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Octopus Energy Generation (OEGEN) is seeking an Asset Management Operations Director to lead the operational framework and governance of a global portfolio of over £8 billion in renewable energy assets. This is a senior leadership role focused on building scalable processes, frameworks, and governance structures across a diverse portfolio of utility-scale renewable energy investments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain the core operating framework for Asset Management, including standards, ownership, governance, and reporting across funds, assets, and platforms
- Oversee governance arrangements, directorships, and Asset Management governance structures
- Act as the senior Asset Management representative for data and reporting systems, ensuring tools and processes meet business requirements and are effectively adopted (not a technical product-owner role)
- Drive consistent implementation of supplier and contractor performance frameworks, including contractor management standards, supplier reviews, competency assessments, PQQ, and KYC processes
- Oversee supplier onboarding and assurance processes to ensure they are practical, proportionate, and consistently applied
- Own the Asset Management risk-management framework and consolidated risk reporting, improving visibility and escalation of material risks
- Lead lessons-learned and continuous-improvement processes, translating recurring issues into changes to standards and working practices
- Provide oversight of key central processes including precedent contract management, assumption books, and investment/operational standards
- Identify where market conditions, technology, or operating models require Asset Management adaptation and develop practical proposals
About Octopus Energy:
Octopus Energy Group is a mission-driven organization focused on accelerating the global renewable energy revolution. The company was named the UK's top company to work for in 2025 and ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. The culture emphasizes autonomy, rapid learning and decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration.
Requirements:
- Senior Manager or Director level with 10-15 years' experience in renewable energy or comparable physical infrastructure
- Experience in asset management followed by experience in portfolio operations, transformation, operational excellence, or COO-type role
- Track record of building or improving portfolio-wide processes and operating frameworks (not solely managing individual assets)
- Demonstrable delivery of systems such as contractor governance, operational risk reporting, supplier assurance, management information, or cross-functional improvement programmes
- Strong understanding of how renewable assets are operated, including third-party asset management, key suppliers, contractual frameworks, operational risks, and governance requirements
- Commercial judgement and pragmatism; ability to distinguish between controls that protect value and unnecessary bureaucracy
- Experience working across technical, finance, legal, data, fund-management, and investment teams with credibility to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong programme-delivery skills with ability to turn broad priorities into clear owners, milestones, decisions, and evidence of adoption
- Comfortable working hands-on while retaining judgement to focus effort on issues that matter most
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to explain operational issues and recommendations clearly to senior management, Boards, and investors
