Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Duke Energy Corporation is a leading energy company committed to making a difference in people's lives. The Midwest Business Development Manager role focuses on leading business and project development activities for complex Energy Services projects across Duke Energy's regulated jurisdictions, emphasizing customer-sited energy infrastructure solutions. This position involves driving opportunities from customer engagement through project execution while collaborating cross-functionally to align with the company's Design–Build–Operate–Maintain–Own business model.
Responsibilities
- Identify and qualify opportunities across industrial, commercial, and governmental sectors for resiliency, electrical infrastructure, temporary power, and distributed energy solutions
- Engage customers to understand operational needs and structure technical scopes aligned with Duke Energy foundational principles
- Maintain strategic relationships with contractors, vendors, developers, and key stakeholders
- Develop project budgets, schedules, development plans, and capital estimates
- Partner with engineering resources to optimize design and constructability
- Structure, negotiate, and execute commercial agreements including leases, purchase options, interconnect agreements (when applicable), Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) agreements, and Energy Services-specific agreements (OSG, Premier Power, turnkey power delivery, etc.)
- Lead due diligence across environmental, safety, technical, financial, and regulatory domains
- Prepare and submit proposals for competitive procurement processes
- Serve as project sponsor through internal governance
- Coordinate across matrixed departments—engineering, regulatory, real estate, legal, finance, operations—to advance project milestones
- Contribute to market assessments, RFP strategy, acquisitions, and new product development
- Integrate Energy Services Safety Plan requirements into early development activities
- Incorporate environmental compliance, permitting, and hazard awareness into project planning
- Uphold Duke Energy safety culture and support continuous safety improvement
- Communicate complex topics effectively to stakeholders, leadership, customers, and community representatives
- Influence internal teams and external partners to align and overcome project barriers
- Represent Energy Services professionally through written, verbal, and public-facing communication
Skills
- Bachelors degree in Business, Engineering or other related degree AND six (6) years related work experience
- In lieu of Bachelors degree(s) AND 6 years related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 10 year(s) related work experience
- Good written and interpersonal communication skills
- Problem solving, negotiation, project management and implementation skills
- Ability to work independently while guiding cross‑functional teams
- Commitment to Duke Energy's values: Safety, Integrity, Customer‑centricity, One Team, and Agility
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