Application Guide
How to Apply for Business Development Lead (DSO Flexibility Services)
at Iberdrola
🏢 About Iberdrola
Iberdrola, through SP Energy Networks (SPEN), is accelerating America's clean energy transition with sustainable power and industry-leading ethical practices. What makes this company unique is its vital role in delivering the UK Government's Net Zero and Low Carbon targets through innovative flexibility services that transform how customers interact with energy. Working here means contributing directly to cleaner generation, faster electrification, and consumer-driven energy solutions.
About This Role
As Business Development Lead for DSO Flexibility Services, you'll grow participation in SPEN Flexibility markets by engaging with market participants from aggregators to large generators. This role is impactful because flexibility services help manage dynamic energy networks, defer network investments, and support the UK's ambitious climate targets by incentivizing customers to adjust energy usage at optimal times.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day involves analyzing market participation data, developing strategies to engage new flexibility service providers, and meeting with aggregators and generators to grow SPEN's flexibility markets. You'll collaborate with the Distribution System Operation team to align business development activities with network needs and regulatory requirements, while tracking progress toward clean energy and Net Zero objectives.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Iberdrola Is Looking For
- Has proven business development experience in energy markets, particularly with flexibility services, demand response, or distributed energy resources
- Demonstrates understanding of Distribution System Operator (DSO) functions and how flexibility markets operate within regulatory frameworks like Net Zero targets
- Possesses strong relationship-building skills to engage diverse stakeholders including aggregators, generators, and domestic customers
- Can articulate how flexibility services support network investment deferral and cleaner energy integration
📝 Tips for Applying to Iberdrola
Quantify your experience with flexibility markets or demand response programs - mention specific MW capacities, participant numbers, or market growth you've achieved
Reference SPEN's specific flexibility service markets and how your background aligns with their network investment deferral and clean energy integration goals
Demonstrate understanding of the UK's Net Zero targets and how DSO flexibility services contribute to these government objectives
Highlight any experience working with aggregators acting on behalf of domestic customers, as this is specifically mentioned in the job description
Tailor your application to show how you've grown market participation in regulated energy environments, not just commercial energy sales
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your specific experience developing flexibility markets or demand response programs in the energy sector', "How you've successfully grown market participation with diverse stakeholders (aggregators to large generators)", 'Your understanding of how flexibility services support network investment deferral and clean energy integration', "Why SPEN's role in delivering Net Zero targets through flexibility services aligns with your professional goals"]
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → SP Energy Networks' current flexibility service markets and published participation data
- → The UK Government's Net Zero and Low Carbon targets and how DSOs like SPEN contribute to them
- → Iberdrola's global clean energy transition strategy and how SPEN fits within it
- → Recent Ofgem regulations and policies affecting flexibility services in the UK energy market
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with generic energy sales experience without demonstrating specific knowledge of flexibility markets or DSO functions
- Failing to connect your experience to SPEN's specific goals of network investment deferral and Net Zero target delivery
- Not understanding the difference between commercial energy sales and regulated flexibility service market development
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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