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This role identifies, evaluates, and executes new business opportunities that support Ontario’s economic growth. Responsibilities include developing partnerships, leading commercial negotiations, and driving innovative solutions in thermal and renewable generation, energy storage, and hydrogen. The position collaborates with internal teams and external stakeholders to deliver projects that strengthen Atura Power’s market presence and contribute to sustainability goals. This role requires strategic insight, strong relationship management and a commitment to operational excellence.\nRole Responsibilities\nLeadership & Organizational Impact\nProvide strategic insights and recommendations to senior leadership on electricity market trends, investment opportunities, and policy implications\nMentor and develop junior staff within the Business Development team\nChampion Atura Power’s values of safety, integrity, collaboration, and innovation\nContribute to a culture of accountability, sustainability, and operational excellence\nLead commercial negotiations and manage relationships with project partners, customers, and suppliers\nStrategic Growth & Market Development\nOriginate, assess, and prioritize electricity project opportunities aligned with Atura Power’s corporate strategy and Ontario’s energy policy direction\nLead the development of business cases, feasibility assessments, and investment proposals for electricity generation (wind, solar, natural gas) and storage projects\nMonitor IESO procurements, regulatory developments, and funding opportunities\nOriginate, structure and negotiate power purchase agreements (PPAs) with commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and data centres to support the commercialization of new generation projects\nBuild and maintain a robust pipeline of projects and strategic partnerships\nDevelop and maintain partnerships with Indigenous communities, municipalities, developers, and government agencies\nProject Development & Execution\nLead or support project development activities, including site selection, permitting, stakeholder engagement, Indigenous community engagement, and managing municipal or local support\nCollaborate with internal technical, commercial, and legal teams to structure and advance projects to investment decision\nOversee due diligence, financial analysis, and risk assessments for potential acquisitions or partnerships\nEnsure projects meet environmental, regulatory, and public-sector compliance standards\nFinancial Accountability\nOwn development budgets for assigned opportunities and ensure expenditures remain aligned with approved business cases and stage-gate authorities.\nLead project financial and commercial analysis, including capital and operating cost assumptions, revenue structures, project returns, sensitivities and risk-adjusted economics.\nDevelop business cases supporting progression from feasibility through development and ultimately FID.\nWork closely with Finance and Commercial teams to validate project economics and investment assumptions.\nAssess the financial implications of alternative technology, contracting, financing and partnership structures.\nRecommend when development capital should be advanced, deferred, redirected or stoppedbased on project economics, development maturity and risk.\nMaintain disciplined capital allocation across the opportunity portfolio and provide management with clear visibility to development spend, forecast requirements and expected value creation.\nQualifications & Experience\nBachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Economics or a related discipline; MBA, P.Eng. or other relevant graduate/professional designation considered an asset.\n8-12 years of progressive experience in business development, project development, or strategy within the electricity or energy sector required\nDemonstrated experience advancing complex infrastructure or energy projects from origination and feasibility through development, commercial structuring and investment approval/FID.\nStrong knowledge of power-generation project economics and familiarity with natural gas generation, electricity markets, transmission/interconnection and major project development.\nExperience with data centres, large-load customers, behind-the-meter generation, corporate PPAs or other customer-driven energy solutions considered a strong asset.\nDemonstrated capability in financial modelling, investment analysis, business-case development and commercial negotiations.\nStrong project leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple opportunities and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, consultants and external advisors simultaneously.\nStrong executive communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical, commercial and financial issues into clear recommendations.\nEntrepreneurial and commercially oriented, with the ability to identify opportunities, challenge assumptions and make disciplined decisions in an uncertain development environment.\nStrong project leadership skills with the ability to manage multiple opportunities and coordinate multidisciplinary teams, consultants and external advisors simultaneously.\nAtura Power strives to embody the values of respect, collaboration, and diversity, and has a strong commitment to employment equity. The diversity of our workforce is at the core of our innovation and creativity. Atura Power seeks qualified candidates who share our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. While all qualified candidates are invited to apply, we particularly welcome applications from women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, members of visible minorities, and LGBTQ2S+ persons.\nAtura Power offers competitive wages and benefits. 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