Origination Manager

Number of employees

300

Menlo Park, CA

Posted on: 2026-06-26

Category: energy

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Mainspring Energy is a power infrastructure company that designs and manufactures the Linear Generator, a novel primary power solution that delivers firm, flexible, and low-emissions electricity at the point of need. The company serves a wide range of markets including utilities, data centers, enterprise customers, and industrial operations, offering modular units that can be deployed quickly and scaled from hundreds of kilowatts to hundreds of megawatts. The Linear Generator is capable of operating on multiple fuels including natural gas, biogas, and field gas, and is designed to transition seamlessly to zero-carbon fuels over time.

About Mainspring

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power. The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities. Mainspring also partners with global energy leaders including AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, Schneider Electric, and more.

The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together:

  • Pragmatic Optimism
  • Excellence without Ego
  • Proactive Collaboration

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future. We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

Job Overview

As an Origination Manager, you will be the “deal shepherd” responsible for managing our commercial funnel. Our origination team is generating incredible momentum, and we need a commercially minded professional to step in, take the baton, and guide these high-value opportunities from early-stage discussions through contract execution and implementation.
 
Your mission is to maintain momentum, build trust with clients, and seamlessly coordinate internal technical, legal, and financial teams to get deals closed. To succeed, you should be just as comfortable on customer-facing calls as you are diving into a market model or reviewing a term sheet. If you are a continuous learner who wants deep mentorship, direct exposure to senior leadership, and the autonomy to manage complex, multi-stakeholder energy deals, this is the role for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deal Shepherding & Momentum: Act as the commercial driver moving newly identified generation opportunities through the development and contracting pipeline

  • Client Responsibilities & Coordination: Serve as a highly responsive, trusted point of contact for utilities (IOUs, Munis, and Co-ops), developers, and large energy buyers

  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinate internal stakeholders across engineering, regulatory, finance, legal, and operations to ensure technical and commercial alignment

  • Market & Technical Navigation: Navigate RTO/ISO frameworks, power market fundamentals, and transmission interconnection processes to support project delivery

  • Commercial Support: Support the structuring, negotiation, and implementation of PPAs, tolling agreements, capacity agreements, and related commercial documents

  • Storytelling & Reporting: Synthesize complex commercial, technical, and regulatory data into clean, executive-level presentations and narratives for senior leadership

  • Qualifications

  • 5–10+ years of total experience, with at least 3 years of transferable experience in power markets, generation development, utility commercial operations, project execution, or energy infrastructure110000

  • Fundamental Power Market Literacy: A strong grasp of organized power markets and ISO/RTO frameworks, including interconnection and transmission processes

  • Commercial & Technical Curiosity: Working knowledge of utility-scale thermal generation technologies and operational characteristics

  • Relationship & People Ability: High emotional intelligence, strong technical writing skills, and a proven track record of managing multi-stakeholder relationships

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Energy Policy, Engineering, or a related field that blends analytical thinking with effective communication

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