Director of Business Operations
About our Company
Equilibrium Energy is revolutionizing the clean energy transition by developing innovative grid-scale energy storage solutions. Our technology and market platform helps utilities, independent power producers, and commercial customers optimize their renewable energy assets, improve grid reliability, and accelerate decarbonization. As a fast-growing climate tech company, we're building infrastructure that will shape the future of energy markets and enable a sustainable energy economy.
Equilibrium Energy is a well-funded, Series B clean energy startup backed by some of the most prominent institutional investors in climate. New colleagues will share our vision that a next-generation energy company must be built from the ground up on deep industry expertise combined with an unwavering commitment to modern digital approaches. We’re looking for collaborative, talented, passionate and resourceful folks to join our team and help us lay the foundation for our important mission and ambitious plan.
The ideal candidate will possess a unique blend of strategic thinking, analytical prowess, and exceptional execution skills. In addition, we are looking for a candidate who has deep domain expertise in energy and power markets who can understand both the big picture and critical details necessary to help Equilibrium Energy transform the energy market.
What you will doAs the Director of Business Operations at Equilibrium Energy, you will be a key strategic leader, driving strategic operations, operational excellence and scaling our business functions during a period of rapid growth. Reporting directly to the COO (dotted line to the CEO), you will oversee cross-functional initiatives, develop and implement strategic business processes, and ensure organizational alignment to achieve our ambitious goals. An ideal pathway for this candidate would be to complete a tour as the Director of Business Operations (roughly 2 years), then take over a key function for one of our business units.
- Partner with the executive leadership team to define company strategy, translate vision into concrete operational plans, and drive execution across teams
- Lead high-impact initiatives across departments, ensuring alignment and removing barriers to execution
- Help develop and track company-wide KPIs, identify performance gaps, and implement solutions to drive continuous improvement
- Assist leadership in preparing materials and data for board meetings, investor updates, and fundraising activities
- Design, implement, and optimize scalable business processes and systems to support our growth trajectory and operational efficiency
- 8+ years of professional experience, with 3-5 years in a senior operations or strategy role.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, or related field.
- Management consulting experience at a top-tier firm
- Deep domain expertise in energy and power markets (experience at competitive power companies and independent power producers).
- Systems thinker who can see both the big picture and critical details.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity.
- Bias toward action and results-oriented approach; resilient in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent project management and execution skills
- Superior communication and interpersonal abilities
- Proven leadership capabilities and ability to influence without direct authority
- MBA
- Proven track record scaling operations at a high-growth technology company.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, data analysis, and business intelligence tools
Not sure this is the right role for you?
We are a high growth company with accelerating hiring needs so there’s a great chance we’ll be able to create a custom role for you, now or in the future. All roles, titles and compensation packages are tailored to the applicant, so apply anyways and tell us in your cover letter about your dream role.
What we offer
Equilibrium is composed of deeply knowledgeable industry experts across all our functions, with decades of experience in energy-specific commercial structuring, power systems engineering, machine learning, computational research, operations research, distributed and compute-intensive infrastructure, and modern software & ML engineering. Our experience in the space means we’ve previously built versions of nearly every technical component of our platform. We are now designing them better, and combining them in a holistic and novel way, to achieve global scale and climate impact. We pride ourselves on our deeply empathetic & collaborative culture, honest and direct but respectful communication, and our balanced, flexible, and remote-first work environment.
Employee benefits include:
- Competitive base salary and a comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and 401k package
- Opportunity to own a significant piece of the company via a meaningful equity grant
- Unlimited vacation and flexible work schedule
- Ability to work remotely from anywhere in the United States, Canada & Europe, or join one of our regional hubs in Boston, SF Bay Area, or London
- Accelerated professional growth and development opportunities through direct collaboration and mentorship from leading industry expert colleagues across energy and tech
Equilibrium Energy is a diverse and inclusive, equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.