Project Finance Lead

Who we are:

Glydways is reimagining what public transit can be. We believe that mobility is the gateway to opportunity—connecting people to housing, education, employment, commerce, and care. By making transportation more accessible, affordable, and sustainable, we empower communities to thrive and unlock economic and social prosperity.

Our mission is to revolutionize transit with a solution that delivers high capacity, exceptional user experiences, unmatched affordability, and minimal environmental impact.

The Glydways system is a groundbreaking network of carbon-neutral, interconnected transit pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. Operating 24/7 with on-demand access, it offers personalized and efficient mobility—without the burden of heavy upfront infrastructure costs or ongoing taxpayer subsidies.

With Glydways, we're building more than a transportation system; we're creating a future where everyone, everywhere, has the freedom to move.

What We're Looking For:

We're hiring a project finance lead who has worked as a developer or investor and wants to apply that experience to bring high-impact autonomous transit systems to fruition. If you've spent a few years pursuing transit, toll roads, or energy infrastructure and want to work on category defining technology, this role is for you. You'll play a key role in delivering the first scalable autonomous transit systems in the world and you'll own project economics, modeling, and financing execution from project qualification through close. This is a high impact role with ownership across U.S. and international projects.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Project Financial Structuring & Analysis

• Build and own full project finance models: DCFs, fee structures, OpEx/CapEx cases, debt sizing, DSCR, IRR waterfalls, and sensitivities
• Turn design, construction, and operations inputs into clear commercial decisions
• Own the development and application financing and tax strategies to maximize project viability in diverse markets
• Develop pricing and bid strategy with commercial and executive leadership

Bid Development & Execution

• Run the finance workstream for RFQs, RFPs, negotiated procurements, and unsolicited proposals
• Draft financial content for submissions, investment committee papers, rating agency packages, and credit briefs

Investor, Lender & Partner Interface

• Work directly with infrastructure investors, rating agencies, lenders, and public advisors
• Support negotiations on term sheets, capital structure, and risk allocation
• Prepare materials that stand up to diligence and drive alignment across parties
• Drive our partners financial outputs and contributions to implement and/or protect Glydways project and corporate interests

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Partner with engineering, construction, product and operations to align scope, design, and risk with financial outcomes
• Work closely with Legal on HoldCo/ProjectCo structures, cross-border flows, and concession terms
• Bring structured PPP discipline to a fast paced startup environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 3–10+ years in P3 / PPP project finance at a developer or infrastructure fund owning deal success
• Experience with project bid cycles, RFP responses, financial modeling, and deal execution
• Advanced Excel modeling (project finance models, not corporate FP&A)
• Strong grasp of:
  • Capital structures (senior debt, mezz/subordinated, equity)
  • SPV / HoldCo project structures
  • Rating agency methodologies
  • Concession structures and risk allocation
• Clear communicator who can simplify complexity

Nice to have:

• Transportation, mobility, energy, or large civil infrastructure experience
• Experience closing complex or first of kind projects.

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment in California is expected in the range below.

$140,000-$200,000 USD plus stock options, commensurate with experience.

Glydways provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.