Associate Business Manager, Solar

Salary Range: $85,000.00 To $ Annually

Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) is a Canadian, fully integrated developer, asset manager, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage facilities. Potentia manages over 1,500 MW / +800 projects of renewable energy assets across North America.

At Potentia, we’re not just a company; we’re visionaries in the renewable energy sector, dedicated to leading the way toward a sustainable future. Our journey, driven by a dynamic and entrepreneurial spirit, is guided by our unwavering commitment to excellence, passion, integrity and agility.

As leaders in renewable energy development, operations, and asset management, we are not only contributing to the present but also paving the way for a cleaner, more sustainable world for future generations.

Potentia is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and wholly owned by Power Sustainable Capital Inc., an affiliate of Power Corporation of Canada.

Associate Business Manager, Solar

Business Management

As part of Potentia’s Business Management team, this position reports to the Vice-President, Business Management, and has no direct reports.

Someone who has hands‑on experience with PV solar equipment. You may have commissioned commercial rooftop and ground‑mount systems, run service on an inverter fleet, or carried a site through its first years of operation. You can read a service report or a diagnostic and tell whether a contractor’s work holds up.

This role puts that operational knowledge to work on the business side. You will own the financial and commercial performance of a portfolio of solar assets, and you will be Potentia’s solar technical reference across the company, on the projects we are developing and the portfolios we are acquiring. Roughly a third of this role is operational oversight. The rest is commercial, financial, reporting and stakeholder work, and you will build that side of the skillset here, with support.

The Associate Business Manager, Solar is responsible for the operational, financial and commercial performance of a portfolio of PV solar assets and serves as Potentia’s solar operations subject matter expert.

This role lets you run a renewable energy business end to end. Business Managers have direct responsibility for project‑level P&L performance and oversee the full range of activities required to operate infrastructure assets successfully, including operations management, financial management, contract administration and stakeholder management.

You will work closely with Finance, Legal and other subject matter experts to ensure projects operate safely, compliantly and profitably. The role also provides exposure to renewable energy markets, project finance, regulatory frameworks and long‑term asset strategy, with room to grow within the team.

Potentia is a medium‑sized, collaborative and fast‑growing organization, and Business Managers play a central role in the company’s success. You will typically be responsible for managing two to four solar portfolios, while supporting solar work across the wider business.

• Be Potentia’s solar operations subject matter expert, advising Development, Construction, Investment and Finance on solar O&M strategy and cost.
• Lead technical due diligence on solar acquisitions: site condition assessments, equipment history and remaining life, warranty status, production models, and O&M and EPC scopes.
• Build the operating assumptions behind new solar projects, covering O&M scope, spares strategy and availability.

• Monitor operating performance, availability and…