Staff Structured Origination Manager

Antora builds and deploys thermal energy storage to power always-on industrial operations and data centers with low-cost energy. Factory-built in California, Antora’s thermal batteries deliver reliable and cost-effective heat and power for industrial loads of any size. Antora is electrifying global industry while supporting U.S. manufacturing jobs, lowering costs for energy consumers, and enhancing the competitiveness of American industry.

We are growing our company with people who put team and mission first, value connection through laughter and joy, and build with humility and openness. We are committed to continue building a diverse, passionate, and creative team dedicated to a future where every industrial facility, everywhere on earth, is powered by abundant, clean, low-cost energy.

The Staff Structured Origination Manager will lead Antora’s efforts to identify, evaluate, acquire, and co-develop energy projects for long-duration energy storage (LDES) deployment. This role is uniquely focused on co-location strategies with renewable developers, identifying solar and wind projects in MISO, SPP, PJM, and other markets, and structuring complex, multi-party agreements that allow Antora to add storage to the grid.

A core part of this role is originating and structuring novel commercial agreements with renewable developers, enabling Antora to deliver value to its customers and generate strong risk-adjusted returns. The Senior Manager will sit at the intersection of M&A, energy markets, project development, and structured finance, building Antora’s pipeline of co-located storage projects through developer relationships, rigorous diligence, and creative deal structuring.

Roles & Responsibilities

Co-location Deal Origination & Developer Partnerships

• Developing and managing working relationships with renewable developers in target ISO/RTO markets across the US.

• Negotiate complex and novel agreements to govern co-development and co-location structures.

• Structure compensation mechanisms tied closely to Antora’s revenue opportunities that incentivize developers to work with Antora

• Negotiate the full subsidiary agreement suite in a co-location deal, including, but not limited to; Co-Location and Dispatch Coordination Agreements; and Shared Facilities Agreements;

• Ensure the structure protects the developer’s energy delivery obligations while enabling Antora to connect to the grid and monetize its LDES.

• Work with legal and interconnection teams to navigate co-location regulations as they evolve in markets across the US.

Project Evaluation & Acquisition

• Work with internal stakeholders to apply project scoring frameworks to prioritize opportunities based on site quality, development and interconnection status, market access, and strategic fit.

• Recommend purchase or partnership terms and deal structures; prepare investment memos for leadership review.

• Lead negotiations for project acquisitions including MIPAs, asset purchase agreements, and co-development term sheets.

• Sequence deal execution appropriately across offtake, siting, and development milestones.

Financial Modeling & Deal Economics

• Collaborate with finance to build out the project-level financial models that underpin acquisition decisions and deal structuring, including project IRRs, revenue projections,