Executive Project Developer (Energy)

Location: Virtual, associated with Davidson, North Carolina and projects across North America

Annual base salary: $113,600–$204,609.99, plus incentive eligibility.

Company

hirify.global develops sustainable, comfortable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation through brands including Trane and Thermo King.

What you will do

• Lead development of high-profile, complex, and strategic energy, infrastructure, facility modernization, and capital improvement opportunities across North America.
• Support regional teams with opportunity qualification, audit planning, solution development, financial evaluation, risk management, customer engagement, and contract execution.
• Facilitate customer workshops, define objectives, prioritize investments, evaluate alternatives, and align multidisciplinary stakeholders.
• Coach Project Developers and collaborate with sales, engineering, operations, consultants, contractors, estimators, and customer stakeholders.
• Promote project development standards, tools, best practices, knowledge sharing, and capability-building initiatives across multiple regions.
• Evaluate and integrate building analytics, geothermal, digital solutions, AI-enabled tools, electrification, renewable energy, and resilience technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, energy management, facilities management, architecture, business, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• At least 8 years of experience developing complex energy, infrastructure, facility modernization, design-build, performance contracting, or capital improvement projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams through qualification, audits, solution development, financial evaluation, and contract execution.
• Strong knowledge of building systems, energy conservation measures, facility infrastructure, constructability, financial models, lifecycle cost analysis, and project risks.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and executive engagement skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Willingness to travel throughout North America to support regional teams and strategic customer opportunities.

Nice to have

• Experience with Investment Grade Audits, Detailed Audits, ESPC, Design-Build, Large Turnkey, healthcare, education, municipal, federal, industrial, or commercial projects.
• Familiarity with HVAC, controls, energy management systems, electrical infrastructure, central utility plants, renewable energy, resilience, and intelligent building technologies.
• Experience managing project development budgets, schedules, audit teams, consultants, contractor procurement, or organizational change initiatives.
• PE, CEM, PMP, DBIA, LEED AP, or CCP certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Virtual work environment focused on sustainable climate solutions.
• Health insurance and wellness programs available from day one.
• 401(k) match of up to 6% plus an additional 2% core contribution.
• Paid time off includes vacation, holidays, floating holidays, sick leave, volunteer leave, and parental leave options.
• Educational and training programs, tuition assistance, and student debt support.
• This is a safety-sensitive role and may require additional drug screening.