Business Development Manager

About the role

You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders across the Colombian, Ecuadorian, and South Triangle power markets, monitor market developments, and identify potential power generation opportunities. You will collaborate with internal teams to align market needs with Siemens Energy’s technology portfolio and support the structured development of opportunities through the early phases of the project lifecycle.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and support the development of gas‑turbine‑based power generation opportunities across Colombia, Ecuador, and the South Triangle region (Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua).
• Engage with utilities, IPPs, industrial customers, EPCs, institutional stakeholders, and industry participants to build and advance project opportunities.
• Assess project value drivers, customer needs, regulatory considerations, and commercial frameworks to define effective development strategies.
• Contribute to project shaping activities, including technology positioning and early‑stage opportunity structuring.
• Monitor market, regulatory, and investment developments across the Andean and Central American power sectors to identify emerging opportunities.
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the power generation value chain and coordinate closely with Sales, Application Engineering, Government Affairs, and local management teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in power generation project development within Latin America, with exposure to Colombia, Ecuador, and/or Central America.
• Strong understanding of power markets, regulatory frameworks, utilities, IPPs, and industrial energy consumers across the assigned region.
• Proven experience identifying, developing, and advancing energy infrastructure opportunities from concept through commercial structuring.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to evaluate project bankability, stakeholder interests, and key business drivers.
• Fluent in Spanish and English, with availability to travel extensively (approximately 60–80%) across the assigned countries.

What we offer

• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Encouraging work culture and a healthy work‑life balance.
• Flexible benefits and savings programs.
• Opportunities to contribute to social responsibility initiatives.
• Diversity and inclusivity focused environment.
• Collaborative and international work environment supporting innovation and energy transformation.