Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Energy Solutions is a company focused on delivering large-scale energy, carbon, and water-use savings through market-based programs. They are seeking a Business Development Lead who will collaborate with various teams to grow and manage business development pipelines, ensuring alignment with company goals and compliance across all phases of sales and opportunity development.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage, in collaboration with Delivery Business Units, 3-year business development plans to direct managed and intentional growth. Management includes supporting execution of tactics and quarterly updates to plans
- Lead solution design to support growth priorities across Energy Solutions’ portfolio, including shaping opportunities prior to RFP release
- Build, manage, and support the advancement of a pipeline of new and expansion opportunities through market cultivation and industry relationships
- Identify and summarize market opportunities, emerging client needs, and solution gaps to inform pursuit planning and go-to-market strategies
- Partner with cross functional teams to gather input and align solution components early—before RFP release—where possible
- Maintain and manage pipeline and forecasts for assigned business unit leveraging using Salesforce, ERP, and internal dashboards and reporting
- Support proposal development for a high volume of assigned pursuits, to ensure that bids are competitive, compliant, and differentiated
- Ensure that sales strategy and win themes developed in earlier stages of opportunity development are consistently voiced in the proposal
- Leveraging direction from Business Unit leaders, subject matter experts, and service design standards, shape and coordinate program design, solution narratives, value propositions, tradeoff analyses, and pricing and budget strategies for proposals in collaboration with Business Development, Product, and Delivery teams
- Validate that solution designs align with client objectives, regulatory requirements, delivery capabilities, and company financial targets for each Business Unit
- Advise and coach delivery team staff on proposal budgets and business development processes, including pursuit planning, development timelines, and quality standards
- Support client discussions, presentations, and clarification responses throughout the solicitation process
- Partner with Delivery teams to ensure solutions are executable, scalable, and positioned for successful implementation
- Collaborate with Product and Policy teams to incorporate product evolution, regulatory context, and market rules into solution design
- Lead pursuit timelines and milestones, including coordinating workstreams across proposal, solution design, and pricing activities
- Maintain solution integrity from early strategy through proposal submission and transition to delivery
- Support clean handoffs to Delivery teams to finalize scope, assumptions, risks, pricing rationale, and implementation approach as won pursuits transition from sales into contracting and implementation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience, demonstrating sustained impact across complex business development or consulting environments
- Advanced experience leading solution strategy and/or supporting complex sales efforts in regulated or utility‑focused markets, including pre‑RFP opportunity shaping and pursuit leadership
- Advanced experience working cross‑functionally with Product, Policy, Engineering, Marketing, IT, and Delivery teams to align solution design, pricing strategy, and execution feasibility
- Advanced capability in leading solution strategies or supporting a large volume of sales efforts in regulated or utility‑focused markets, including shaping offerings and influencing pursuit direction
- In‑depth functional knowledge of energy efficiency programs, utility procurement processes, and market dynamics, with the ability to apply this knowledge to complex, high‑impact opportunities
- Demonstrated influence capability to shape pipeline development and pursuit strategy through analysis, recommendations, and cross‑functional alignment (without final decision authority)
- Advanced financial and strategic thinking skills, including pricing strategy development, budget tradeoff analysis, and evaluation of risk, value, and delivery considerations
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining industry and client relationships that contribute to pipeline growth and repeat/expansion work
- Master's degree
- Relevant energy/utility credentials (e.g., CEM, PMP, or similar) preferred
- Experience mentoring or coaching junior staff on proposal development, pricing/budget inputs, and business development processes (without formal supervisory responsibility)
- Deep understanding of utility/regulated market structures, procurement approaches (e.g., RFP/RFQ), and common program models in energy efficiency and demand-side management
- Skilled cross‑functional influence and stakeholder alignment (Delivery, Product, Policy, Finance, and SMEs), including facilitation of decision points and tradeoff conversations
Benefits
- Generous retirement package
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Other pre-tax contribution plans
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Company Overview