Project Development Director, Implementation, Telecom Solutions at CrossBoundary Energy (CBE)

CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) is the leading provider of clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable electricity directly to businesses. According to World Bank data, access to reliable and affordable electricity is the most significant constraint on economic growth on the continent. CBE addresses this challenge by providing corporates with fully financed renewable power. Through this approach, we are building a disruptive, distributed, renewable utility that can unlock sustainable growth.

We are already making rapid progress towards our vision. CBE is currently delivering a portfolio of over $200M of solar, wind, and storage projects for businesses across Africa. Our clients include Actis, Diageo, Heineken, Rio Tinto, Syrah Resources, Unilever, and other leading regional companies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Development Director, Implementation, Telecom Solutions

Locations: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• We are recruiting an Implementation Director to oversee supply chain, project management, and construction activities for CBE’s Telecom Energy Services (“TESCO”) business in Nigeria, that provides clean and reliable energy to the operators of telecom towers.
• The Director will be responsible for managing the team tasked with deploying renewable-hybrid energy systems to several thousand sites, while meeting the expectations for schedule and budget.
• You will leverage your deep expertise in project management, engineering, logistics, and team leadership to articulate a comprehensive implementation strategy and coach individuals leading each functional department to success.
• This role will ultimately be responsible for ensuring CBE’s telecom energy projects remain on track for successful execution at each stage of development, from the successful signature of the contract to successful cutover to CBE’s Operations team for each tranche of site installations.
• The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique team with the opportunity to make a large impact on the clean energy landscape in Africa and underserved markets around the world
• Team members come from diverse backgrounds but share several qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.

Who You Are

• Self starter: You don’t wait to be asked to add value. When faced with an impasse, you convene the subject-matter experts you need to find a way forward. You hold yourself personally accountable for brokering solutions where authority is unclear.
• Deliberate: You are straightforward and known for choosing the simple, robust solution where more complicated approaches would deliver the same results. Your colleagues praise you for translating complex inputs into a plan of action.
• Entrepreneurial: You want to work out how new technologies can be used to optimize our work and enable us to create robust products
• Excellence: You demonstrate and maintain the highest personal standards, continually pursuing opportunities for improvement. You are not afraid to get your hands dirty to untangle a complex issue
• Flexibility: You are comfortable with ambiguity and effective in a fast-moving and complex environment that does not have a fixed rule book. You identify opportunities where control or processes are needed, or where creative problem solving is required and take the necessary action
• Collaborative: You are eager and willing to train up colleagues, contractors and stakeholders to consistently deliver excellent work
• Curiosity: You distill the signal from the noise, and assist others to generate creative solutions by looking at problems from new perspectives.
• Authentically Cares: You are patient and skilled at developing relationships with clients, suppliers, and teammates to consistently deliver excellent outcomes
• Clear Communicator: Excellent written and verbal communication skills; crisp, clear, concise, and persuasive communicator that can connect with a broad range of audiences.

Primary Responsibilities

• Overall project financial and technical delivery throughout project implementation (from contract signature to site commissioning and cutover), in line with the project’s overall budget, schedule, regulatory requirements, and client expectations
• Create a plan to organize functional team leaders across CBE Telecoms Nigeria that allows for continuous tracking & evaluating of energy project deployment according to the client’s requirements.
• Take a holistic view of commercial, technical, ESG, regulatory, and legal perspectives to identify project implementation obstacles and find solutions
• Evaluate the technology stack in place to organize information related to project implementation. Identify gaps and communicate requirements to CBE Product team
• Monitor project implementation risk, consulting regularly with project legal, regulatory, health & safety, and commercial experts to implement appropriate mitigation strategies quickly
• Manage and develop CBE Telecoms Nigeria managers, prioritizing coaching and mentorship, skills growth, and instilling the confidence to take on new professional challenges
• Identify high-quality equipment, construction, installation, security, and other partners to help CBE execute successfully on project deployment
• Create and deliver compelling presentations detailing CBE’s implementation progress for clients and investors.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, or other relevant field
• 7+ years of experience in project development, construction management, or infrastructure deployment, including 2+ years in an executive role
• Understanding of common implementation challenges through all phases of telecommunications or distributed infrastructure construction
• Demonstrable business financial understanding and budget experience of multi-million dollar complex projects
• Applied understanding of Mobile Network Operators or TowerCos, and knowledge of industry standard commercial terms for client, supplier, and contractor agreements
• A strong network among active power project developers, suppliers, and construction partners relevant to the telecoms or distributed energy industries, especially in Nigeria
• Commercial skill to facilitate collaboration across multidisciplinary project teams
• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.) and able to leverage Project Operations systems to manage large, complex problems effectively.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.