Energy Project Development Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p>Antora Energy delivers affordable, reliable energy to industry, data centers, and the grid. Our thermal batteries turn low-cost electricity into always-on heat and power, without supply-constrained critical minerals or multi-year construction timelines.</p> <p>We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and work with humility and openness. We are committed to building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.</p></div><h5> </h5> <h5> </h5> <h5><strong>Position Summary</strong></h5> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Manager, Energy Project Development will support Antora’s efforts to evaluate, track, and advance energy projects for long duration energy storage (LDES) deployment. This role focuses on project development execution, supporting greenfield projects, co-location and due diligence on acquisition opportunities. They will track development milestones, and coordinate with consultants, developers and internal teams. The Manager will maintain relationships with consultants, renewable developers, and assist in moving new and acquired projects toward deployment readiness under the direction of senior leadership.</span></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h5><strong>Roles & Responsibilities</strong></h5> <p> </p> <ul> <li>Support development of new and acquired projects, either directly or through outsourced development support—including site evaluation and acquisition, permitting, and interconnection.</li> <li>Coordinate with internal functional teams, external consultants, engineers, and legal counsel supporting project development activities.</li> <li>Track and manage project development budgets, schedules, and risk registers.</li> <li>Prepare documents and presentation materials for leadership review and decision-making.</li> <li>Apply project scoring frameworks to evaluate and track acquisition opportunities based on site quality, development status, market access, and strategic fit.</li> <li>Manage NDA, MSA, and development activities with consultants.</li> <li>Support and maintain relationships with renewable developers, IPPs, and project owners with acquisition and partnership opportunities.</li> <li>Partner with Legal, Accounting, Interconnection, Engineering and Supply Chain teams to assess project feasibility and integration requirements and moving projects through to NTP.</li> <li>Provide regular updates to leadership on pipeline status.</li> </ul> <h5> </h5> <h5><strong>Key Qualifications</strong></h5> <p> </p> <ul> <li>3+ years of experience supporting or participating in the development of utility-scale renewable energy projects (solar, wind, storage, or similar).</li> <li>Familiarity with project development processes including permitting, interconnection, land/real estate, and offtake.</li> <li>Ability to manage multiple projects and counterparty relationships simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.</li> <li>Strong communication skills with ability to synthesize project details and status updates for leadership and cross-functional teams.</li> </ul> <h5> </h5> <h5><strong>Additional Qualifications Desired</strong></h5> <p> </p> <ul> <li> Experience with energy storage project development or integration of storage into renewable projects.</li> <li> Experience with M&A of projects.</li&g