Senior Corporate Counsel

Location Voltus is a fully-remote company, however, the candidate must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.

Key Responsibilities Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of energy and commercial contracts, including battery energy storage system (BESS) agreements, tolling agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnection agreements, BESS equipment supply agreements, battery-specific safety, decommissioning, and end-of-life obligations, and other distributed energy resource contracts

Serve as senior legal advisor on structuring, negotiating, and closing battery storage and other energy storage transactions, working closely with commercial, engineering, and finance teams

Advise the sales and partnership teams on legal implications, risks, and opportunities associated with various commercial structures under consideration, and support those teams in achieving commercial objectives consistent with legal risk tolerance

Provide substantive guidance on regulatory and market-specific issues affecting energy storage and demand response transactions across ISO/RTO markets (e.g., PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO), including storage participation models under FERC Order Nos. 841 and 2222

Utilize and build upon deep knowledge of legal issues relating to energy regulatory matters, IP, data use, privacy, and labor and employment law

Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, training, and operational guidance for storage and commercial contracting

Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the legal team on contract negotiation and energy industry matters

Work closely with teams across sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering to ensure terms align with company objectives and priorities

Help develop processes to ensure ongoing compliance with contractual commitments and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice to help client teams navigate issues that may arise

Define and implement best practices around workflow and process to further scale the legal department

Assist with ad-hoc legal matters as needed

Desired Qualifications Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; strong academic credentials

Minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in the energy industry (required)

Direct experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts and related transactions (required)

Extensive experience drafting, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnership, and product agreements

Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks governing distributed energy resources and energy storage

Experience with behind-the-meter or C&I-sited storage, and with storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets is strongly preferred

Strong problem solving, innovation, and collaboration skills, as well as business acumen

Ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues

Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail

Able to perform quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multitask and manage deadlines

Experience working in Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign strongly preferred but not required