Co-Founding Partner - Utility Scale Solar O&M & Asset Managment

Job Description

Founding Partner - Operations & Asset Management

Private Equity-Backed Renewable Energy Investment Platform

Location: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill Area - Relocation support provided

The Opportunity

We have been retained by a newly established, private equity-backed renewable energy investment platform to identify a third founding partner to lead Operations & Asset Management.

Backed by a specialist energy infrastructure investor, the business is focused on acquiring, improving and operating underperforming utility-scale solar assets across the US, with ambitions to expand into larger renewable assets and battery storage.

This is a genuine equity-holding founding partner opportunity, working alongside two experienced co-founders bringing complementary expertise across finance, investment, development and EPC.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead operational and technical due diligence on prospective acquisitions, identifying risks, improvement opportunities and capital requirements.
• Establish and oversee the platform's O&M and asset management strategy across its growing portfolio.
• Drive operational performance, equipment reliability, maintenance strategies and asset optimization.
• Evaluate operational challenges and translate technical findings into commercial and investment decisions.
• Build and lead the O&M/AM organization, including contractors, service providers, systems and processes.
• Contribute to acquisition strategy, capital allocation and broader business development as an equal founding partner.

Ideal Background

• Senior leadership experience in US utility-scale solar operations, O&M or technical asset management.
• Strong understanding of solar equipment, plant performance, maintenance and operational challenges.
• Commercially astute, with the ability to connect operational performance to project economics and investment returns.
• Experience managing operating portfolios, contractors, budgets and multidisciplinary teams.
• Entrepreneurial mindset and genuine ambition to build and own a business rather than simply manage an established function.
• Experience in acquisition diligence, asset remediation or repowering advantageous.

Compensation & Opportunity

Competitive executive compensation, annual bonus and meaningful founding-partner equity participation, offering significant long-term value creation potential.

This is an opportunity to move beyond managing assets for an established organization and become a genuine owner in a well-capitalized renewable energy investment platform.

For a confidential discussion, please contact:

Harrison Stock

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