Project Manager, Renewable Energy (m/w/d)

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") and Battery Energy Storage System ("BESS") projects through late-stage development and pre-construction, ensuring each project is fully ready for construction mobilization and has successfully closed the initial project financing. This role bridges development and execution by driving permitting, finalizing site control, establishing relationships with stakeholder and authorities having jurisdiction, contracting, engineering, and financial close activities, then handing the project off to the PM responsible for the full build-out.

The PM is responsible for the project budget, schedule, risk management, and cross-functional coordination during this critical stage. The PM is expected to be the principal decision maker in all aspects during the phase.

At SB Energy our values are more than words on a page-they are the foundation for how we operate, make decisions, and measure success. As a PM, you are not just responsible for driving business outcomes but also for embodying and reinforcing our culture.

A PM is a culture champion, both within and outside of the organization. You lead with an ownership mindset, ensuring that challenges are met with solutions. You take initiative in fostering connection-whether by being the first to check in on a colleague, or showing up fully engaged to meetings and being a magnanimous leader.

Beyond driving project success, you cultivate a thriving team environment by welcoming diverse perspectives, fostering collaboration, and ensuring that every voice is heard. Most importantly, you pursue our mission with joy-approaching each challenge with resilience and a commitment to making a meaningful impact.

Responsibilities

• Project Ownership: Oversee BESS and PV+BESS projects from advanced development through pre-construction, ensuring a clean and timely hand-off to the construction execution team.
• Contracting & EPC Engagement:
  • Support the negotiations and execution of EPC contract(s) and other critical project agreements.
  • Manage Limited Notice-to-Proceed contracts and owner-furnished equipment contracts and integration with EPC scope.
  • Coordinate with Construction and Engineering to ensure design basis and schedule alignment before mobilization.
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to select appropriate consultants and manage consultant contracts efficiently.
• Internal Process Management:
  • Maintain and track project budgets and pre-construction schedules
  • Establish and manage the Plan of Record and oversee the project document management system.
  • Provide regular, data-driven updates to leadership and external partners.
  • Identify and mitigate project risks, scope gaps, and scope changes.
  • Direct and mentor project-specific Project Coordinator(s), delegating tasks as appropriate.
  • Develop detailed hand-off packages and coordinate knowledge transfer to the assigned Construction Project Manager.
• Leadership & Task Management:
  • Lead internal and external project meetings, maintain organized meeting notes and action-item trackers, and utilize Monday.com for transparent task management and follow-up.
  • Orchestrate cross-functional collaboration across SB Energy-including Development, Power Marketing, Interconnection, Engineering, Capital Markets, Permitting, Procurement, Quality, Real Estate, Safety, O&M, and Asset Management-through all late-stage development and pre-construction milestones. Define clear deliverables, monitor progress against the Plan of Record, address conflicts or scope gaps promptly, and escalate issues early to protect budget and schedule.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Interface with landowners, public utilities and power purchasers to ensure conditions and milestones of site control agreement(s), interconnection agreement(s), and power purchase agreement(s) are met.
• Permitting & Regulatory Compliance: Engage with authorities having jurisdiction and permitting authorities/agencies to obtain all required permits for the project, including but not limited to, special/conditional use permit(s), environmental permits, and building permits.
• Financial Close & Independent Engineer Coordination: Work with finance parties, legal counsel(s), and independent engineer (lender representative) to support the financial milestones/closings.

Qualifications/Requirements

• 7-10 + years of experience managing utility-scale PV, BESS, and PV+BESS projects.
• Experience performing the above duties and responsibilities for utility-scale PV and BESS projects.
• Ability to travel 25-50% of the time, as needed.
• Expertise in MS Office Suite, MS Project and/or P6 (optional), Monday.com and other project management tools.
• Strong verbal and written communications and presentation skills are essential.

Location

San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Houston, TX or Remote option available.

The position requires up to 25-50% domestic travel.

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.