Asset Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity

About InfraRed Capital Partners (“InfraRed”)

InfraRed is a leading international mid-market infrastructure asset manager. Over the past 25 years, InfraRed has established itself as a highly successful developer, particularly in early-stage projects, and an active steward of essential infrastructure.

InfraRed manages US$13bn of equity capital [1] for investors around the globe in listed and private funds across both core and value-add strategies.

InfraRed combines a global reach, operating worldwide from offices in London, Madrid, New York, Sydney and Seoul, with deep sector expertise from a team of more than 160 people.

InfraRed is part of SLC Management, the institutional alternatives and traditional asset management business of Sun Life, and benefits from its scale and global platform.

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Job Purpose

As an Asset Manager (Vice President) within InfraRed’s Asset Management team, you will play a pivotal role in driving value across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure investments. This includes core infrastructure assets (transport, social infrastructure and regulated utilities), renewable energy assets (solar PV, wind farms and battery storage), and digital infrastructure assets (fibre, towers, data centres).

You will serve as a board representative of portfolio companies and will be responsible for preserving and enhancing shareholder value. The role demands strong stakeholder engagement, commercial acumen, and technical insight across the full investment lifecycle.

Key Job Responsibilities

You will champion best-in-class asset management practices at InfraRed and be involved in the management of a portfolio of investments as a nominated InfraRed board director, representing the interests of our fund investors and taking on the full statutory responsibilities of a Company Director.

More specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Governance – Ensure good governance of portfolio companies, including the scrutiny of management performance, reporting and compliance with all statutory and regulatory obligations and InfraRed policies, while promoting operational excellence.
• Value preservation – Provide leadership to ensure that the occurrence of issues within a portfolio company are minimized, and that any that do arise are promptly and successfully resolved or appropriately mitigated.
• Value enhancement – Lead the implementation of value enhancement initiatives for a portfolio company and ensure that all valuation assumptions are understood, actioned and regularly reviewed.
• Stakeholder management – Cultivate and manage relationships with key stakeholders, including public sector partners, and work with InfraRed colleagues on initiatives to foster collaboration. Contribute to, and where appropriate, lead key commercial negotiations and other strategic interactions.
• Sustainability – Promote best practices, lead the implementation of ESG initiatives and report on asset sustainability performance.
• Value creation strategies – Carry out portfolio-wide analysis and take an entrepreneurial approach to identify and deliver value initiatives across the portfolio.
• New investments – Support the Investment team on bids and acquisitions by undertaking due diligence activities on asset performance, key contracts, governance arrangements and management capabilities. Prepare the initial asset management plan to onboard the new investment.
• Collaboration – Support Asset Management colleagues on specific tasks on other investments which may from time-to-time have operational performance or relationship issues.

Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience managing core and / or renewable infrastructure assets, ideally with board-level exposure.

• Familiarity with renewable energy investments and the energy transition landscape.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

• A track record of leading commercial negotiations and delivering strategic outcomes.

• High-quality reporting and project management capabilities under tight deadlines.

• Analytical proficiency, including advanced Excel and MS Office skills.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across multiple initiatives.

• Fluency in English; additional European languages (French, German, Spanish) are desirable.

[1] Uses 5-year average FX as at 30th September 2024 of GBP/USD of 1.2827; EUR/USD 1.1123. EUM is USD 12.803m

Don’t meet every single requirement listed? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At InfraRed we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your previous experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this, or another role.