Director, Execution Management

ABOUT AVANTUS

Avantus develops, owns and operates utility-scale clean energy projects across California and the Desert Southwest. Our development pipeline of solar with integrated storage will generate enough dispatchable power to serve more than 10 million Americans, day and night. Backed by strategic investment from KKR and EIG, and building on more than a decade of industry leadership, Avantus is growing its position as an independent power producer, delivering affordable, reliable clean energy solutions to meet America’s growing energy demand.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Avantus is looking for a Director, Execution Management to serve as the execution owner for one or more utility-scale solar and battery storage projects in our active portfolio. This is a high-accountability, high-visibility role at the center of how we deliver projects. The Director joins a project approximately two months prior to Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) execution — the point at which a project transitions from development into active delivery planning. From that moment through construction mobilization and financial close, the Director is the phase lead: the person responsible for the integrated execution picture across engineering, procurement, construction, finance, legal, interconnection, and commercial.

Avantus is an Independent Power Producer — we develop projects to own and operate them. That distinction matters for this role. The Director is not simply managing a delivery process; they are stewarding an asset that Avantus will operate for decades. Decisions made during pre-construction and execution have long-term consequences for plant performance, operational cost, and asset value. The right candidate brings an owner’s mentality: they think beyond NTP, ask how today’s decisions affect tomorrow’s operations, and hold the integrated picture with that lens in mind. This is not a traditional project management role. The Director leads through influence across a highly matrixed organization, holding cross-functional accountability without direct authority over every function. Success requires operational rigor, strong communication, the ability to identify risks before they surface, and the credibility to drive alignment across senior stakeholders.

The Execution Management team is the integration layer across Avantus’s project delivery organization. We succeed through influence, rigor, and an ownership mentality. The right candidate is equally comfortable in a detail-heavy schedule review and in an executive briefing — and thrives in environments where the path forward is not always fully defined.

At Avantus, we develop projects to own them. That means every member of the EM team is expected to think like an owner — not just a delivery manager. The assets we are building today will be operating for 30+ years. The decisions made during execution set the foundation for that performance, and we take that responsibility seriously.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Own the integrated execution plan

• Develop and maintain the project’s integrated schedule, owning the critical path and managing cross-functional dependencies from pre-PPA through mobilization
• Lead project kickoff meetings and stage-gate reviews, ensuring all functions are aligned on scope, schedule, budget, and key milestones
• Maintain a realistic, up-to-date execution baseline — and flag deviations early <li data-leveltext="•" data-font="Arial" data-listid="1" data-list-defn-props="{&q