Project Success Lead

The role

You will act as the quarterback for a multi-hundred MW portfolio of solar and battery development projects. You will manage workstreams between owners, developers, and other parties to drive projects from lease signature to commercial operation date.

What you will do

• Build and run a structured owner engagement system.
• Provide regular detailed updates to owners.
• Identify and resolve risks to project timelines or economics.
• Advise owners on trade-offs when developer interests diverge.
• Drive post-signing workstreams including site plan review, lender items, and construction logistics.
• Maintain forecasted and actual milestones in Lumen's platform and HubSpot.
• Lead quarterly reviews with owner stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Design processes, dashboards, and communication standards to scale the function.
• Build relationships with developer partners and property managers.
• Turn strong outcomes into case studies and references.

Required qualifications

• 2–6 years in management consulting, investment banking, commercial real estate, renewable energy development, or a similar client-facing role
• Ability to run multiple workstreams at once
• Strong communicator who can make complex technical or legal detail clear and actionable for a senior, non-technical audience
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Ready to own outcomes directly

Nice to have

• Prior work with sophisticated clients, especially institutional commercial real estate owners
• Familiarity with solar or renewable energy development (interconnection, permitting, incentive and community solar programs)
• Exposure to real estate transaction documents (leases, SNDAs, lender consents)
• Experience with HubSpot or a comparable CRM

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO
• Remote work flexibility
• Quarterly company-sponsored offsites
• Professional development budget
• Equipment and home office stipend

Before you apply

• US work authorization required
• Unable to sponsor H-1B visas at this time

About the company

Lumen Energy is a solar broker for large commercial real estate owners. They partner with owners to turn rooftops and parking lots into solar and battery revenue.