Director, Portfolio Management
Title: Director, Portfolio Management
Location: Austin, TX (preferred)
Company Overview
Treaty Oak Clean Energy (Treaty Oak) is a utility-scale clean energy platform headquartered in Austin, Texas, focused on developing, commercializing, constructing, and operating utility-scale solar plus battery storage projects in targeted U.S. energy markets. Our mission is to create a sustainable future by providing clean, low-cost energy solutions to the grid, benefiting energy consumers, communities, and generations to come.
Treaty Oak features an experienced management team with a track record of developing and commercializing 10 GW+ of utility-scale power projects and a collective 100+ years’ experience across critical competencies, including power markets, offtake structuring, design, engineering and real estate, with such expertise being put towards our 15+ GW portfolio of utility scale renewable energy projects across the U.S., including 485 MW of in-construction and operational projects.
Treaty Oak is a wholly-owned portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management (Macquarie), one of the world’s largest infrastructure managers with $600 billion under management, pairing Treaty Oak’s renewables development expertise with Macquarie’s capital backing and global leadership in advancing the energy transition.
The Role
The Director, Portfolio Management will support the execution and oversight of Treaty Oak’s renewable energy project portfolio, with a particular focus on projects advancing toward Final Investment Decision (FID) and construction. Reporting to the Vice President, Portfolio Management, this role will play a critical role in ensuring projects are effectively integrated, managed, and tracked across the development lifecycle.
This role requires a highly detail-oriented leader with strong capabilities in project scheduling, budgeting, and risk management, along with direct experience supporting project M&A due diligence and transitioning acquired projects into a new organization. The Director will help ensure projects are advanced with the rigor and documentation required to meet investment and financing requirements.
The ideal candidate is a strong execution-oriented professional who can operate across multiple workstreams, collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, and drive consistency and discipline across the project portfolio.
Key Responsibilities
Portfolio Execution & Oversight
Support oversight of a large-scale pipeline of renewable energy projects, ensuring portfolio schedules, budgets, and milestones remain aligned with corporate targets.
Work closely with Development Project Managers and functional teams to ensure projects advance toward FID with clear execution plans and risk mitigation strategies.
Maintain visibility into project critical paths and ensure timely escalation of risks and bottlenecks.
Project M&A Due Diligence & Integration
Lead and support project-level M&A diligence activities, including detailed review and validation of project schedules, development budgets, and execution assumptions.
Prepare and maintain diligence schedules, integration plans, and execution roadmaps for acquired projects.
Work closely with Development, Finance, Engineering, and Legal teams to assess project readiness, risks, and integration requirements.
Lead transition planning to ensure acquired projects are effectively onboarded into Treaty Oak’s governance framework, reporting systems, and development processes.
Identify gaps in scope, schedule, or budget assumptions during diligence and support mitigation strategies.
Execution Discipline & Project Finance Readiness
Maintain rigorous oversight of project schedules and development budgets, ensuring alignment with financing timelines and capital deployment plans.
Develop and maintain detailed project execution schedules and cost tracking aligned with investment decision timelines.
Ensure development workstreams are executed with the documentation and rigor required to support lender and investor diligence processes.
Collaborate closely with Finance and Project Controls teams to ensure project assumptions are accurately reflected in financial models and investment materials.
Standardization & Process Improvement
Support development and refinement of standardized portfolio processes, scopes of work, and reporting frameworks.
Drive adoption of project controls best practices to improve consistency across the portfolio.
Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance portfolio visibility and execution efficiency.
Governance & Reporting
Support the Quarterly Project Review process, ensuring accurate and data-driven updates are prepared for executive leadership.
Prepare portfolio reporting materials highlighting project status, risks, and investment readiness.
Ensure adherence to Treaty Oak’s governance framework, including stage-gate reviews and reporting protocols.
Collaboration & Cross-Functional Coordination
Partner closely with Development, Engineering, Transmission, Environmental & Permitting, Finance, and Pre-Construction teams to ensure coordinated project execution.
Support communication across teams to ensure alignment on project assumptions, timelines, and risk mitigation strategies.
Core Competencies
· Strategic Thinking: Understands how individual project risks and timelines impact overall portfolio performance and investment outcomes.
· Accountability & Ownership: Takes responsibility for ensuring projects are tracked, integrated, and executed with discipline and transparency.
· Drive & Execution: Demonstrates urgency and persistence in advancing projects through complex diligence and execution phases.
· Collaboration & Influence: Builds strong working relationships across cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and effective decision-making.
· Commercial Judgment: Understands project finance considerations and balances risk, cost, and schedule impacts to support sound investment decisions.
· Execution Discipline & Attention to Detail: Demonstrates exceptional rigor in managing schedules, budgets, and diligence materials to support successful project integration and financing outcomes.
Education and Qualifications
· 10–12+ years of experience in renewable energy development, project management, portfolio management, or project M&A.
· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field preferred.
· Direct experience supporting project acquisitions, including diligence and integration of development-stage projects.
· Demonstrated experience preparing and managing detailed project schedules and development budgets.
· Proven track record supporting projects through financing or construction readiness stages.
· Strong understanding of project finance requirements, investment decision criteria, and lender diligence expectations.
· Experience working across cross-functional teams in complex project environments.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to synthesize complex information into actionable insights.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project tracking tools; experience with enterprise project management systems preferred.
· Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to senior leadership and external stakeholders.
Our Values
These five fundamentals guide how we achieve value:
Integrity: We do what we say we are going to do.
Collaboration: We know that we are better together.
Ambition: We embrace challenge and excellence.
Adaptability: We find solutions and never quit.
Safety: We effectively identify and manage risk.
Employee Benefits
· The salary for this position is highly competitive and commensurate with experience.
· We offer competitive benefits, including unlimited paid time off, paid holidays, cell-phone stipend, 401K and a fully paid health benefits plan for employees, including Medical, Dental, and Vision.
Treaty Oak is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse backgrounds and thoughts and welcome everyone to apply for employment with us. We are committed to fostering an environment that is inclusive, transparent, and collaborative. Mutual respect is central to how Treaty Oak operates, and we believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, experiences, and skills. We embrace our differences and know that we are stronger working together.
- Locations
- Treaty Oak Clean Energy Headquarters
- Remote status
- Hybrid