Commercial Director

The Opportunity

Reporting tothe VP ofStrategic Finance, the Commercial Directorwill run the end-to-end process to move complex, multi-stakeholder transactions from proposal/LOI through contracting and toward execution. Our deals often involve multiple parties, customers, development partners, asset owners/investors, and contractors, and this role is central to “threading the needle” across stakeholders while preserving Peak Power’s economics and ensuring agreements are financeable and executable.

You’llown the commercial process for specific transactions (divided across the commercial/strategic finance team), drive internal coordination and external momentum, and escalatewhen decisions or exceptions arerequired. This is a high-visibility role with meaningful impact on deal velocity, deal quality, and organizational scalability.

Deliver.You are accountable for keeping multiple transactions moving forward with clarity, structure, and momentum.

• Own the end-to-end commercial process for a portfolio of transactions (assigned deal-by-deal), includingenergy services, partnerships,EPC,andasset-salerelated workstreams.

• Drive the transaction plan: stakeholders, timeline, dependencies, open issues, risks, and next actions,ensuring nothing stalls due to unclear ownership or missing inputs.

• Collaborate acrosstheStrategic Finance, Legal,Operationsand Developmentteamsto drive a single, aligned company position on commercial terms, obligations, and economics.

• Participateininternal and externalmeetings to advance negotiation, align on issues, and close loops with counterparties.

• Maintain structured deal artifacts and ensure decisions are documented and communicated.

Report.You createvisibilityso leadership and teams know what’s happening and what decisions are needed.

• Provide clear status reporting across active deals: what changed,what’sat risk, what requires decisions, andwhat’sneeded to progress.

• Surface bottlenecks and recurring blockers across transactions and propose practical process improvements to increase speed, consistency, and predictability.

Collaborate.You have strong interpersonal and communication skills to enable effective operations that require input, buy-in, and execution across stakeholders.

• Partner closely withLegal,Sales and Commercial leadership to ensure transactions are structured in ways that preserve economics and enable execution.

• Bring high EQ and strong stakeholder management across diverse personalities and functions, specifically under pressure and shifting priorities.

Grow.You strengthen the system, not just the deal in front of you.

• Help improve and standardize templates, workflows, and best practices to reduce rework and reliance on “heroics.”

• Bring comfort with GenAI tools: use them (appropriately and securely) to accelerate drafting, summarization, issue tracking, and stakeholder updates. Youdon’tneed to be an expert, butcuriousabout new tech andleveragingthese tools.

What you bring to Peak Power

The experience.

• 5+ years of experience running commercial / transaction processes in complex deal environments (distributedenergy, infrastructure, renewables, storage, or similarly complex B2B contexts).

• You have broad commercial experience, and ideally a specialty in one domain (e.g., contracting/legal, project finance, or project development)

• Strong contracting fluency and comfort engaging directly with counterparties; able to translate business needs into clear positions and documentation.

• Strong project management capability: you can manage multiple workstreams in parallel and keep momentum across internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to understand economic tradeoffsand howterms affectfinanceabilityandprojecteconomics).

The drive and curiosity.

• You have a roll up your sleeves attitude and are motivated to solve problems and support team success. You are passionate aboutcontributing toinnovative solutions to climate change.

The flexibility.

• You are flexible to adapt your activities as needed to support evolving team priorities in a rapidly changing business environment. You are comfortable with ambiguity and are willing to figure things out when there is no clear, defined path or process outlined. You have proactiveness inidentifyingproblems& findingsolutions.

So why Peak Power?

We’re focused on solving problems that impact energy markets both locally and around the world. We are a growth-stage clean technology company that has partnered with major names in real estate, electricity, and smart city spaces. To work with us is not only to work with an exciting company, but to also be on the cutting edge of the global transition to distributed, clean, and carbon-free energy.

How we invest in our team:

• Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI). We believe in driving a better energy future through focused efforts towards understanding and improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
• You’re Covered. Comprehensive benefits from Day 1.
• Work/Life Balance. Generous and flexible vacation and sick/wellness days to make time for personal appointments and taking a mental health break.
• We’re Listening. We take internal engagement surveys seriously and make actionable changes based on feedback.
• Keep Learning. Sharpen your skills through continuous development paid for by Peak Power.
• Get Social. Fun activities including team events and game nights to stay connected both virtually and in person including fun Slack channels that celebrate our love of food, fitness, fashion, furry friends, and everything in between!
• Long Weekends Start Early. Beat the traffic to the cottage or curl up with your favourite book, start early with half days off before long weekends.