How to apply for Project Success Lead

About Lumen Energy

Lumen Energy is a solar broker for large commercial real estate owners, turning rooftops and parking lots into solar and battery revenue. It uses a proprietary analysis tool called the Lux Engine and works with clients like Nuveen, Hines, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The team comes from Google X, Stem, Bain, Citi, and Arcadia, and is backed by Lowercarbon Capital and Designer Fund.

About the role

As Project Success Lead, you manage projects from lease signature to commercial operation date (COD). You coordinate site plan approvals, lender consents, structural diligence, incentive applications, and construction, working with the building owner and the solar developer. This role is the bridge between signed deals and operating clean energy assets.

A typical day

A typical day might involve checking in on multiple projects at different stages: following up on a site plan approval, reviewing a lender consent document, coordinating a structural diligence call, and tracking an incentive application. You would communicate with building owners, developers, and internal teams to remove blockers and keep projects moving toward commercial operation. The exact daily routine is not specified, so ask about team structure and typical workflows during interviews.

Who Lumen Energy is looking for

• Experience managing commercial solar or battery projects from contract to COD, including permitting, incentives, and construction milestones.
• Comfortable coordinating multiple stakeholders: building owners, developers, lenders, and internal teams.
• Strong project management skills with attention to detail and ability to track many parallel workstreams.
• Familiarity with commercial real estate diligence processes such as site plans, lender consents, and structural reviews.

Tips for this application

• Highlight specific projects you have taken from lease or contract signature through to commercial operation, including timelines and obstacles you resolved.
• Mention any experience with solar or battery incentive programs, such as those at the state or federal level, and how you managed applications.
• Show familiarity with commercial real estate stakeholders by describing interactions with owners, lenders, or property managers.
• Reference Lumen Energy's clients (Nuveen, Hines, J.P. Morgan Asset Management) and explain why serving large CRE portfolios interests you.
• Use the cover letter to describe how you would handle a specific bottleneck, like a delayed site plan approval or a lender consent issue.

What to cover in your cover letter

['Your track record of moving solar or battery projects from signed lease to COD, with concrete examples of projects and outcomes.', 'Your ability to manage multiple external parties—owners, developers, lenders—and keep them aligned on deadlines.', 'Your understanding of the commercial real estate context, including how owners think about rooftop and parking lot assets.', 'Why you want to work at a broker that uses data-driven analysis and competes developers to get the best terms for owners.']

Research before applying

• Read about Lumen Energy's Lux Engine and how it provides investment-grade analysis for commercial real estate owners.
• Look up the company's clients, such as Nuveen, Hines, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and understand their scale and sustainability goals.
• Research common steps in commercial solar project development: site plan approvals, lender consents, structural diligence, incentive applications, and construction.
• Find recent news or interviews about Lumen Energy's funding, partnerships, or project announcements to understand their current stage and priorities.

Likely interview topics

Based on the job description, expect questions about:

• Walk us through a solar project you managed from contract to COD. What were the biggest challenges and how did you overcome them?
• How do you handle a situation where a lender consent is delayed and it threatens the project timeline?
• What experience do you have with incentive applications for commercial solar or batteries?
• How would you coordinate between a building owner, a developer, and internal teams to keep a project on track?
• Why do you want to work at Lumen Energy specifically, and how does your background fit the Project Success Lead role?

Common mistakes to avoid

• Focusing only on residential solar experience without connecting it to commercial real estate or large-scale projects.
• Giving vague answers about project management without specific examples of projects you have led from start to finish.
• Ignoring the broker model and not showing understanding of how Lumen Energy works with developers and owners.