The Company The energy industry is entering one of the most significant periods of growth and transformation in its history. Meeting the nation’s growing demand for reliable electricity will require new ideas, new infrastructure, and talented people committed to building for the future. At Cypress Creek Energy, we’re meeting that challenge by developing and operating the energy infrastructure needed to power communities, support economic opportunity, and strengthen resilience.

We believe our responsibility extends beyond the grid and that how we build matters just as much as what we build. That same commitment extends to our employees. We invest in professional growth, encourage collaboration across teams, and provide opportunities to take ownership, expand your expertise, and advance your career.

Our culture is grounded in safety, accountability, respect, and a shared commitment to deliver results. Join us and help meet one of the most important energy challenges of our time while building a rewarding career. Overview The Senior Director/VP, Origination owns CCE’s market-facing origination function.

You will lead a lean team primarily covering utility, Data Centers and near-term power market segments across North America, serve as a senior face of CCE to the market, and hold the relationships that drive commercial pipeline. This is a player-coach role, you remain active in market alongside leading the team, and you partner closely with BD, Strategy and Commercial Structuring as the front end of the commercial machine. The right person understands power trading and hedging as fluently as utility procurement cycles, brings a network that opens doors, and can manage the full customer lifecycle from first contact through to deal execution.

Responsibilities

Market strategy and intelligence Own market coverage strategy across all the markets the company serves in the US Define priority states in collaboration with economic development and site selection teams; stay ahead of IRP cycles, large load tariff developments, interconnection queue movements and regulatory shifts Leverage CCE’s greenfield pipeline/ M A pipeline and existing fleet to structure value-added solutions for customers, bridging near-term asset opportunities with long-dated commercial relationships Synthesize customer feedback and competitive intelligence and communicate it back into the organization to inform pipeline strategy, development decisions and product positioning Customer relationships Build and maintain Senior and relevant level relationships with IOUs, electric co-ops, municipal utilities, Hyperscalers, Data Centers and C I customers pursuing innovative commercial structures for renewable and gas supply; manage the full relationship lifecycle from qualification through to deal activation Serve as a senior face of CCE at industry conferences, RTO stakeholder meetings and utility working groups; act as executive sponsor on key accounts during active deal phases Deal origination and execution Lead origination of utility offtake opportunities across solar, BESS, gas and hybrid configurations — PPAs, VPPAs, ESAs, build-transfer structures and bilateral hedges depending on customer need Own short-term and near-term power market origination as a distinct commercial function — bilateral hedges, short-term PPAs, capacity agreements and structured trades Apply energy trading and hedging experience to read near-term price signals, optimize asset value and structure transactions.