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Director Commercial Development

NextEra Energy


Job Location:

Houston, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 22 August 2026 (11 days ago)
Application Deadline: 19 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

NextEra Energy Resources is one of Americas largest wholesale electricity generators harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth strengthen communities and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

Position Overview
The Director of Commercial Development leads the structuring negotiation and evolution of complex commercial partnerships that support EverBrights growth. The role combines deal architecture financial modeling and cross-functional leadership to develop scalable partnership structures negotiate key economic and governance terms and translate market opportunities into executable commercial models.
Key Responsibilities
Owns the commercial structure for strategic partnerships including ownership governance economics and other core deal terms
Leads partnership economic frameworks including sensitivities and scenario analysis used for evaluating tradeoffs and informing executive decisions
Incorporates new value streams such as VPP grid services and other monetization opportunities into deal structures and partner economics
Leads negotiation of key economic and structural terms including pricing value allocation risk sharing and governance
Partners with legal to translate business intent into agreement language and preserve the intended economics and governance
Works across finance tax legal risk compliance product supply and operations to ensure the structure is viable scalable and aligned internally
Translates market opportunities and strategic priorities into scalable partnership structures for new markets partners and evolving business models
Provides clear recommendations and communication to executive leadership on partnership economics structural tradeoffs and decision paths
Owns structural evolution after close including upsizing amendments and true-ups negotiations driven by performance or changing business conditions
Establishes the commercial guardrails that enable execution teams to implement partnerships while preserving the intended economics and risk posture
Key Skills & Experience
Expertise in LLCA structuring including ownership structures waterfalls and governance provisions across complex partnerships
Experience executing complex deal structures across Next Era stakeholders especially finance/PAR tax legal PV risk and compliance teams
Advanced financial modeling capabilities including building and maintaining partnership-level economic models sensitivities and scenario analysis used for executive decision-making
Experience translating market opportunities (e.g. Texas) into scalable commercial structures and partnership models
Strong negotiation leadership specifically for economic and structural terms (pricing frameworks value allocation partner economics)
Ability to integrate cross-functional inputs (pricing supply finance technical VPP capabilities) into a cohesive deal structure
Experience structuring and incorporating new value streams (e.g. VPP grid services) into commercial agreements and economic models
Strong understanding of how operational constraints and product capabilities impact economics with ability to incorporate inputs from finance tax legal and other key stakeholders
Prior experience in structuring deals in the residential solar space aware of market dynamics and able to structure partnerships within the residential market
Track record of driving structural evolution of deals over time (true-ups upsizing amendments) based on performance and realized economics
Ability to synthesize complex tradeoffs and provide clear executive-level recommendations on deal economics and structure.
Job Overview

Employees in this role are responsible for leading and coordinating key functions of a project such as financial feasibility analysis engineering/design project legal review and financial negotiations. The position plays a key role in building strategic relationships and executing major contracts necessary to support the Companys generating business growth initiatives. This role reviews and oversees the development of key project agreements. This role is responsible for all aspects of the business deal and will be involved in the closure of multiple projects.

Job Duties & Responsibilities
  • Translates company financial commercial risk management technical and operating goals into effective contracting strategies and objectives
  • Develops and maintains effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external strategic partners
  • Assembles and leads internal cross functional multi-disciplined teams through the solicitation and negotiation processes
  • Provides overall leadership and drive key decisions during negotiations
  • Delivers on contracting objectives and proforma requirements
  • Delivers contracts that position the internal project execution team for maximum success
  • Manages the contracting budget and schedule for assigned projects
  • Provides periodic updates to and interact with senior management
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
  • High School Grad/GED
  • Bachelors or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience: 10 years
Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelors - Business Administration
  • Masters - Business Administration

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type:Full Time
Job Category: Business Development
Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race color age national origin religion marital status sex sexual orientation gender identity gender expression genetics disability protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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Director