in MS Excel, Project, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as Google Earth
Minimum four-year bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline, MBA preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) matching
comprehensive medical and dental plan options
flexible PTO

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Hard Skills & Tools

site acquisitiontitle curativeinterconnectionregulatory approvalsland use permittingenvironmental permittingfinancial valuationproject budgetingproject schedulingproject valuation modeling

Soft Skills

collaborationcoordinationrisk identificationnegotiationorganizationcommunicationstakeholder engagementproblem-solvingleadershipmeeting management

Certifications

bachelor's degreeMBA