Project Manager, Renewable Energy

Do you want to work with high-caliber professionals in a dynamic and growing company? Are you entrepreneurial, hard-working, and collegial? Join us at SB Energy, a leading infrastructure company backed by SoftBank Group and Ares Infrastructure, pairing cutting-edge innovation with best-in-class execution. Our mission is to deliver reliable and secure data center and power infrastructure to strengthen America's future. Founded in 2019, SB Energy is a SoftBank Group company headquartered in Redwood City, California. In 2026, SoftBank Group and OpenAI announced a $1 billion investment to support SB Energy as their leading development and execution partner for data center campuses, while Ares Infrastructure continues its long-standing support of the company's growth. SB Energy develops, builds, owns, and operates some of the largest and most technically advanced energy and data center infrastructure projects in the United States. Since its founding, the company has rapidly grown into a top-tier integrated platform with more than 3 gigawatts (GW) in operation and a multi-GW pipeline of energy and data center infrastructure nationwide. SB Energy also leverages a strong culture of innovation to identify and integrate new technologies into its projects, including its AI-based digital platform, delivering energy infrastructure that is local, reliable, and matched to load. We are building the energy and infrastructure future—today. Come join us in accelerating the energy and infrastructure transition! Overview The Project Manager (PM) leads SB Energy’s utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV), battery energy storage system (BESS), and combined PV+BESS projects from mid-stage development through construction, commissioning, and handoff to Asset Management and Operations & Maintenance (O&M). The PM maintains continuous ownership of project scope, budget, schedule, risk, and team performance throughout this lifecycle, including associated substation and transmission scopes. As the leading authority on the project as a whole, the PM understands how technical, commercial, regulatory, and financing requirements fit together. The PM integrates functional expertise, resolves gaps, and drives decisions within delegated authority, obtaining required reviews and approvals. This role requires both directing the team and personally performing the analysis and work within the PM’s scope. Standard of Performance PMs are expected to demonstrate excellence in five areas: · Project mastery and ownership. Understand and apply project documents, including engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts, site control agreements, permits, site studies, power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, and owner-furnished equipment contracts. Know the project’s obligations, budget, schedule, and risks. Anticipate dependencies, set priorities, and follow commitments through to completion. · Leadership and judgment. Remain calm, curious, honest, and responsive. Hold people accountable with respect, seek expertise, and make sound decisions under uncertainty. · Team experience and culture. Create clear direction and a team where people feel heard, valued, and safe raising concerns. Build relationships across field and office teams. Model SB Energy’s values of ownership, learning and growth, welcoming people and ideas, and pursuing the mission with joy. · Leadership confidence. Provide accurate, concise reporting; surface issues early with viable options and a recommendation; make required leadership decisions clear. · Consistent results and improvement. Advance the project, learn from outcomes, and improve how the team works. Responsibilities · Project readiness and execution planning. Take ownership in mid-stage development, assess inherited commitments and assumptions, and establish or carry forward the integrated execution plan and Plan of Record. Keep both current as the project advances. Connect site control, permitting, interconnection, engineering, procurement, financing, and construction prerequisites, with clear owners and required dates. · Schedule and progress. Develop and maintain the integrated project schedule, assess critical path and dependencies, and challenge contractor logic and production assumptions. Compare baseline and updated schedules with three-week lookaheads, production data, S-curves, and field conditions. Identify gaps, require credible recovery plans, and verify results. · Budget and forecast. Own the project budget and estimate-at-completion (EAC) forecast. Understand cost allocations, commitments, actuals, remaining scope, contingency, and financial exposure. Reconcile inputs with Finance and functional owners, explain variances, and oversee invoice, payment application, and construction loan draw reviews. · Contracts and commercial management. Support negotiation and execution of EPC, owner-furnished equipment, and consultant agreements with Legal and functional leads. Manage limited and full notices to proceed, scope interfaces, contractual obligations, notices, change orders, and claims through closeout. Evaluate entitlement, cost, and schedule effects and secure required approvals. · Risk and decisions. Maintain an active risk register with accountable owners, mitigation plans, and timely escalation. Reconcile financial exposures with the forecast, distinguish risks from current issues, and assess opportunities to improve project outcomes. Document decisions and close actions. · Construction leadership. Set priorities for Construction Managers and manage EPC contractor performance. Coordinate engineering, equipment deliveries, and work readiness. Maintain regular site presence and firsthand understanding of progress and constraints. Work with Safety, Quality, and Engineering leads to address hazards, first article inspections, deficiencies, and corrective actions. · Team leadership and coordination. Lead the cross-functional project team with clear deliverables, responsibilities, and decision paths. Direct and mentor assigned Assistant Project Managers and Project Coordinators. Run purposeful meetings, resolve competing priorities, and build a cohesive culture across office and field teams. · Stakeholders and compliance. Manage relationships with landowners, utilities, power purchasers, and authorities having jurisdiction. Coordinate required permits and approvals with functional leads and track compliance with site control, environmental, interconnection, and power purchase obligations through completion and turnover. · Financing and reporting. Coordinate project deliverables for financial close, construction funding, and subsequent financing milestones with Capital Markets, Finance, Legal, and the Independent Engineer. Maintain the Plan of Record, project records, and required systems, including Monday.com, and provide timely reports that explain performance, outlook, and decisions needed. · Commissioning and completion. Integrate mechanical completion, energization, synchronization, testing, and commercial operation into the execution plan. Coordinate milestone prerequisites and acceptance evidence with commissioning leads, contractors, utilities, and financing stakeholders; verify requirements against the governing project documents. · Operational handoff and closeout. Engage Asset Management and O&M early and lead documented turnover and acceptance. Deliver as-built records, test results, permits, warranties, spares, and training. Close contracts and punch lists, or agree owners and dates for residual work, remaining obligations, and risks; retain responsibility for assigned closeout actions. Professional Development Complete assigned training, coaching, and applied project work through SB Energy’s PM development program. Demonstrate SB Energy’s Project Management Standard of Performance through project work, including schedule analysis, forecasting, contract management, field leadership, and turnover planning. Seek feedback, share lessons learned, mentor others, and use Plan–Do–Check–Act to improve project practices. Use company tools, including approved AI and automation, to improve efficiency while remaining accountable for accuracy and decisions. Qualifications and Requirements · Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of relevant project management, development, or construction experience on large-scale energy or infrastructure projects. Utility-scale PV and/or BESS experience preferred; a strong foundation in development or construction is required. · Demonstrated ownership of complex project scope, budgets, schedules, contracts, and risks, with the ability to integrate disciplines and lead teams through competing priorities. · Strong written and verbal communication, negotiation, and presentation skills. Sound judgment, persistence, curiosity, and a record of following through on commitments. · Practical ability to analyze schedule logic, critical path, production trends, and recovery plans; manage budgets and forecasts; and evaluate commercial changes. · Ability to interpret project agreements, permits, engineering information, and financing requirements, recognize gaps, and engage the appropriate specialists. · Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office; ability to build and review schedules using Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, or an equivalent tool. Willingness to use Monday.com and SB Energy’s required project systems consistently. · PMP certification, or ability and commitment to obtain certification within one year of hire. Location: San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Houston, TX or Remote option available. Base Pay - $140,000 - $165,000 The pay range mentioned above is a guideline. We tailor each offer based on your unique skills, experience, location, and market benchmarks—while ensuring internal parity across our team. In addition to competitive base pay, total compensation may include a discretionary annual bonus, a long-term incentive plan aligned with our ownership mindset, and a market leading comprehensive health and wellness benefits package. Final details will be discussed during the later stages of the hiring process. Our Health & Wellness Benefits At SB Energy, we invest in our people and their families with benefits designed for flexibility, support, and peace of mind. Full-time employees enjoy: - 100% Company-Paid Medical, Dental & Vision (for employees and dependents) - 401(k) with Company Match - Generous Paid Time Off + 11 Paid Holidays - 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave - Life, AD&D & Long-Term Disability Coverage - Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Medical, Dependent Care, Transit & Parking (with company contributions) - Mental, Physical & Social Wellness Support (with company contributions) - Flexible Work Arrangements & Hybrid Office Setup Benefits - Monthly Reimbursement for Phone, Internet & Data - Optional Legal & Pet Insurance Plans - Device Purchase Support At SB Energy, the success of our projects is driven by a desire to see our projects benefit as many people as possible. We work to serve local communities through volunteering, fundraising, and much more. For example, we’re proud to support access and opportunity in engineering and clean energy through impactful mentorship programs and workforce training. When you join SB Energy, you can become a part of these efforts, collaborating with team members who share a vision of building a better future now!  SB Energy is built on a foundation of collaboration and inclusion. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. To learn more about us, visit www.sbenergy.com . #LI-HYBRID #LI-AM1