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Senior Manager, Energy Strategy

Remote United States
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ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in over 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing more than one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has over $79 billion of assets under management, including approximately $36 billion of development assets and over $30 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.


JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

You will lead Greystar’s energy strategy for USPM. This includes deregulated energy procurement, renewable energy strategy, solar feasibility and deployment support, REC and carbon offset acquisitions, and vendor and client management. You will be the go-to partner for USPM and clients on energy cost, risk, compliance, and decarbonization.

JOB DESCRIPTION

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Energy supply, cost, and risk

  • Lead acquisition, contracting, and contract management for deregulated electricity and gas across US markets in coordination with USPM, Legal, and Risk.
  • Build sourcing strategies by ISO and state (e.g., PJM, ERCOT, CAISO, MISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE).
  • Run RFPs, evaluate supplier offers and hedging structures, and negotiate price, terms, and risk positions.
  • Track and analyze energy use and cost trends. Provide monthly guidance to USPM on budget variance, forward curves, risk exposure, and cost-avoidance opportunities.
  • Maintain a renewal calendar. Ensure timely renewals and handoffs to operations.

Regulatory and policy compliance

  • Monitor federal, state, and local energy and utility regulations that affect procurement, solar, resident billbacks, renewable claims, and disclosures.
  • Partner with Legal and Compliance to ensure resident billback programs, submetering, and tariff selections follow all rules where permitted.
  • Maintain documentation and controls for audits and client due diligence.

Solar and on-site generation

  • Support USPM with feasibility analysis for rooftop, carport, and community solar, and battery storage where applicable.
  • Coordinate vendor selection, commercial modeling (CAPEX, PPA, lease), interconnection timelines, and risk review.
  • Track deployment, performance, and ROI. Create playbooks for site selection, approvals, construction, commissioning, and O&M.
  • Where permitted, support the setup of resident billbacks or subscription allocations and ensure accurate data flows.

Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and offsets

  • Own the REC and carbon offset strategy, including market research, quality screens, additionality assessment, and eligibility by market.
  • Manage unbundled and bundled REC procurement tied to supply contracts and solar generation.
  • Oversee vendors, registries, tracking systems, and retirements. Ensure claims and client reporting meet GHG Protocol guidance for location-based and market-based Scope 2.
  • Advise clients and USPM on offsets for hard-to-abate emissions and on credible standards and vintages.

Vendor, data, and client management

  • Serve as the primary contact for energy brokers, suppliers, solar developers, metering and billing vendors, data aggregators, and REC providers.
  • Build vendor scorecards, SLAs, and quarterly business reviews.
  • Respond to client and USPM requests, create option memos, and present recommendations with clear trade-offs.
  • Maintain clean datasets for utility bills, interval data, contract metadata, REC transactions, and solar performance. Partner with IT to improve data pipelines.

Emerging technologies and services

  • Evaluate and pilot demand response, storage, EV charging, community solar, green tariffs, and virtual power plant opportunities.
  • Identify services USPM and clients can adopt to reduce cost and emissions, convert pilots to scalable offerings, and document SOPs.

Developing the program 

  • Develop playbooks, SOPs, and training for USPM teams.
  • Build dashboards and recurring reports for cost, risk, emissions, renewable coverage, and solar performance.
  • Establish governance for contract approvals, exception handling, and change management.
  • Coach analysts and cross-functional partners.

What success looks like in 12 months

  • 95% of eligible deregulated load under contract on time with defined hedging guidelines.
  • Budget variance within agreed tolerances by region, with clear attribution for deltas.
  • Renewable coverage plan defined for priority clients, with documented claims and REC retirements.
  • Solar pipeline with vetted sites, business cases, vendor selections, and execution timelines.
  • Resident billback programs launched or optimized where permitted with accuracy >99% and clear escalation paths.
  • Vendor scorecards in place and quarterly reviews completed.
  • A concise executive dashboard in place for cost avoidance, risk exposure, renewable penetration, and emissions.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 7–10 years in energy procurement, utility rates, renewable energy strategy, or related consulting. Multifamily or distributed portfolio experience preferred.
  • Strong grasp of deregulated markets, supplier pricing, hedging basics, and contract terms.
  • Experience with solar or distributed energy projects and financial modeling.
  • Working knowledge of RECs, registries, and GHG Protocol for Scope 2 (location and market-based).
  • Comfort with regulatory research and compliance coordination.
  • Advanced Excel and solid Power BI or similar. 
  • Clear communicator who can simplify complex options for non-experts and negotiate effectively with vendors.
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, energy, economics, sustainability, or finance or equivalent experience. Graduate degree, CEM, PMP, LEED AP, or NABCEP is a plus.
  • Rare or occasional travel may be required to attend business meetings, training programs, or other situations necessary for the accomplishment of some or all of the daily responsibilities of this position.

Key partners:

  • USPM Operations, Sustainability, Client Services, Asset Management, Legal, Risk, Accounting, Treasury, IT/Data, and Regional/Property teams.

KPIs:

  • Percent of eligible load under contract and on-time renewals
  • Cost avoidance vs market baselines and variance to budget
  • Renewable coverage rate and REC cost per MWh
  • Solar pipeline MW and achieved IRR or payback
  • Resident billback accuracy and on-time posting where permitted
  • Vendor SLA performance and issue resolution time
  • Client satisfaction and request turnaround time

The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $115,000

Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

  • Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

  • Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

  • Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

  • Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.

  • For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

  • 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

  • 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

  • Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

  • Employee Assistance Program.

  • Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

  • Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to AskHR@greystar.com.

ANTICIPATED CLOSING DATE

January 26, 2026

This date may be subject to change due to evolving business needs.

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