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Senior Director, Business Development

Ameresco
United States - North Carolina - Remote, United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 10 Aug 2026
💰 $251,000/yr($175,000/yr$251,000/yr)

About the role

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC) is a leading energy solutions provider dedicated to helping customers reduce costs, enhance resilience, and decarbonize to net zero in the global energy transition. We are a trusted, full-service partner to public sector and government entities, K-12 schools, higher education, utilities, and healthcare customers across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Europe. 

At Ameresco, we show the way by developing, constructing and operating tailored smart energy efficiency solutions, distributed energy resources, and infrastructure upgrades that drive cost savings, resilience, decarbonization, and innovation. Our comprehensive portfolio is built to address the challenges of today and adapt the future, ensuring long-term sustainability and success for our customers.

Ameresco is actively seeking a Senior Director, Business Development, to manage an existing seasoned sales team of Sales Managers and Account Executives to strategically drive sales of energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced technology solutions across multiple market sectors. The territory will include the East Coast.     

Responsibilities: 

  • Lead, drive, and manage the business development team to generate business and project opportunities, increase sales, provide on-time and cost-effective delivery of services, and ensure regional goals are attained.  

  • Achieve annual sales goals for bookings, awards, and proposals. 

  • Develop, formulate, and implement marketing and sales strategies to identify, target, qualify, and secure customers for all Ameresco solutions including; energy-as-a-service, energy efficiency, performance contract, turnkey construction, and renewable technology project opportunities.  

  • Formulate marketing and business development forecasts, plans, and activities to increase company presence and customer base in defined markets and achieve regional objectives 

  • Manage several Sales Managers and Account Executives in the assigned geography to ensure accomplishment of sales goals. 

  • Develop, manage, and execute individual and regional sales pipelines.  

  • Participate as executive in key client engagement.  

  • Oversee the successful development, organization, strategic positioning, preparation, and issuance of winning proposals and presentations.  

  • Review project submittals for quality assurance, technical accuracy, competitiveness, and customer-oriented solutions.  

  • Exhibit comprehensive knowledge and understanding of project proposals and contract terms.  

  • Work with local engineering managers to effectively manage organizational and team resources to achieve regional business objectives. 

  • Coordinate the development interface with project management and operations teams to assure customer satisfaction 

  • Provide hands on leadership, planning, and management of procurement, contract administration, construction, and commissioning resources to assure total quality and project delivery on time and within budget while meeting or exceeding customer expectations. 

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