Lender Partnership Manager

ABOUT EIP Energy Infrastructure Partners LLC (EIP) is a minority-owned business specializing in energy efficiency, electrification, decarbonization, and demand-side management programs. With offices in New York, Illinois, California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, EIP combines national reach with local market understanding. Our work advances sustainable energy solutions, supports economic development, and prioritizes benefits for disadvantaged communities. As a leader in clean energy program implementation and consulting, EIP is proud to help clients achieve meaningful environmental and economic outcomes through innovative, high-impact projects. Position Description EIP is seeking a highly motivated Lender Partnership Manager / Program Manager to lead EIP's delivery of an energy efficiency financing initiative on behalf of a major Pennsylvania investor-owned utility company. This hybrid role combines lender partnership development with overall program management and financing-program product ownership. The successful candidate will recruit, educate, and support national, regional, and local financing providers while also managing and continuously improving the program so financing helps move more viable energy efficiency and clean energy projects from opportunity to implementation. The Lender Partnership Manager / Program Manager will build and maintain a diverse network of banks, community development financial institutions (CDFIs), credit unions, equipment finance companies, specialty finance providers, and other lenders. The role will work with each lender to understand the customers and projects they finance, geographic coverage, deal size, product structure, underwriting parameters, and other criteria needed to determine where each financing provider is the best fit. The role will also educate lenders on energy efficiency project economics, including how reduced energy consumption and operating costs can improve customer cash flow and project affordability. As EIP's program lead, this position will own the day-to-day design, management, and refinement of the financing offering and matching desk. Responsibilities include establishing lender and referral workflows, defining matching criteria, coordinating the contractor-facing outreach function, monitoring conversion and financing outcomes, identifying market gaps, and using feedback from lenders, contractors, customers, the prime implementation contractor, and utility sponsor to improve the program. The role will serve as EIP's primary day-to-day program contact with the prime contractor and utility sponsor and will coordinate program reporting, meetings, performance management, invoicing inputs, and other internal administrative requirements. The ideal candidate combines commercial lending experience with strong project management, partnership development, and problem-solving skills. This person should be comfortable building a new market-facing program, translating between lenders and the energy efficiency market, using data to improve performance, and balancing strategic program development with hands-on execution. Participating lenders retain responsibility for their own credit, underwriting, and lending decisions. Objectives of this Role • Program and Product Management: Own and continuously refine EIP's financing program model, processes, tools, and matching function to maximize the number of viable energy efficiency and clean energy projects that advance to implementation. • Lender Recruitment and Network Development: Identify, engage, recruit, and maintain a diverse network of national, regional, and local financing providers with products that fit program customers and project types. • Lender Qualification, Education, and Support: Understand lender products and underwriting requirements, educate lenders on energy efficiency project economics and utility program delivery, and support effective participation in the financing network. • Matching Desk and Team Coordination: Manage the lender side of the financing matching desk and coordinate the contractor-facing outreach function so qualified opportunities are routed efficiently to appropriate financing providers. • Client and Program Management: Serve as EIP's day-to-day program lead with the prime implementation contractor and utility sponsor, coordinating priorities, approvals, performance, reporting, meetings, and issue resolution. • Performance and Financial Management: Establish and track program KPIs, referral and conversion outcomes, lender participation, and internal administrative and financial requirements, including invoicing inputs and performance reporting. • Market Intelligence and Continuous Improvement: Identify financing gaps, lender appetite, borrower and contractor barriers, and emerging opportunities, and use those insights to improve program design, lender coverage, customer experience, and market impact. Daily and Monthly Responsibilities • Manage and Refine the Financing Program: Own day-to-day program operations and continuously improve the financing product, referral process, matching criteria, tools, workflows, and partner experience based on performance data and market feedback. • Recruit Financing Partners: Conduct targeted outreach to banks, CDFIs, credit unions, equipment finance companies, specialty finance providers, and other lenders to build a diverse financing network. • Qualify Lenders and Map Products: Meet with prospective and participating lenders to understand financing products, borrower profiles, project preferences, deal sizes, geographic coverage, underwriting requirements, approval processes, and other participation criteria. • Onboard, Train, and Support Lenders: Develop and deliver lender onboarding and training on the energy efficiency program, eligible project types, project economics, referral processes, and expectations for participation in the network. • Manage Lender Relationships: Maintain regular commu