Solar Asset Performance & Value Assurance Lead

Qcells USA Corp.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. seeks an Asset Performance and Value Assurance Manager to protect and maximize the value of TPO assets, owning end-to-end performance obligations and value realization across the portfolio.

You will coordinate with Servicing, Asset Management, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external vendors, based in Irvine, SF, Santa Clara, or Teaneck with potential remote consideration for exceptional cases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, operations, or related field or equivalent practical experience in operations, financial services, project management, or data-driven roles and 5-8 years of work experience in asset management, operations related to energy services.
• Experience managing performance driven contractual obligations (e.g., guarantees, SLAs, incentives, and/or revenue-sharing structures).
• Proven experience within the solar industry and the end‑to‑end understanding of TPO products from customer contract to asset monitoring or servicing
• Ability to lead cross functionally while meeting operational and business goals and objectives.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with demonstrated ability to quantify exposure and prevent value leakage.
• Proven ability to build and operate process-driven programs with clear controls and accountability.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Own ongoing performance oversight for TPO in-service assets, ensuring assets perform in line with contractual, programmatic, and financial expectations.
• Establish and maintain performance benchmarks, variance thresholds, and escalation protocols at asset and portfolio level. Quantify and monitor financial exposure associated with asset underperformance and missed value opportunities.
• Own performance guarantee obligations across the TPO portfolio, including contractual interpretation, tracking, and enforcement.
• Monitor asset performance against guaranteed thresholds and identify root causes of underperformance.
• Coordinate remediation efforts with servicing teams, O&M providers, installers, insurers, and asset owners.
• Manage performance guarantee claims, including documentation, validation, submission, recovery tracking, and resolution.
• Design and maintain scalable, well-documented processes and controls related to asset performance, incentives, and performance guarantees.
• Produce regular reporting for senior leadership covering performance trends, financial exposure, recoveries, and unresolved risks.
• Partner with Risk, Legal, Finance, and Compliance to ensure alignment with contractual obligations, regulatory expectations, and accounting treatment.
• Ensure processes are audit-ready and capable of supporting portfolio growth.
• Act as the internal subject matter expert for asset performance obligations, incentives, and value assurance mechanisms.
• Coordinate closely with Servicing, Asset Management, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external vendors.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives such as programs, counterparties, and portfolio complexity evolve.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Process-driven programs

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/related field

Job description

Hanwha Q CELLS America Inc. seeks an Asset Performance and Value Assurance Manager to protect and maximize the value of TPO assets, owning end-to-end performance obligations and value realization across the portfolio.

You will coordinate with Servicing, Asset Management, Operations, Finance, Legal, and external vendors, based in Irvine, SF, Santa Clara, or Teaneck with potential remote consideration for exceptional cases.