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Lydian Energy
Lydian Energy
11 – 50 Employees
ConstructionEnergyManufacturing
Lydian Energy develops, builds, and operates utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects across North America. Working across energy, construction, and manufacturing, the company brings together a team of 11–50 professionals focused on expanding resilient, interconnected energy infrastructure through practical renewable power solutions.
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Vice President, Head of Renewable Energy Asset Management

Lead asset management for Lydian Energy’s solar and battery storage portfolio across the United States. Own operational performance, O&M, revenue optimization, compliance, reporting, and asset lifecycle strategy.

USUnited StatesRemoteFull-timeLeadEnglish RequiredVice President

Description

  • Maximize the long-term operational performance and financial returns of the company’s renewable energy portfolio
  • Track portfolio-wide production, availability, and performance ratios against underwritten baselines
  • Manage third-party O&M providers, including service performance, SLAs, and contract compliance
  • Direct preventive and corrective maintenance, outage coordination, and equipment reliability programs
  • Use remote monitoring and SCADA analytics to detect and resolve underperformance
  • Develop annual O&M budgets and control operating fleet costs
  • Oversee PPA compliance, revenue metering, billing, and settlement activities
  • Optimize battery dispatch and revenue-stacking strategies
  • Track curtailment, resolve utility and ISO disputes, and develop mitigation plans
  • Identify opportunities to participate in grid services markets
  • Coordinate merchant revenue management and hedging for uncontracted assets
  • Own operating expense budgets and cost-reduction programs
  • Prepare reporting packages for lenders, tax equity partners, and offtakers
  • Maintain compliance with lender covenants, including DSCR, insurance, and reserve requirements
  • Oversee warranty administration, insurance claims, and major maintenance reserves
  • Support diligence requests from tax equity and financing partners, as well as annual audits
  • Lead construction-to-operations handoffs and collect as-built records, O&M manuals, and warranty registrations
  • Plan repowering, equipment upgrades, and asset life-extension initiatives
  • Oversee decommissioning plans and bond or security obligations
  • Support M&A diligence through technical and operational evaluations
  • Maintain compliance with NERC standards, FERC reporting, and utility tariffs
  • Manage property tax appeals and real estate obligations
  • Oversee environmental compliance for operating assets
  • Coordinate regulatory filings, interconnection compliance, and permit renewals
  • Direct asset management systems, performance databases, and reporting platforms
  • Expand the use of predictive analytics and machine learning for forecasting and maintenance optimization
  • Maintain data integrity across metering, SCADA, and financial reporting systems

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of experience in renewable energy operations, asset management, or power project management
  • At least 5 years in senior asset management roles overseeing operating portfolios above 500 MW
  • Proven experience managing third-party O&M providers and project-level financial reporting
  • Hands-on knowledge of project finance structures, lender reporting, and tax equity partnerships
  • Deep expertise in solar PV and BESS performance metrics, degradation models, and operational benchmarking
  • Advanced understanding of power markets, ISO settlements, and ancillary services
  • Working knowledge of SCADA, asset management platforms such as PowerFactors, Greenbyte, or Locus Energy, and PI historians
  • Strong financial modeling, budgeting, and operating performance reporting skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, business, or a related discipline
  • Experience with BESS operations and dispatch optimization in ISO/RTO markets
  • Background in NERC compliance and utility-scale generation operations
  • Experience managing assets across multiple ISO/RTO markets, including ERCOT, CAISO, PJM, or MISO
  • Commercial judgment connecting technical performance with financial outcomes
  • Exceptional stakeholder management with lenders, investors, offtakers, and utility counterparties
  • Analytical, data-driven approach to portfolio performance management
  • Collaborative working style with Construction, Engineering, Finance, and Legal teams

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