Lead - Public Policy

Our Mission  

SPAN develops products that accelerate the rapid adoption of renewable energy in the home. The flagship SPAN Smart Panel is the first true evolution for the traditional home electric panel, harnessing enhanced technology for metering, monitoring, and control. An expanded product suite of intelligent, integrated solutions radically lowers the cost and complexity of energy upgrades–including solar, batteries and EVs–empowering homeowners to be active, resilient and informed players in the energy market.

Responsibilities

• Build out and execute SPAN's Public Policy strategy, using the societal and grid benefits of Span’s system to their maximum advantage with the goal of putting a Span panel in every home

• Create, modify, and advocate for legislation that advances SPAN's mission

• Advocate for our interests in regulatory proceedings across federal and state regulatory bodies, working closely with our revenue team to find specific areas where we can have the most impact

• Build on our coalition of partners and allies across the energy and connected device ecosystems, enabling SPAN to have the greatest impact possible

• Collaborate with SPAN's Product and Marketing teams to co-create a product & market strategy, using our ability to innovate quickly to help solve regulator or legislator problems and help SPAN achieve our goals

Required Qualifications

• Deep understanding of distributed energy policy, you are able to go toe-to-toe on facts in a white paper and also have a keen understanding of how to get things done in the world of distributed resources

• 5-8 years experience and prior success in public policy and advocacy working for hardware and/or software companies, with clear accomplishments tied to commercial outcomes as well as having broadly advanced the industry you worked in

• Existing trusted networks in federal and state regulatory and legislative bodies, especially California

• Experience at a startup or quickly-growing company on a new and innovative product

• Positive attitude, solid strategic thinker, comfort with uncertainty, and outcome-oriented

• Ability to work cross-functionally within a company and across external stakeholders to achieve a goal

Bonus Qualifications

• Technical background (e.g. engineering degree) or experience in a technical field

• Experience at IoT companies

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. 

Our CEO, Arch Rao⁠—former head of the Tesla Powerwall team⁠—fosters an energetic and collaborative environment, with a strong emphasis on maintaining work-life-balance across the organization.

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comprehensive benefits (including medical; dental, vision, life and disability insurance)

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on teambuilding and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)

⚡ Flexible hours and unlimited PTO

Our Mission & Values:

At SPAN, we believe that powering your home with clean energy should be a simple and delightful experience that is at its essence human-centered and technology-forward.

Our core values include:

• Making home energy more accessible, intuitive, and convenient.
• Enabling homes and vehicles to be powered by the sun.
• Building resilient homes with reliable power.
• All-electric everything.
• A more flexible & distributed grid.

Interested in joining our team? Submit an application today and we’ll be in touch with next steps!