VP Asset Management – Renewable Energy & Storage

Vesper Energy; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Vesper Energy seeks a VP of Asset Management to own operating asset performance across solar and battery storage projects, supervising the asset management OS and external reporting. Reporting to the COO, this leader drives risk-adjusted returns, compliance, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will partner with EPC, Power Marketing, Finance, Legal and Development to ensure disciplined handoffs, accurate performance insights, and timely issue resolution across the portfolio.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive asset management experience in utility scale renewable energy and/or energy storage.
• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, finance, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute the asset management strategy for the operating portfolio, including clear performance targets, reporting standards, and an operating rhythm that drives accountability and fast issue resolution.
• Lead, build, and develop a high performing asset management and operations team, establishing clear roles, decision rights, and measurable goals aligned to portfolio outcomes.
• Design and maintain a scalable asset management operating system, including standard processes for performance monitoring, outage and event management, vendor governance, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking.
• Own portfolio performance monitoring and reporting, including production, availability, degradation, curtailment, and outages, and drive corrective actions that improve forecast accuracy and realized results.
• Manage onsite plant operations and O&M providers to oversee operating performance, maintenance strategy, and safety and compliance alignment, and ensure issues are prioritized based on risk, cost, and value.
• Manage contractual compliance across key agreements (including offtake, O&M, warranties, interconnection related obligations, and financing requirements), escalating material risks early and driving cross functional resolution.
• Lead investor, lender, offtaker and stakeholder reporting for operating assets, ensuring reporting is accurate, timely, decision useful, and supported by consistent definitions and controls.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting on budgets, accruals, reserve and major maintenance planning, and financial statement review inputs, ensuring operational drivers and variances are well understood and communicated.
• Drive disciplined handoffs from development, finance, and construction into asset management, ensuring documentation, data, system setup, and operational readiness are complete before commercial operations.
• Support acquisitions and strategic transactions by leading operational and performance diligence, identifying key risks, cost and revenue opportunities, integration needs, and post close value creation plans.

Skills

Asset management

Portfolio optimization

Executive communication

Contract management

People leadership

Vendor oversight

O&M knowledge

Wholesale markets

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/finance

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Asset management software

Job description

Vesper Energy seeks a VP of Asset Management to own operating asset performance across solar and battery storage projects, supervising the asset management OS and external reporting. Reporting to the COO, this leader drives risk-adjusted returns, compliance, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

You will partner with EPC, Power Marketing, Finance, Legal and Development to ensure disciplined handoffs, accurate performance insights, and timely issue resolution across the portfolio.