Associate Director/Director of Project Development

Join Wunder, a rapidly growing renewable energy company, as an Associate Director/Director of Project Development. In this role, you will drive solar projects forward, unblock bottlenecks, improve delivery systems, and ensure outcomes across our national portfolio. You will collaborate with execution and technology teams to leverage Wunder's proprietary software platform and exceed customer expectations. This position is designed for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings order to chaos, and wants to help scale Wunder's commercial solar deployment to gigawatt scale.

• Driving solar projects forward, unblocking bottlenecks, improving delivery systems, and ensuring outcomes across the national portfolio.
• Collaborating deeply with execution and technology teams cross-functionally to leverage proprietary software platform to accelerate project delivery.
• Anticipating and mitigating risks that could impact timeline or cost, while identifying patterns and operational insights across the portfolio.
• You Are The Best Executor You Know - You have 5–7+ years of managing complex projects, teams, and cross-functional initiatives and have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding critical business goals
• You seek to understand market norms for what they can teach us, but you’re an independent thinker who knows the market hasn’t solved the problems we’re tackling
• If you do have any solar experience, you’re ready to leave it at the door and challenge your own assumptions
• You Believe That No Problem is Too Hard - In an industry where people are constantly stuck, we find ways to get it done
• You create organization from chaos
• Wunder does things differently
• You’re Detail Oriented & Organized - You’re meticulous and take a “zero defect” approach to problem solving and deliverables
• You can react quickly and efficiently when called upon to change or pivot
• Communication Is Your Superpower - You know what to say, when to say it, and who needs to hear it
• When things break, you rebuild them stronger
• You adapt your communication style to the stakeholder needs and can seamlessly shift from external partner management to internal executive presentations with ease
• You strive for operational excellence in everything you do and elevate your team and colleagues to do the same
• You turn problems into clear plans and drive them forward with urgency and precision
• You Thrive In Ambiguity - When there’s no roadmap, you draw one
• You Have A Beginner's Mind - You don’t have experience in solar—and that’s a plus
• You find new and effective ways to streamline and create processes to increase efficiency
• You approach every task with the ambition to learn and evolve
• You’re hungry to solve hard problems from first principles
• Your growth mindset is evident in your ability to question the status quo and drive forward with creative and effective solutions that push the boundaries of what's possible in solar development
• You know how to articulate and roll out solutions, recognizing there are many solutions to the same problem
• You Have A Team Ethos - You thrive in a creative, inventive, fast-paced rapid-growth environment, with people who are passionate about their work and mission
• You think in repeatable frameworks, not one-offs
• You Have A Growth Mindset - You’re not just open to new ideas, you actively seek them out
• You’re not just excited to work cross-functionally, you crave it
• You're Flexible, a Quick Responder - The problem we’re trying to solve as an organization is dynamic and each day brings fresh and exciting challenges
• You understand the goal of a project, break it down into workable components, track the work, the risks, the timelines, and the people, and do it all while keeping stakeholders well-informed throughout the process
• You see the forest and the trees