Director Project Finance

Director / Vice President, Project Finance

Location: New York City or Houston

Reports to: Chief Investment Officer

Level: Director or Vice President, based on experience

Company Overview

BrightNight is a high-growth renewable power developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP) with a 30-gigawatt portfolio spanning 20 U.S. states. The company develops innovative, dispatchable, and hybrid energy solutions that deliver reliable, cost-efficient renewable power to utilities, data centers, and other high-demand customers across fast-growing energy markets.

Supported by strong financial partners, experienced industry leadership, and proprietary capabilities such as PowerAlpha®, BrightNight is scaling rapidly while differentiating itself through an AI-enabled, automation-driven approach to project development and operations. We are building a company where intelligence is built in, not bolted on - and where smart, curious people can take on meaningful responsibility, grow quickly, and help shape the future of reliable clean energy.

Position Summary

BrightNight is seeking an experienced Project Finance leader to join its investment organization. Reporting to Chief Investment Officer Jatin Gupta, this individual will lead project-level financing transactions for BrightNight’s utility-scale renewable energy and storage portfolio. The role will own financing strategy and execution across construction and term debt, tax equity and tax credit structures, back leverage, project equity, hedging, and other project capital solutions.

This is a hands‑on transaction leadership role. The successful candidate will combine sophisticated project financial modeling and structuring expertise with strong commercial judgment, contract bankability knowledge, negotiation skills, and the ability to drive complex transactions from initial strategy through financial close.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead structuring and execution of M&A, construction debt, term debt, back leverage, tax equity, tax credit transfer and hybrid structures, project equity, and other project-level financings.
• Own transactions from financing strategy and market outreach through term sheets, diligence, definitive documentation, closing, and funding.
• Develop and own complex project financial models for financing, M&A, valuation, returns, PPA pricing, sensitivities, and investment decisions.
• Evaluate project capital structures and recommend approaches that optimize economics, risk, flexibility, and certainty of execution.
• Lead relationships and negotiations with lenders, tax equity investors, tax credit buyers, equity investors, counsel, consultants, and advisors.
• Review PPAs/offtake, EPC, equipment, interconnection, acquisition, and operating agreements for bankability and financing implications.
• Manage third‑party diligence and coordinate financing requirements across Development, Origination, Engineering, Construction, Legal, Tax, Accounting, and Asset Management.
• Structure and execute interest‑rate hedging and related risk‑management arrangements where appropriate.
• Prepare financing recommendations and transaction updates for the Chief Investment Officer, Investment Committee, and executive leadership.
• Help build scalable project finance processes, models, market intelligence, and institutional knowledge as BrightNight grows.

Qualifications

• Approximately 8-12+ years of progressive project finance, structured finance, renewable energy finance, infrastructure finance, investment banking, or related transaction experience.
• Demonstrated leadership of multiple executed utility‑scale energy or infrastructure financings.
• Deep experience with construction and term debt; tax equity, tax credit transfers, back leverage, project equity, or related structures strongly preferred.
• Advanced project financial modeling skills and direct experience owning complex transaction models.
• Experience negotiating financing term sheets and definitive documentation and managing transactions through financial close.
• Strong understanding of project contract bankability and U.S. renewable energy tax incentives.
• Experience with solar, battery storage, wind, or hybrid generation strongly preferred.

What Sets You Apart

• You are a transaction owner who drives financings to close rather than simply contributing to a workstream.
• You combine rigorous analytical thinking and modeling expertise with strong commercial judgment.
• You understand how project contracts, construction risk, tax considerations, market conditions, and financing structures interact.
• You communicate clearly and credibly with senior executives, investment committees, lenders, investors, attorneys, and advisors.
• You are collaborative and low‑ego but confident enough to challenge assumptions and recommend a clear path forward.
• You thrive in a high‑performance environment with multiple complex transactions and meaningful responsibility.

Why BrightNight

• Direct partnership with the Chief Investment Officer on high‑impact project financing decisions.
• Ownership of sophisticated utility‑scale renewable and storage financings across multiple capital structures.
• Exposure to Investment Committee, executive leadership, lenders, investors, and strategic financial partners.
• Meaningful responsibility from day one at a high‑growth renewable IPP.
• The opportunity to help finance projects that deliver reliable, resilient, and affordable clean power.

BrightNight is committed to building a high‑performance, collaborative team. Qualified candidates whose experience aligns with the core capabilities of the role are encouraged to apply.

BrightNight is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected status.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship unless otherwise stated.

At‑Will Employment

Employment is at will and may be terminated by either the employee or the Company at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodation

BrightNight is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the hiring process and employment.