CBO (Chief BESS Officer)

Greetings!!

KP Group is currently hiring for C level leadership role for Matar, Gujarat (near by Vadodara)

About KP Group:

KP Group is a Gujarat-based, diversified business group founded in 1994 b. Over the past three decades, the Group has grown into a leading player in the renewable energy and infrastructure sector, with businesses spanning Solar, Wind, Hybrid Power, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), Green Hydrogen, and Engineering & Infrastructure.

Through companies such as KPI Green Energy, KP Energy, and KP Green Engineering, the Group is developing and executing large-scale clean-energy projects across India. KP Group currently has a 9.2+ GW renewable energy portfolio and has set an ambitious target of reaching 10+ GW by 2030.

In the BESS segment, KP Group is expanding into utility-scale energy storage to support grid stability, peak-load management, and reliable renewable power supply. Recently, KPI Green Energys subsidiary executed an agreement with GUVNL for 445 MW / 890 MWh of standalone BESS projects, marking a significant step in the Groups energy-storage business.

Role Purpose:-

• The Chief BESS Officer (CBO) is the technical, operational, and financial

architect of the BESS Integration Business Unit, with full P&L ownership

for a 5 GWh grid-scale energy storage platform.

• The role owns end-to-end BESS system integration from electrical

architecture, power electronics, and safety systems to assembly

automation, grid compliance, and mass-scale deployment while serving

as the primary bridge between R&D, Manufacturing, EPC, and Grid

Authorities.

• This position is accountable for transforming prototype BESS designs

into industrialized, certifiable, and bankable systems deployed at MWscale.

Responsibilities:-

• Lead the end-to-end BESS integration business, including system architecture, engineering, manufacturing, testing and deployment.
• Own the business and P&L for a large-scale BESS platform, including cost, margins, CAPEX/OPEX and commercial inputs.
• Drive BESS system architecture covering PCS, BMS, EMS, electrical systems, protection, thermal management and grid interfaces.
• Lead the transition of BESS solutions from R&D/prototype stage to pilot and mass production, ensuring manufacturability, quality and scalability.
• Establish and oversee BESS manufacturing, assembly and automation capabilities at GWh scale.
• Ensure system safety, validation, grid compliance and certification, working closely with utilities, regulators and certification bodies.
• Oversee MW-scale BESS project execution, coordinating engineering, manufacturing, logistics and EPC activities to deliver on schedule, quality, safety and cost.
• Drive system reliability, performance, warranty and lifecycle improvement, while building and leading high-caliber BESS engineering and operations teams.

Experience Required

• 1825 years of overall experience, with significant experience in BESS / Energy Storage, Power Electronics, High Voltage Energy Systems, Power Systems or related energy infrastructure.
• Proven experience in MW-scale / utility-scale grid-connected BESS projects.
• Strong expertise in BESS system integration, power electronics and grid integration.
• Experience across engineering, system architecture, manufacturing/industrialization and project execution.
• Demonstrated experience in business leadership, P&L ownership and managing complex cross-functional teams.
• Experience in R&D-to-mass production, BESS safety, grid compliance, validation and lifecycle performance.
• Experience working with utilities, EPC partners, regulators, certification bodies and other strategic stakeholders.

Regards

Recruitment Team

KP Group