Land Partnership Manager

 

 

The Company

Cypress Creek Renewables is powering a sustainable future, one project at a time. We develop, finance, own and operate utility-scale and distributed solar and storage projects across the country. Fostering a diverse group of innovative thinkers from all backgrounds, Cypress people are drawn to work in a purpose-driven organization. We hope you will join us.

Overview

Cypress Creek Renewables (CCR) is seeking a motivated candidate for a Land Partnership Manager position to join our Development team. The Land Partnership Manager will be at the core of Cypress Creek’s growth and business development strategy and will be primarily responsible for land acquisition activities, including developing and managing internal land campaigns, managing subcontractors and land acquisition companies, crafting strategic land partnerships, and negotiating real estate contracts.  

The intent of this role is to manage our land acquisition efforts across the United States, serving as the primary coordinator between our development teams working in specific markets, our internal subject matter expert teams including the GIS team, and our external land partners to successfully acquire land to support transmission scale solar and storage projects. The position offers a unique opportunity to join the rapidly growing renewable power and storage industry at the forefront of our development business, driving the expansion of our project pipeline in support of our medium and long-term growth strategy. 

An effective candidate will demonstrate excellent organizational habits, comprehensive external communication skills, a desire to solve complex problems, enthusiastic initiative, negotiation acumen, and an excellent ability to work with others across multiple teams. Essential functions of the position include, but, are not limited to: 

• Coordinating with Development and Geoanalytics teams to identify prospective sites 
• Coordinating with subject matter expert teams, including our revenue, interconnection, and modeling teams, to determine site suitability 
• Performing desktop diligence on prospective sites to determine site suitability  
• Manage land acquisition vendors, varying from singular landman to corporate land acquisition companies, and consider suite of options for each potential campaign 
• Understanding value proposition of target sites to inform and prioritize negotiations 
• Negotiating ground lease and purchase agreements 
• Negotiating terms and conditions for collection and transmission lines, access roads and right of way easements 
• Managing data sets and customer relationship management platform to track leads 
• Vetting and onboarding new land acquisition vendors 

 

Responsibilities

• 3-5+ years working experience in land acquisition or real estate development work, with preference for experience in renewable energy related land acquisition 
• BA degree preferred, with focus on real estate, energy, business or marketing a plus 
• Ability to travel approximately 10-25% of the time 
• Strong work ethic and ability to self-start in a fast-paced environment 
• Results driven and solutions oriented 
• Strong organization, communication skills and attention to detail 
• Excellent negotiation, and influencing skills 
• Ability to work with little supervision and to seek help when needed 
• Embrace and live by the mission and values of Cypress Creek Renewables 

 

Locations: The preferred location for this position is in one of our offices located in Asheville, Durham, Santa Monica, or San Francisco. However, remote candidates will be considered.

 

Compensation: The salary range for the position is $90,000-140,000 plus bonus and benefits. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location.

 

Benefits:

• 15 days of Paid Time Off, accrual up to 20 days, 11 observed holidays.
• 401(k) Match
• Comprehensive