# Director of Origination

**Company:** [Rockstar](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/jbRYg9atacEJ6mcBX4diTZ.md)
**Location:** Los Angeles, United States
**Workplace:** hybrid

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## Description

Rockstar is recruiting for a leading clean energy finance company that is revolutionizing tax credit transactions for clean energy projects. Since 2024, they have partnered with major corporations to unlock over $8 billion in clean energy investment, including some of the industry's largest transactions. They are a consistently profitable, mission-driven company with a strong focus on long-term growth and a talented team from top clean energy firms. Their culture values creativity, collaboration, excellence, and speed.

### About the Company

The company is transforming the way clean energy projects are financed.

-   Since 2024, the tax credit transfer business has partnered with major corporations to unlock over $8 billion in clean energy investment, including some of the industry's largest transactions
-   The compliance business is building disruptive software for developers to track operations and ensure regulatory compliance
-   The company has built a consistently profitable business, focused on building for the long term
-   It raised a small seed round of funding in 2023 and has since repaid its investors in full
-   It does not have pressure from VCs or outside investors to chase short-term targets, giving it the autonomy to focus on building a great long-term business
-   A laser focus on solving tough problems has resulted in repeat customers and strong profitability since 2024
-   The company has built a mission-driven culture that values creativity, collaboration, excellence, and speed without sacrificing fun
-   The talented team includes experienced leaders from SunEdison, SolarCity, Tesla, GoodLeap, and other clean energy companies, and it is consistently amazed by what its 30+ person team of experts can accomplish
-   The company looks for curious, smart, and kind colleagues with an entrepreneurial streak (it has quite a few ex-entrepreneurs on its team)
-   It's a great place to learn from energy finance experts and play a critical role in deploying clean energy technologies such as battery storage, nuclear, manufacturing, solar, and wind

### About the Role

As the company scales rapidly to meet demand, it is looking for an execution-driven **Director, Origination** to lead high-impact transactions and uncover new growth opportunities through partnerships.

This is a high-upside opportunity for a deal-maker at heart who thrives in high-stakes negotiations, working alongside leadership on the company's most important transactions and partnerships. This role requires sharp analytical instincts with a bias for action: someone who takes ownership, moves fast, and delivers on large, complex projects.

### What You'll Do

**Lead strategic transactions**

-   Serve as a trusted advisor to tax and finance leaders at Fortune 500 companies, guiding them through their first or largest tax credit purchases
-   Source, qualify, and prioritize origination opportunities across clean energy developers and manufacturers
-   Own the negotiation of complex, multi-hundred-million-dollar tax credit transactions, keeping deals on track and resolving issues proactively

**Build partnerships and pipeline**

-   Build the partnership playbook, defining who to engage, how, and when
-   Manage and grow a book of relationships with tax credit investors, project developers, and industry partners
-   Represent the company at industry events and client visits
-   Translate market feedback into recommendations that sharpen the company's origination strategy and offerings

### What You'll Need

-   **7+ years** of experience in a fast-paced, deal-focused environment such as financial services or a fast-growing startup
-   Track record of owning outcomes, spotting issues early, and driving solutions in customer-facing environments
-   Experience leading complex negotiations or transactions from first conversation to close
-   Very high attention to detail paired with sharp written and verbal communication
-   A growth mindset and the drive to go above and beyond: someone who seeks out steep learning curves and runs toward big challenges

**Note:** The company is an equal opportunity employer. You're encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't line up exactly with the job description.

### Nice to Haves

-   Professional experience in clean energy finance

### Why Join?

-   Help scale one of the most exciting and impactful clean energy finance companies
-   Work directly with experienced founders and a top-tier team
-   Competitive compensation, equity, and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance
-   Travel to company offsites 2-3x per year to meet teammates in person
-   Flexible PTO plan

### Location

The company is remote-first, but for this role it prefers a candidate located in **San Francisco, CA**, **Los Angeles, CA**, or **Seattle, WA**.
