Entry Level Renewable Energy Business Development Jobs

Imagine a future where you help shape the growth of renewable energy across the Americas through investment analysis, commercial strategy, and transaction execution.
Join us in this role where you'll support M&A and business development activities across a diverse portfolio of renewable energy opportunities. You'll work on complex transactions, build financial and valuation models, manage diligence workstreams, and provide commercial insights that help drive investment decisions and accelerate Ørsted's growth ambitions across the Americas.
Welcome to Commercial
You'll be part of the M&A & Business Development team where you together with your colleagues will identify, assess, and execute investment opportunities across wind, solar, storage, and emerging technologies. You'll work closely with stakeholders across Development, Origination, Finance, Legal, Tax, Trading, and Commercial Structuring while gaining exposure to every stage of the transaction lifecycle. As a team, we're ambitious, collaborative, and commercially driven. We challenge ideas, support each other's development, and work together to create value through thoughtful analysis and disciplined execution.
You'll play an important role in:

• screening and evaluating M&A and business development opportunities across renewable energy markets
• building and maintaining valuation and financial models to support investment and commercial decisions
• managing due diligence processes and coordinating internal and external stakeholders
• developing commercial analyses and recommendations that optimize project economics and risk profiles
• supporting the pricing, structuring, and risk assessment of revenue contracts and commercial agreements
• participating directly in the execution and closing of M&A and business development transactions.

To succeed in the role, you:

• have experience within investment banking, corporate finance, M&A, business development, renewable energy, or a similar commercial environment
• possess advanced financial modelling and analytical skills and enjoy solving complex commercial problems
• understand the key drivers of value in renewable energy, infrastructure, or project-based investments
• can synthesize information from multiple sources and translate analysis into clear recommendations
• build strong relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
• hold a degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.

Maybe you've read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don't quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.
Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a growing green energy major and a global leader in climate action. With us, you'll play a part in driving change towards a green energy future. You'll grow your talent in a fast-paced and high-growth industry where you have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop through challenging assignments and industry-leading experts. Here, you can perform in a friendly work environment based on trust, respect, and collaboration.
Shape the future with us
Send your application to us as soon as possible. We'll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we've found the right candidate.
As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.
Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.
Position salary range:
The salary range for this position is USD $98,000.00 to USD $125,000.00.
Our salary ranges are based on position level and reflect the cost of labor across multiple U.S geographic markets. Individual pay within the range is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can provide more details about the applicable salary range during the hiring process.
Variable Compensation: Our total rewards package may include discretionary short-term and long-term incentive opportunities based on your pay band and performance. These may be changed or suspended based on the sole discretion of the company
Our benefits package: For this position for employees who meet eligibility requirements are: fully paid premium for family insurance coverage for health, life, dental, and visions; flexible spending accounts; health savings accounts; short- and long-term disability insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; 18 weeks or an hourly equivalent of parental leave with an additional short-term disability benefit of 6-8 weeks or an hourly equivalent for the birthing parent; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with up to 5 % employer match; commuting benefits; 7 paid sick days per year; 20 paid time-off days; 13 annual paid holidays; 16 hours of volunteer time-off; and a monthly book benefit from Amazon of up to USD 25.
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Join a global leader in renewable energy
Ørsted is a global leader in offshore wind and is one of the largest renewable energy companies in the world. With us, you'll play your part in creating a world that runs entirely on green energy. As a leading green energy company, we leverage the curiosity and passion of our people to innovate and develop new technologies or bring existing technologies to scale, collaborating with governments, suppliers, and our industry partners to make renewable energy solutions a reality. At Ørsted, we work together with openness and respect and seek fresh perspectives to solve any task at hand: big or small.
About Ørsted

• We provide countries, companies, and communities with sustainable, reliable, and cost-competitive energy solutions, including offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, and energy storage.
• Our vision is to create a world that runs entirely on green energy.
• We built the world's first offshore wind farm, Vindeby in Denmark, in 1991, and completed the world's largest, Hornsea 2 in the UK, in 2022.
• We were founded in Denmark in 2006 and now have approximately 8,000 employees, working in 15 countries and counting.

An inclusive team
At Ørsted, we strive to be an inclusive workplace where you're respected for who you are, valued for the unique perspectives you bring, and rewarded fairly for what you achieve. We want all employees to have the same opportunities for impact and growth, no matter their age, race, ethnicity, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
Application deadline
September 8, 2026
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