Director of Origination

Rockstar

$150K — $180K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in fast-paced, deal-focused environments
  • Proven track record in customer-facing roles, driving outcomes and resolving issues
  • Experience in leading complex negotiations from start to finish
  • Strong attention to detail with excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Growth mindset with a propensity for tackling challenges

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategic transactions as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 tax and finance leaders
  • Source and prioritize opportunities among clean energy developers and manufacturers
  • Negotiate high-value tax credit transactions, ensuring progress and issue resolution
  • Develop a comprehensive partnership playbook to identify engagement strategies
  • Manage and expand relationships with tax credit investors and industry partners
  • Represent the company at industry events and during client engagements
  • Use market insights to refine the company's origination strategies

Benefits

  • Be part of a rapidly scaling clean energy finance company
  • Work closely with experienced founders and a high-caliber team
  • Receive competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive health benefits
  • Participate in company offsites 2-3 times per year
  • Enjoy a flexible PTO policy
Full Job Description


About the Role

As the company scales rapidly to meet demand, it is looking for an execution-driven Director, Origination to lead high-impact transactions and uncover new growth opportunities through partnerships.

This is a high-upside opportunity for a deal-maker at heart who thrives in high-stakes negotiations, working alongside leadership on the company's most important transactions and partnerships. This role requires sharp analytical instincts with a bias for action: someone who takes ownership, moves fast, and delivers on large, complex projects.

What You'll Do

Lead strategic transactions
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to tax and finance leaders at Fortune 500 companies, guiding them through their first or largest tax credit purchases
  • Source, qualify, and prioritize origination opportunities across clean energy developers and manufacturers
  • Own the negotiation of complex, multi-hundred-million-dollar tax credit transactions, keeping deals on track and resolving issues proactively

Build partnerships and pipeline
  • Build the partnership playbook, defining who to engage, how, and when
  • Manage and grow a book of relationships with tax credit investors, project developers, and industry partners
  • Represent the company at industry events and client visits
  • Translate market feedback into recommendations that sharpen the company's origination strategy and offerings
What You'll Need
  • 7+ years of experience in a fast-paced, deal-focused environment such as financial services or a fast-growing startup
  • Track record of owning outcomes, spotting issues early, and driving solutions in customer-facing environments
  • Experience leading complex negotiations or transactions from first conversation to close
  • Very high attention to detail paired with sharp written and verbal communication
  • A growth mindset and the drive to go above and beyond: someone who seeks out steep learning curves and runs toward big challenges

Nice to Haves
  • Professional experience in clean energy finance


Why Join?
  • Help scale one of the most exciting and impactful clean energy finance companies
  • Work directly with experienced founders and a top-tier team
  • Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Travel to company offsites 2-3x per year to meet teammates in person
  • Flexible PTO plan


Location

The company is remote-first, but for this role it prefers a candidate located in San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA, or Seattle, WA.

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