Asset Manager

Intersect; United States; Hybrid; USD 188,500 - 205,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision

Unlimited PTO plus company-wide breaks

$150 monthly food stipend

Equity Grant in parent company

Family support up to 12 weeks paid parental leave

Job summary

Intersect is seeking an Asset Manager to maximize the long-term value and performance of a diverse portfolio of integrated power generation assets serving data center customers. This role is crucial in the clean energy transition, combining financial leadership with cross-functional collaboration across operations, trading, and finance.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and 5–7+ years in asset management or a related field, facilitating strategic decision-making and financial performance across multi-technology energy projects.

Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of experience in asset management or related role within energy or infrastructure industry.
• Experience managing operational assets with responsibility for financial performance.
• Strong financial analysis capabilities, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Drive financial performance and value optimization strategies for assigned operating assets.
• Partner with Trading, Operations, and Finance to maximize portfolio returns.
• Ensure compliance with complex commercial obligations and agreements.

Skills

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or related field

Job description

Location & Team Gatherings

Intersect has a fully flexible workplace. We are not strictly work‑from‑home, hybrid, or in‑office; we offer all options.

We connect as a team at our Team Week experiences four times a year and at our recently established Hub locations: SF Bay Area, NYC Metro Area (NY), Denver, CO, Austin, TX, Calgary, AB, and Toronto, ON.

We are currently looking for candidates located within 60 miles of any of the listed hubs.

Asset Manager

About This Role

As part of Intersect’s Asset Management team, you’ll help maximize the long‑term value, performance, and reliability of a portfolio of integrated power generation assets serving data center customers. These facilities combine solar, wind, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and natural gas generation technologies to deliver safe, reliable and cost‑effective power to some of the world’s most energy‑intensive operations.

You’ll serve as the commercial and financial owner of assigned assets throughout their operational lifecycle, partnering closely with Operations, Trading, Finance, Development and external stakeholders to optimize performance, manage risk and ensure compliance with project agreements. This role combines financial leadership, strategic problem‑solving, and cross‑functional collaboration to drive asset value creation across a complex and evolving energy infrastructure portfolio.

Team Overview

This team plays a critical role in advancing Intersect’s mission to accelerate the clean energy transition by maximizing the performance, value, and reliability of operating assets across our portfolio. Asset Management serves as the bridge between commercial, operational and financial functions, ensuring projects deliver on their expected returns while supporting long‑term customer and stakeholder commitments.

Working closely with Finance, Operations, Development, Trading and external partners, the team drives strategic decision‑making throughout the operational lifecycle of assets. Joining this team offers the opportunity to influence business outcomes, solve complex challenges, and contribute to the growth of innovative energy infrastructure projects at scale.

What You’ll Do

Drive Financial Performance

• Own the financial performance, cash position and value optimisation strategies for assigned operating assets.
• Develop, maintain and regularly update project budgets, forecasts, financial models and sensitivity analyses.
• Monitor revenue drivers, operating costs and key economic performance indicators that influence asset value.
• Analyse operational and financial variances, identify root causes and develop corrective action plans to improve performance.

Optimize Asset Value

• Partner with Trading, Operations and Finance teams to improve commercial outcomes and maximise portfolio returns.
• Support asset optimisation initiatives through financial analysis, business case development and strategic recommendations.
• Contribute to refinancing activities, capital projects, acquisitions, divestitures and other value‑enhancing opportunities.
• Evaluate risks and opportunities that impact long‑term asset performance and investment returns.

Manage Commercial Obligations

• Ensure compliance with PPAs, O&M agreements, LTSAs, financing agreements, warranties, interconnection agreements, land agreements and shared infrastructure contracts.
• Monitor compliance with federal, state and market‑based incentive programmes, including tax credits and environmental attributes.
• Support contract negotiations, amendments, renewals and commercial discussions to protect and enhance asset value.
• Maintain strong working relationships with lenders, investors, customers, vendors and internal stakeholders.

Enhance Operational Performance

• Monitor project performance against financial, operational and commercial objectives.
• Identify emerging technical, operational or commercial issues and coordinate resolution strategies with cross‑functional teams.
• Support project transitions from development and construction into commercial operations.
• Ensure operational readiness and effective hand‑offs throughout the asset lifecycle.

Support Data Center Power Solutions

• Develop expertise in data center power requirements, reliability expectations and customer priorities.
• Understand the technical and commercial characteristics of integrated solar, wind, BESS and natural gas facilities serving data center customers.
• Monitor industry trends, customer needs and market developments that may impact asset performance and valuation.
• Provide insights that support long‑term strategic planning and customer success.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field.
• 5–7+ years of experience in asset management, project development, project finance, commercial management, project administration or a related role within the energy or infrastructure industry.
• Experience managing operational assets with direct responsibility for financial performance and business outcomes.
• Strong financial analysis capabilities, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and financial modelling.
• Experience reviewing, managing, negotiating and administering complex commercial agreements.
• Excellent analytical, communication, project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with multi‑technology energy projects, ERCOT or other ISO/RTO markets and data center customers is highly valued.

Total Rewards

Total Compensation: $188,500 - $205,400 (total compensation includes base salary + bonus in USD)

Equity: Beyond your salary, you’ll receive an Equity Grant, giving you a meaningful stake in our parent company.

Health & Wellness: 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental and vision.

Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO plus two company‑wide breaks (Fourth of July and end of year).

Family support: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus six additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning and family care support through Carrot and Maven.

Mental health: Free access to Spring Health, including five free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through Wellhub+.

Perks & extras: $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly company‑paid credits, ActiveHero and One Medical.

Intersect maintains a work environment free from discrimination, one where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling Intersect's commitment to equal employment opportunity. Intersect does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by and consistent with applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs and discipline.