Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. mua Group operates electricity distribution, gas transportation, and regulated water and wastewater networks. The Senior Business Development Manager will lead strategic growth and asset acquisition initiatives across complex energy and infrastructure projects, including battery energy storage systems, data centres, and large industrial developments. The role is responsible for developing high-value opportunities, shaping commercial strategies, managing stakeholders, and coordinating internal teams through execution.
Responsibilities
- Lead the identification, origination and development of strategic-scale projects aligned with our IDNO and NAV asset growth strategy
- Drive early engagement with developers, investors, EPCs and end users to position mua as the preferred long-term network and asset partner
- Build and manage a robust pipeline of high-value opportunities across BESS, data centres and large industrial sites
- Lead commercial strategy for IDNO network adoption
- Develop and promote NAV asset propositions, ensuring projects are optimised for long-term regulated returns
- Work closely with internal engineering, commercial and regulatory teams to structure compliant, bankable solutions
- Demonstrate strong technical knowledge of electrical infrastructure, including EHV/HV/LV networks, grid connections and private wire arrangements
- Translate complex technical solutions into clear commercial value propositions for non-technical stakeholders
- Support financial modelling, asset valuation, and commercial negotiations on large-scale, multi-year projects
- Act as a senior representative of mua Group within the market, building long-term strategic relationships with key partners and clients
- Influence decision-makers across development, energy, infrastructure and investment communities
- Monitor market trends, regulatory developments and emerging technologies to inform strategy and opportunity development
- Work collaboratively with engineering, delivery, legal and finance teams to ensure seamless transition from opportunity to execution
- Mentor junior business development colleagues where appropriate, contributing to capability growth within the team
Skills
- For this role, it's essential that you have experience in a senior business development position within energy, infrastructure or utilities
- • Strategic, commercially astute and technically credible
- • A confident communicator with gravitas and strong relationship-building capability
- • Comfortable operating in ambiguity and shaping opportunities from early concept to delivery
- • Results-driven with a long-term, value-focused mindset
- • Strong working knowledge of IDNO models, contestable connections and NAV asset ownership
- • Demonstrable experience delivering or originating projects within BESS, data centres or large industrial developments
- • High level of technical competence with the ability to confidently engage with engineers and technical stakeholder
- • Strong commercial negotiation skills and experience structuring complex, high-value deals
- • Ability to operate autonomously and influence at senior stakeholder level
- • Experience working with investors, funds or asset owners in regulated or quasi-regulated environments
- • Understanding of UK electricity regulation (Ofgem, DNO interfaces, charging methodologies)
- • Background in strategic partnerships or long-term asset development rather than transactional sales
Benefits
- Home-based work arrangement with national travel to clients
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Extra holiday the longer you work for us
- Option to buy two additional days' holiday each year
- Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
- Above market rate contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay, and a maternity returner’s bonus
- Extra week's holiday when you’re getting married and a wedding bonus
- Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development
- Retail discounts and cashback
- Discounted gym memberships
- Cycle to work scheme
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