<div><b style="font-size:18px;">About Voltus</b></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free distributed energy resource participation in electricity markets. Our customers generate cash by offering their operational flexibility and behind-the-meter assets in energy markets. We hire teammates who are bright, gritty, and good and who have a genuine passion for delivering a cleaner energy future and for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;"><b>The Role</b></span></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Voltus has an immediate opening for a Senior Regulatory Compliance Analyst role, reporting to our Director of Regulatory Compliance and working closely with our Energy Markets team. The Regulatory Compliance Analyst is responsible for assisting the Director of Regulatory Compliance with all aspects of Voltus' compliance with the tariffs and related regulations applicable to the various wholesale electricity markets in which we operate. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">In this role, you will work closely across functions to ensure our operations and procedures meet industry compliance standards. This is a great role for an energy markets compliance "nerd" who is creative, self-driven, and looking for the opportunity to join a group of passionate people who are dedicated to driving the energy transition through DER aggregation. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">Voltus is a fully distributed company and this job is remote. You have the flexibility to work from anywhere in North America. </span></div><br><br><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Continuously enhance and scale Voltus' regulatory compliance program based on Department of Justice and FERC guidelines.</li><li>Assist in appraising new regulations and their impact on the company.  Clearly communicate new requirements to the business.</li><li>Together with the business, develop, maintain, and improve business practices, procedures, and compliance documentation.</li><li>Evaluate internal compliance with business practices and procedures by completing spot checks and procedural audits. </li><li>Prepare audit findings and draft recommendations for corrective action.  </li><li>Communicate with management and key stakeholders, explaining audit results, risks, and the impact to compliance.</li><li>Maintain metrics to monitor progress of audits and audit results.</li><li>Build and maintain a strong collaborative relationship with the Energy Markets team.</li><li>Manage all annual market certifications.</li></ul><h3>Desired Skills</h3><ul><li>4-year college degree required</li><li>At least 5 years of experience in energy compliance, regulatory, or risk management disciplines</li><li>Familiarity with various regulations and requirements including FERC market rules, NERC standards and requirements, wholesale tariffs and state and local regulations</li><li>Experience conducting internal technical and procedural audits </li><li>Experience with data privacy and data security compliance requirements a plus</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communications skills</li><li>Self starter and highly motivated to take ownership of various compliance-related initiatives</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:16px;">At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.</span></div>

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Senior Compliance Analyst

<div><p style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">We are Universe Energy, and we are the battery dismantling and repurposing company.</span></strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Our mission is to scale battery reuse as the largest source of the next billion batteries. The world needs 2 billion batteries by 2050, but this comes at a huge cost to the planet, as we need to mine 30x more. We dismantle and sort used battery packs 7x faster and 50% cheaper than by hand using robotics, AI and sound for EV OEMs, battery makers and fleets. Once we dismantle 1000s of battery packs, we repurpose them into $4000 cheap grid batteries that are 20% cheaper than making new ones. Our vision is to become the leading maker of zero-impact batteries by building 1 million batteries/year by 2035. This will power a truly clean energy revolution at scale and reduce 6 Giga tons of CO2 by 2050. We are Universe Energy, and we make batteries eternal.</span></p></div><h3 style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><br>Job objective</span><br></span></h3><p style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">You will help shape go-to-market strategy and analyze scenarios for sourcing used batteries from suppliers and selling them to end-users as grid batteries. It entails developing financial &amp; economic models for battery manufacturers, repurposers, and recyclers. You will shape customer profiles, quantify pain points and grow funnels in grid storage, EV car makers, and recyclers. You help craft scenarios to define products and business models based on available battery volumes, grid storage pricing, and critical materials markets. You will track development in the state-of-the-art of battery models, architectures, and cells. You will work closely with the Head of Business Development and cofounding team on go-to-market strategy, business development, and ramping up operations. It is your opportunity to make the leap into a climate-tech startup and the battery industry with impact from day one.</span></p><h3 style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> </h3><h3 style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">How you will contribute</span></h3><ul style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Perform strategy analyses to define the go-to-market strategy, run value chain analyses, quantify business models and size markets for testing batteries, repurposing used batteries, and reselling raw materials.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Quantify the supply side for sourcing used batteries and demand for reselling batteries and materials. Provide support in interviewing suppliers, customers and partners in the value chain.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Run financial models and size markets of battery manufacturers, recyclers, and raw material refiners. Build pricing and cost models of used batteries, recycling operations, and critical materials.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Integrate and synthesize databases about mineral supply &amp; demand, battery pack capacity &amp; pricing, and end-of-first-life volumes.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Model environmental impact in energy, CO2, and fresh water in mining, processing, producing, and shipping batteries. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Analyze macroeconomic trends, regulations, and grant programs in the EU &amp; US markets on energy markets, raw materials, and battery demand.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Perform competitive landscaping of technologies, markets, and research groups in battery reuse and recycling. Track battery designs, volumes, and manufacturers for types, cells, and architectures.<br><br></span></li></ul><h3 style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">The skills &amp; experience that you bring</span></h3><ul style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">At least a B.Sc. in physics, engineering, mathematics, economics, or finance.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">MBA program or M.Sc. in business, quantitative economics, finance, or operations.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">2-3 yrs Experience in Strategy consultancy experience applied to product development, manufacturing, operations, or supply chain domains.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">2-3 rs experience in business or operational roles within high-growth startups or scale-ups in climate-tech, battery &amp; EV space, supply chains &amp; automation/manufacturing.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">2-3 yrs Experience in building analytical models in Excel, SQL, and Python to run scenarios and build financial models while processing large amounts of raw data.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">2-3 yrs Experience in financial modeling, cash flow projections, unit economics, market sizing, value chain analyses, and impact analyses.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Fluent in presenting data and insight in compelling slide decks to communicate the main findings. Verbally strong in reasoning towards best solutions based on first principles and latest data.</span></li></ul><p style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p><h3 style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">How to hit a homerun</span></h3><ul style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Exposure to battery manufacturing, automation, or operational environments.</span></li></ul><p style="color:#0e101a;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;">Reach out to <a href="mailto:careers@universeenergy.ai">careers@universeenergy.ai </a>for questions, comments and/or feedback before applying.</span></p></div></div>

Revolutionizing battery reuse with intelligent robotics to scale affordable grid storage and reduce carbon emissions.

Business Associate

<div><p style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">We are Universe Energy, and we are the battery dismantling and repurposing company.</span></strong></span></p><p style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Our mission is to scale battery reuse as the largest source of the next billion batteries. The world needs 2 billion batteries by 2050, but this comes at a huge cost to the planet, as we need to mine 30x more. We dismantle and sort used battery packs 7x faster and 50% cheaper than by hand using robotics, AI and sound for EV OEMs, battery makers and fleets. Once we dismantle 1000s of battery packs, we repurpose them into $4000 cheap grid batteries that are 20% cheaper than making new ones. Our vision is to become the leading maker of zero-impact batteries by building 1 million batteries/year by 2035. This will power a truly clean energy revolution at scale and reduce 6 Giga tons of CO2 by 2050. We are Universe Energy, and we make batteries eternal.</span></p></div><h3 style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><strong style="font-size:13.5pt;"><br>Job objective</strong></span><strong style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><br></span></strong></h3><p>You will connect to customers and suppliers to source used batteries from EV OEMs and deploy repurposed batteries to grid projects. You will first ramp up the supply of used batteries from EV OEMs, fleet operators, battery OEMs, and local service centers. Then, you will deliver repurposed batteries to grid storage developers, data centers, microgrids, and commercial buildings. </p><p>You're great at driving sales and partnerships from the first conversation to define pilot contracts, and then shape long-term volume contracts. The starting point is working closely with customer teams and their engineers to shape pilot programs. You're excited to analyze, experiment, and validate value chains, propose strategic positioning, shape customer profiles, and synthesize into go-to-market strategy while experimenting with business models.</p><p>To support grant programs and fundraising campaigns, you will also write grant applications, run financial models, and shape regulations to scale battery reuse.</p><h3 style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">How you will contribute<br><br></span></h3><ul style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">You are a contagious evangelist of the Universe Energy mission, you love to write compelling stories, bring customer presentations with panache, and you are a very empathetic listener to understand the customer's needs.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Operationalize go-to-market strategies by shaping customer profiles and list target accounts</span>. Perform market, economics, and value chain analyses of supply and demand for battery repurposing. Validate commercial assumptions, strategies, and operational plans.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Source customer and partnership leads, moving customer meetings forward, and negotiating contracts. Understand the organization chart, and function of each contact, especially the decision-makers of the customers and its teams. Shape pilot programs with OEM and grid storage partners.<br></span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Drive the sales cycle by generating leads, learning customer requirements, delivering value propositions, presenting product proposals, running contract negotiations, and closing deals. </li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Obsess over understanding the customer. Learn product roadmaps, operational requirements, and tradeoffs for make-buy decisions. Work closely with the customer through direct virtual and async communication and visit them regularly.</li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Write business plans, technology roadmaps, and operational plans for grant applications, and fundraising documents.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Model financial scenarios, strategic value chains, and business models with pricing. Map regulatory trends and propose the implementation of new regulations to scale battery reuse.<br><br></span></li></ul><h3 style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">The skills &amp; experience that you bring<br><br></span></h3><ul style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">At least a B.Sc. in Physics, engineering, or science study. Preferably completed an M.Sc. program in business, economics, or finance. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Successfully closed multiple B2B product contracts from customer intro to volume contracts from low to high volumes.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">3-5 years as a business development, sales, partnership, and/or account management leader, in externally facing roles and with international partners.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">3-5 years experience in crafting go-to-market strategy, developing customer profiles, sourcing potential customers, and performing targeted outreach to generate leads. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Driven sales cycle from value confirmation, and value proposal presentation up to closing contracts from early pilot to high-volume programs for battery and/or automation products.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Deep understanding of the battery, EV OEM, and grid storage supply chain. Strong network within at least one US EV OEM and or European OEM and grid storage developer.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Highly effective collaborator, having successfully worked with a diverse range of people and partners to drive program progress, ensure alignment, and prioritize key initiatives.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Ability to guide conversations in the desired direction in any situation. Ability to stay firm, confident, and unrattled in challenging sales outreach, customer presentations, pricing negotiations, and contract closures.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Technical understanding of batteries, robotics, and EVs is preferred. Communicate fluently in English and German.<br><br></span></li></ul><h3 style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">How to hit a homerun<br><br></span></h3><ul style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Experience in battery, electric vehicle, and automation industry or similar. </span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Technical understanding of batteries, robotics, and EVs.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Experience in a high-growth startup and/or technology startup.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Willingness to travel internationally to battery, grid, and EV conferences.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Fluency in German and Mandarin.</span></li></ul><p style="color:rgb(14, 16, 26);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> </p><div><div><p><span style="font-size:10pt;">Reach out to <a href="mailto:careers@universeenergy.ai">careers@universeenergy.ai </a>for questions, comments and/or feedback before applying.</span></p></div></div>

Head of Business Development

<div><div><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">2</span><span style="color:#0e375f;font-size:13px;">0</span><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">50 Partners is seeking a mission-driven Senior Consultant to join our team in a fully remote role. In this role, you will directly contribute to the execution and management of decarbonization consulting projects that contribute to the development of future GHG-reducing building codes and appliance standards. We are looking for team-members who are passionate about understanding clients’ pain points and delivering pragmatic solutions; dedicated to our purpose of shortening the path to carbon neutrality; and enthusiastic about growing with our dynamic consulting firm.  </span></p><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">We are seeking a candidate with diverse expertise so that we can align strengths and interests with different projects. Initial assignments will include one or more of the following project areas: </span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">State building codes advancement and advocacy (energy and green codes in multiple states) </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">National model building codes advancement and advocacy (ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC) </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">State and national appliance standards and test procedure advancement and advocacy </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Building performance standards – local, state, and national </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Local reach/stretch codes </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Decarbonization initiatives and research </span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Responsibilities include:  </span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Be a trusted advisor for our clients by providing pragmatic advice based on defensible data and analysis </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Oversee and contribute to multiple projects including technical research, client engagement, subcontractor management, and external stakeholder engagement including:  </span><ul><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Scoping and launching new projects</span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Supporting primary and secondary research  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Procuring test equipment and arranging laboratory tests</span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Supporting laboratory and field investigations  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Fostering coalition-building  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Supporting legal, regulatory, and policy reviews </span></li></ul></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-size:13px;">Develop and maintain budget forecasts across multiple projects</span></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;">Coordinate research with efforts from state programs and independent entities</span></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;">Ensure high-quality deliverables, including reports and presentations </span></li><li><span style="font-size:13px;">Contribute to business development and proposal writing</span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Desired Qualifications and Competencies: </span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field(s) is required </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">8+ years relevant experience  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Consulting experience and mindset: comfort contributing to complex projects with a problem-solving orientation that prioritizes client needs  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Ability to learn and apply new skills across interdisciplinary fields, including technology assessments, engineering, economics, statistics, and policy</span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Highest ethical standards  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Project management track record </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Ability to collaborate well with people at all levels within an organization </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Great initiative, creativity, and curiosity; work well both on your own and as part of team </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Excellent communication and presentation skills  </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Strong attention to detail </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Confidence, enthusiasm, humility, and discretion </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Willingness for periodic travel </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Desire and ability to work remotely </span></li></ul><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Desired Experience</span><span style="color:#00718b;font-size:13px;">*</span><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">: </span></p><ul><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Experience related to national, state, and local building codes (e.g., California Title 24 Part 6, California Title 24 Part 11, ASHRAE 90.1, IECC, local reach/stretch codes, state amended energy codes) </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Experience related to national and state appliance standards, test procedures, and specifications (e.g., DOE, California Title 20, ENERGYSTAR) </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Experience related to building performance standards </span></li><li><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">Experience related to one or more of the following categories: battery storage; building energy modeling; building decarbonization; electric vehicle charging infrastructure; electronics; embodied carbon; emerging technologies programs and projects; energy efficiency incentive programs; equity; demand flexibility and connected loads; fans, motors, and drives; HVAC; industrial end-uses and processes; market transformation programs and projects; refrigerants and refrigeration; renewable energy; resilience; transportation electrification; water heating; water-using equipment and plumbing; white goods appliances. </span></li></ul><p><em><span style="color:#00718b;font-size:13px;">[*Note: We recognize that no candidates will have expertise in all these areas. Given the variety of our projects, we are seeking candidates with diverse expertise so that we can align experience and expertise with different projects. Please highlight your relevant experience in your resume and cover letter.]  </span></em><span style="color:#00718b;font-size:13px;"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#3d3d3c;font-size:13px;">2050 Partners is a professional services consulting firm committed to providing strategy, innovation, execution, and knowledge sharing for our clients and partners. Our core purpose is to shorten the path to carbon neutrality. Our team focuses on energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, water efficiency, clean transportation, building electrification, and broader decarbonization strategies. We have broad experience providing strategic and analytical advice relating to energy codes and standards programs, demand-side management incentive programs, emerging technology programs, and policy development. 2050 Partners is a California Benefits Corporation and operates in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. We offer health, dental, and vision benefits, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a flexible and fun work environment. </span></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://cdn.2050partners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/E-Verify-Participation-Poster.pdf">Notice of E-Verify Participation</a></p><p><a href="https://cdn.2050partners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IER_RightToWorkPoster-Eng_Es.pdf">Notice of Right to Work</a></p><p><br></p></div></div>

2050 Partners helps utility, public, private, and non-profit clients shorten the path to carbon neutrality and increase return on investment by shaping regulations and policy.

Senior Consultant: Decarbonization Projects and Programs

<div><b><span style="font-size:18px;">About Voltus</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free demand response programs. Our commercial and industrial customers generate cash by allowing us to maximize the value of their operational flexibility in energy markets. We hire teammates who are bright, gritty, and good and who have a genuine passion for delivering a cleaner energy future and for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b><span style="font-size:18px;">About the Role</span></b></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is hiring a whip-smart, entrepreneurial, proud energy nerd with an unparalleled understanding of energy markets and demand side management. This multifaceted role will be responsible for helping refine Voltus’s strategy for partnerships, with a particular focus on energy storage. The intern will model energy storage assets across North American energy markets as well as conduct research to assess the market potential of various types of energy storage assets across markets. If you are bright, gritty, good, and intellectually curious, and if your brain marries creativity and engineering diligence, you’re a great fit. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is a remote and virtual company, distributed across the US, Canada, and abroad with many team members in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, DC and other cities. This is a remote role and you can work from anywhere, with the ability to engage in market-facing activities and to hold meetings with coworkers and stakeholders during Central and Eastern Time business hours.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">This role is for a full-time summer internship. Please include a brief cover letter with your materials outlining your interest in working at Voltus and how your background is relevant to this role.</span></div><br><br><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Understand the role of demand response and other distributed energy resources in energy and carbon markets</li><li>Assist in researching general product partnership models and modeling financial opportunities with specific partners</li><li>Conduct market research to help refine the both short-terms and long-term product partnership strategies</li><li>Develop analytical tools to support the operational needs of our market activities as well as the customer-facing needs of our Sales and Marketing efforts</li><li>Work across teams, including Sales, Finance, Product, and Operations to maximize the value of our portfolios across markets and products</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills</li><li>Exceptional Excel skills</li><li>Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills</li><li>Uncommonly driven to succeed and maniacally self-initiated</li><li>Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-throughput environment</li><li>Analytical and business applied programming experience (Python preferred; R, MATLAB, or similar also great)</li><li>Candidate for MBA or similar graduate-level degree</li><li>1-2 years experience in the demand-side energy industry (Preferred, not required)</li></ul><br><div>At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.</div>

Energy Markets Intern - Partnerships & Energy Storage

<div><span style="font-size:18px;">About Voltus</span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free distributed energy resource participation in electricity markets. Our customers generate cash by offering their operational flexibility and behind-the-meter assets in energy markets. We hire teammates who are bright, gritty, and good and who have a genuine passion for delivering a cleaner energy future and for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:18px;">The Role</span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is looking for a Product Manager to help us build the leading Distributed Energy Resource (DER) platform. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">In this role you will be responsible for owning a product pod, including researching market requirements and customer needs, identifying and evaluating technical solutions, establishing roadmaps, and coordinating with Design and Engineering to execute on ongoing initiatives.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">You are an enthusiastic right-brain communicator, with extremely strong left-brain technical capability. You love simplifying complex concepts and can quickly deep dive into the heart of an issue. You are eager to work with some of the smartest software engineers out there, and to learn from and collaborate with them and other Bright, Gritty, and Good colleagues.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is a fully distributed company and this job is remote. You have the flexibility to work from anywhere, but your workday must align with a US-based time zone. </span></div><br><br><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Develop objectives, strategy and delivery milestones for a product pod</li><li>Build alignment on roadmap decisions with engineers and designers, backed up by qualitative and quantitative data</li><li>Build best-in-class user experience for these products that drives high adoption, satisfaction, retention</li><li>Perform research and conduct analysis to determine the success of initiatives</li><li>Collaborate with the engineering manager to manage the day-to-day efforts of ongoing initiatives, from managing standups, to triaging bugs, to providing project updates to the organization</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams within Voltus to ensure the product is successful, adequately supported, integrated with the company’s operations and aligned with our business strategy</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Minimum 2 years of experience</li><li>Self-starter with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple work streams simultaneously</li><li>Strong understanding of technical concepts and software development methodologies</li><li>Ability to distill data into actionable insights</li><li>Equally strong written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Bonus: experience working in an agile environment</li><li>Bonus: experience working in the energy technology industry</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:11pt;">In addition to a competitive compensation package, Voltus offers a range of benefits including: unlimited leave for full-time employees, parental leave, and a comprehensive benefits package to promote health, wellness, and financial security.</span></div><div><br></div><div>At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.</div>

Product Manager

<div><b style="font-size:18px;">About Voltus</b></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free distributed energy resource participation in electricity markets. Our customers generate cash by offering their operational flexibility and behind-the-meter assets in energy markets. We hire teammates who are bright, gritty, and good and who have a genuine passion for delivering a cleaner energy future and for working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment. </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:18px;">The Role</b></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is looking for a Senior Product Manager to help us build the leading Distributed Energy Resource (DER) platform. </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">In this role you will be responsible for owning a product pod, including researching customer needs, defining vision and strategy, establishing roadmaps, coordinating with designers and engineers to execute on ongoing initiatives, and measuring the impact of the pod.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">You are an enthusiastic right-brain communicator, with strong left-brain technical capability. You love simplifying complex concepts and can quickly deep dive into the heart of an issue. You are eager to work with some of the smartest software engineers out there, and to learn from and collaborate with them and other Bright, Gritty, and Good colleagues.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;">Voltus is a fully distributed company and this job is remote. You have the flexibility to work from anywhere, but your workday must align with a US-based time zone. </span></div><br><br><h3>Key Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Own the roadmap for a problem area product pod, including developing objectives, strategy and delivery milestones</li><li>Be the champion of user needs, business value and market knowledge, using these to define requirements and drive prioritization for the pod</li><li>Build best-in-class user experience for these products that drives high adoption, satisfaction, retention</li><li>Perform research and conduct analysis to determine the success of initiatives</li><li>Collaborate with the engineering manager to manage the day-to-day efforts of ongoing initiatives, from managing standups, to triaging bugs, to providing project updates </li><li>Lead initiatives with cross-functional teams within Voltus to ensure the product is successful, adequately supported, integrated with the company’s operations and aligned with our business strategy</li><li>Communicate initiatives and results with stakeholders across the organization</li><li>Develop and own the financial impact of products</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Minimum 5 years of work experience, with 3 years in product management</li><li>Experience owning a product/platform end-to-end, </li><li>Self-starter with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple work streams simultaneously</li><li>Strong understanding of technical concepts and software development methodologies</li><li>Ability to distill data into actionable insights</li><li>Equally strong written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Bonus: Strong understanding of SaaS or hardware from a business and technical perspective</li><li>Bonus: experience working in an agile environment, turning hypotheses into action quickly</li><li>Bonus: experience working in the energy technology industry</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:16px;">At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.</span></div>

Senior Product Manager

<div><b style="font-size:10.5pt;">Job Description</b></div><div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">Are you passionate about the decarbonization of the electric grid? Are you interested in learning about how distributed energy resources play a critical role in the grid of the future? The Dispatch Operations team at Voltus is looking for a part-time Lead who is passionate about delivering MW to the grid during dispatches. These dispatches are called when the grid needs Voltus to take action, and the Dispatch Operations team quickly activates our portfolio of distributed energy resources in various programs across North America.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">In this role, you will become knowledgeable about grid operators and utilities in North America, you will interact regularly with large industrial and commercial energy users, and you will build a foundation of operations experience across diverse systems and processes. This rapidly expanding landscape requires constant scrutinization of our processes, systems, and tools to efficiently deliver on dispatches.  You will have the opportunity to both lead tactical responsibilities and support strategic projects, and you will be part of an exceptional team that is laser focused on combating the climate crisis.</span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:10.5pt;">We are a 24/7 team, and for this role we are looking for candidates in Europe to provide strategic coverage during the North America "night/morning". The role is shift-based and your availability and reliability are critical to succeed in this role; however, this role is remote, which means: no commute! We are looking for candidates who can work 8-hour weekend shifts between the hours of 8am GMT - 5pm GMT on Saturdays and Sundays, provide occasional spot coverage, and participate in 1-2 hours of weekday team meetings.</span></div><br><br><h3>Primary Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Maintain a state of readiness to receive dispatches from grid operators and utilities</li><li>Become an expert in executing dispatches across grid operator and utility programs</li><li>Maximize customer participation in dispatches through a dispatch management process that makes customer participation simple and successful</li><li>Support the optimization of customer site offers in real time and day-ahead markets</li><li>Lead seamless internal communication during dispatches, leveraging other internal team members in support of the shared goal for flawless dispatches</li><li>Capture lessons learned following a dispatch. Track and follow through on any customer inquiries or issues.</li><div><br></div><div>Lead our team’s customer communications processes:</div><li>Own and improve our customer support framework by ensuring all dispatch-related inquiries receive a timely response from the broader team</li><li>Support internal collaboration for customer email campaigns</li><li>Coordinate with the Customer Success team for additional communications support during high volume weeks</li><li>Further ensure the readiness of our portfolio with a tracking system for communications sent to customers that relay critical grid operations alerts</li></ul><h3>Secondary Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Monitor market participation and take necessary actions to ensure Voltus market compliance. Regularly audit our offers portfolio to locate any sub-optimal offers schedules (sites not in market, site kW offer values, etc)</li><li>Support process documentation, internal and external, stakeholder communications, and customer readiness</li><li>Create and deliver seasonal communications and readiness alerts to customers in partnership with Voltus's Customer Success team</li><li>Take ownership of reporting tools and ad hoc analysis projects, supported by a fluency in at least one of Google Sheets, Python, and/or SQL</li><li>Become an expert in dispatching and help lead a continuous training program. Leverage recordings, Lessonly, and other materials to facilitate asynchronous training in Dispatch Ops and across the company.</li><div><br></div><div>The spring and summer seasons are focused on dispatch readiness and performance. Additional dispatch events occur throughout the year, but your secondary responsibilities will be predominantly conducted in the fall and winter.</div></ul><h3>Qualities</h3><ul><li>Bright, Gritty, and Good</li><li>Operations-minded</li><li>Reliable – this is a time-sensitive, quick reaction role</li><li>Thrives in a remote work environment</li><li>Ambitious and willing to learn quickly</li><li>Strong communicator</li><li>Self-motivated; bias for action</li><li>Disciplined</li><li>Well organized</li><li>Loves working with details</li><li>Strong computer skills: comfortable working with a variety of web-based tools</li></ul><br><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;">At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.</span></div>

Dispatch Operations Lead (Remote, Netherlands, part-time, weekends)

Dispatch Operations Lead (Remote, UK, part-time, weekends)

Dispatch Operations Lead (Remote, Ireland, part-time, weekends)

<div><b style="font-size:20pt;">The Role </b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The Sales Productivity Intern helps to eliminate friction and inefficiency in the sales process! This person is passionate about implementing process improvement, putting quality resources in front of our sales team, and making our sales process the most effective in the industry. If you love to create a well-oiled machine, collaborate with world-class customer- and market-facing teammates, and see the results of your work through the ever-increasing productivity of those you support, then this is the role for you! </span></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">The Team is looking forward to internship support for both day-to-day and strategic project work - support will be around the sales and account management processes, data hygiene and management, and internal communications. This role is intended to be full-time (~40 hours per week). </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:20pt;">Role and responsibilities </b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Develop fundamental understanding of demand response market </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Desire to become a process guru to support marketing and sales efforts, including support around the sales and account management processes, data hygiene and management, and internal communications </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Develop deep understanding of Salesforce CRM, specifically reporting and dashboards </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Gain proficiency with Microsoft Excel through hands-on experience </span></div><div><br></div><div><b style="font-size:20pt;">Qualifications </b></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Uncommonly driven to succeed and maniacally self-initiated </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Willingness to grind; ability to build tools that eliminate the need to grind </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-throughput environment </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Passion for clean energy and sustainability </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Experience with data analysis in Excel (SQL experience is a plus) </span></div><div><span style="font-size:14pt;">●  Salesforce or other CRM experience is a plus </span></div><div><br></div><div>At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status. </div><br><br><br>

Sales Productivity Intern

<p style="font-weight: 400;">2050 Partners is seeking a&nbsp;mission-driven&nbsp;Senior&nbsp;Consultant&nbsp;to&nbsp;join&nbsp;our team&nbsp;in a fully remote role.&nbsp;In this role, you will&nbsp;directly contribute&nbsp;to&nbsp;the execution and management of decarbonization&nbsp;consulting&nbsp;projects that contribute to the development of future GHG-reducing building codes and appliance standards.&nbsp;We are looking for&nbsp;team-members&nbsp;who&nbsp;are&nbsp;passionate about&nbsp;understanding clients&rsquo; pain points and&nbsp;delivering&nbsp;pragmatic solutions;&nbsp;dedicated to our&nbsp;purpose of shortening the path to carbon neutrality;&nbsp;and enthusiastic about&nbsp;growing with our dynamic consulting firm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">We are&nbsp;seeking&nbsp;a candidate with diverse&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;so that we can align&nbsp;strengths and interests&nbsp;with different projects.&nbsp;Initial assignments will include&nbsp;<u>one or more</u>&nbsp;of the following project areas:&nbsp;</p>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>State building codes advancement and advocacy (energy and green codes in multiple states)&nbsp;</li>
<li>National model building codes advancement and advocacy (ASHRAE 90.1 and IECC)&nbsp;</li>
<li>State and national appliance standards and test procedure advancement and advocacy&nbsp;</li>
<li>Building performance standards &ndash; local, state, and national&nbsp;</li>
<li>Local reach/stretch codes&nbsp;</li>
<li>Decarbonization initiatives and research&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Responsibilities include:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Be a trusted advisor for our clients by&nbsp;providing&nbsp;pragmatic advice based on defensible data and analysis&nbsp;</li>
<li>Oversee and contribute to&nbsp;multiple projects including technical research, client engagement, subcontractor management, and external stakeholder engagement including:&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<ul>
<li>Scoping and launching new projects</li>
<li>Supporting&nbsp;primary and secondary research&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Procuring&nbsp;test equipment and arranging laboratory tests</li>
<li>Supporting&nbsp;laboratory and field investigations&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Fostering&nbsp;coalition-building&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Supporting&nbsp;legal,&nbsp;regulatory, and policy&nbsp;reviews&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Develop and maintain budget forecasts across multiple projects</li>
<li>Coordinate research with efforts from state programs and independent entities</li>
<li>Ensure high-quality deliverables, including reports and presentations&nbsp;</li>
<li>Contribute to business development and proposal writing</li>
</ul>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Desired Qualifications and Competencies:&nbsp;</p>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in engineering or technical field(s) is&nbsp;required&nbsp;</li>
<li>8+ years relevant experience&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Consulting experience and mindset: comfort&nbsp;contributing to&nbsp;complex projects&nbsp;with a problem-solving orientation that prioritizes client needs&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Ability to learn and apply&nbsp;new&nbsp;skills across interdisciplinary fields, including technology assessments, engineering, economics, statistics, and policy</li>
<li>Highest ethical standards&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Project management&nbsp;track record&nbsp;</li>
<li>Ability to collaborate well with people at all levels within an organization&nbsp;</li>
<li>Great initiative, creativity, and curiosity; work well both on your own and as part of team&nbsp;</li>
<li>Excellent communication and presentation skills&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Strong attention to detail&nbsp;</li>
<li>Confidence, enthusiasm, humility, and discretion&nbsp;</li>
<li>Willingness for&nbsp;periodic&nbsp;travel&nbsp;</li>
<li>Desire and ability to work remotely&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Desired&nbsp;Experience*:&nbsp;</p>
<ul style="font-weight: 400;">
<li>Experience related&nbsp;to national,&nbsp;state, and&nbsp;local&nbsp;building codes (e.g., California Title 24 Part 6, California Title 24 Part&nbsp;11, ASHRAE 90.1, IECC,&nbsp;local reach/stretch codes, state amended energy codes)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience related&nbsp;to&nbsp;national&nbsp;and state&nbsp;appliance standards,&nbsp;test procedures, and specifications&nbsp;(e.g., DOE,&nbsp;California Title 20, ENERGYSTAR)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience related to building performance standards&nbsp;</li>
<li>Experience related to&nbsp;<u>one or more</u>&nbsp;of the following categories:&nbsp;battery storage;&nbsp;building energy modeling;&nbsp;building decarbonization;&nbsp;electric vehicle charging infrastructure;&nbsp;electronics;&nbsp;embodied carbon;&nbsp;emerging technologies programs and projects;&nbsp;energy efficiency incentive programs;&nbsp;equity;&nbsp;demand flexibility and connected loads;&nbsp;fans, motors, and drives; HVAC;&nbsp;industrial end-uses and processes;&nbsp;market transformation programs and projects;&nbsp;refrigerants and refrigeration;&nbsp;renewable energy;&nbsp;resilience;&nbsp;transportation electrification;&nbsp;water heating;&nbsp;water-using equipment and plumbing;&nbsp;white goods appliances.&nbsp;</li>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;"><em>[*Note:&nbsp;We recognize that no candidates will have&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;in all these areas. Given the&nbsp;variety&nbsp;of our projects, we&nbsp;are&nbsp;seeking&nbsp;candidates&nbsp;with diverse&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;so that we can align experience and&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;with&nbsp;different&nbsp;projects.&nbsp;Please highlight your relevant experience in your resume&nbsp;and cover letter.]&nbsp;&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">2050 Partners is a professional services consulting firm committed to&nbsp;providing&nbsp;strategy, innovation, execution, and knowledge sharing for our clients and partners. Our core purpose is to shorten the path to carbon neutrality. Our team focuses on energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, water efficiency, clean transportation, building electrification, and broader decarbonization strategies. We have broad experience&nbsp;providing&nbsp;strategic and analytical advice relating to energy codes and standards programs, demand-side management incentive programs, emerging technology programs, and policy development.&nbsp;2050 Partners is a California Benefits Corporation and operates in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.&nbsp;We offer health, dental, and vision benefits, a&nbsp;401(k) retirement&nbsp;plan, and a flexible and fun work environment.&nbsp;</p>

<div><h2><strong>About Sparkfund</strong></h2><p>Sparkfund is an energy technology platform company based in Washington, D.C. built to accelerate the energy transition by transforming the built environment into a productive, resilient, climate-adapted extension of the grid. We do this by partnering with utilities and building owners to provide program management, project implementation, and financing services and capabilities to our partners' customers. Together, we are creating a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable energy future. </p></div><h2><strong>Position Summary</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Sparkfund is hiring a project development leader on our Commercial Solutions to manage and accelerate the growth for our business. A successful candidate will be capable of developing deep competency in multiple critical disciplines including: sales, project development, partnership/program development, and project modeling. You will work within one or more strategic partnerships, each of which carry revenue goals based on successful execution of energy projects across the program’s decarbonization, resiliency, and electrification offerings. You will be responsible for deal intake, close strategy, pricing, proposal development, and internal management of the deal across relevant cross functional teams. You will not be responsible for deal origination! You will be responsible for hitting margin targets, increasing our close rates, and infusing customer and product learnings throughout the organization. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">This position will report directly to the Associate Vice President of Commercial Solutions, and it involves working closely with the Program Management, Engineering, Legal, and Finance teams.  You will partner with our program management leads to sell under and alongside some of the largest and most recognizable brands in the energy industry. This position is perfect for someone who loves to problem solve, who is excited for a new challenge every day, who is excited to lead a project development team, and who wants to rapidly build experience in the energy services industry.</span></p><h2><strong>Location</strong></h2><p>Sparkfund is fully remote with employees based all across the continental US. This position, however, requires frequent, regular travel to a client's office in the Washington / Baltimore metro areas, so strong preference will be given to candidates who are based in these metro areas or to candidates who are quickly and easily able to fly to these cities. </p><h2><strong>Key Responsibilities </strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lead and manage sales strategy, project modeling, pro formas, and proposal preparation for each project in your pipeline.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Lead and coach an internal team of financial and technical solution sales professionals through the development of projects, proposals, and contracts. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Partner closely with Sparkfund’s Program Management team to ensure partners are trained and have confidence in Sparkfund policies and best practices specific to these relationships. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Communicate, collaborate, and work effectively alongside external sales professionals within the program who originate, qualify, and own customer relationships on all deals.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Manage all commercial customer account and opportunity data in terms of accuracy, consistency, reporting, analytics, governance and intelligence.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Represent Sparkfund’s partners in the market with senior buyers; support complex transactions that require creativity, problem-solving, a relatively high degree of financial and technical acumen, and a complete command of the industry.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Contribute to sales process optimization and team enablement while simultaneously executing against immediate growth opportunities in the pipeline.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bring best practices in the sales process and in project development to a rapidly growing organization. </span></li></ul><h2><strong>Required Skills &amp; Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">3-10 years in a relevant field, such as sales, finance, consulting, project management, etc. </span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience working with or within Utilities, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Resilience, or ESCO industries.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">An ability to inspire and communicate at all levels of the organization, in written and verbal mediums.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A master of the sales process and at enabling sales teams to succeed in highly complex enterprise environments.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience using pricing tools to model project economics across different contracting structures.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Familiarity with the energy services and financing industries, including financing solutions, leases, loans, or as-a-service agreements.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Competency in software and cloud-based information management tools – especially with Salesforce, Google Workspace, Slack, Asana, Excel, PowerPoint, and/or project management tools.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Growth mindset with the self-confidence to tackle new challenges.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Proven ability to demonstrate good judgment and composure in difficult situations and with incomplete information.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Comfort tracking and documenting details associated with multiple projects.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Demonstrated mental agility and ability to switch between contexts quickly.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Knack for building long-term relationships and trust.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Natural ability to find a creative solution to every problem.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Not be afraid to roll-up your sleeves and do what it takes to deliver outcomes.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Dedication to what we’re building at Sparkfund and a passion for combating climate change.</span></li></ul><div><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><div><ul><li>Competitive compensation and stock option plans - we believe in shared ownership.</li><li>Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, and dental insurance as well as disability and life insurance.</li><li>Flexible vacation policy that encourages ~4 weeks of paid time off. We also observe all federal holidays.</li><li>8 weeks gender-neutral paid leave for caregivers when they have a new addition to their families and an additional 4 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents.</li><li>A one-time, work-from-home stipend to help cover any equipment, hardware, etc. you need to set up your remote office.</li><li>A monthly allowance of $100 to help cover phone and WiFi expenses. </li></ul></div><div> </div><h2><strong>We Want You To Know</strong></h2><div>You can be a great candidate even if you don't fit everything we've described above. You can also have important skills we haven't thought of. If that's you, don't hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself. We are dedicated to environmental stewardship, and recognize we need diverse perspectives to successfully tackle this massive challenge. To change the world, we must first change ourselves, which is why Sparkfund has created a space that sources viewpoints from people who look and think differently.</div><div> </div><div>We are committed to diversity and building an equitable and inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and experiences, and we're taking steps to meet that commitment.</div><div> </div><div>We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, veterans, and people with disabilities.</div></div>

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