Climate & Environment Full-time

Director, Finance and Strategy

Panthalassa

Location

Portland, Oregon (hybrid/remote possible with up to 50% travel to Portland)

Type

Full-time

Posted

Oct 18, 2025

Compensation

USD 250000 – 320000

Mission

What you will drive

  • Craft decks with clear, digestible narratives that seamlessly incorporate robust financial projections, significant technical complexity, and multi-phased global strategic plans.
  • Produce in-depth reports on the AI-compute, data-center, and clean-energy markets; turn insights into decision-ready memos.
  • Draft communications at a high volume: emails, one-pagers, follow-up analyses, and more.
  • Maintain a robust CRM of key financial and strategic partners, and help to build critical relationships that lead to long-term, high-value deals.

Impact

The difference you'll make

This role helps commercialize frontier ocean energy technology to capture civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy, contributing to a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans.

Profile

What makes you a great fit

  • 5+ years in venture capital, investment banking, high-growth infrastructure or energy tech startups, project-finance advisory, strategy consulting, or similar.
  • Expert-level Excel (advanced formulas, macros a plus) and investor-grade presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated "extreme ownership" and comfort with tight deadlines, ambiguous data, and senior-level scrutiny.
  • Exceptional written communication; able to condense complex ideas into crisp bullets and headlines, and flex communication style for various consumers of documents.

Benefits

What's in it for you

  • Cash compensation of $250,000 - $320,000, depending on experience
  • Equity in the company
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Health insurance (company pays 100% of gold level PPO plan for full time employees, their partners, and dependents)
  • Dental insurance (company pays 100% for full time employees and 100% for their partners and dependents)
  • Vision insurance (company pays 100% for full time employees, their partners, and dependents)
  • Disability insurance (company pays 100% for a policy to provide long term financial support if you become disabled)
  • Ability to contribute to tax-advantaged accounts, including 401(k), health FSA, and dependent care FSA
  • Relocation assistance to facilitate your move to Portland (if needed)

About

Inside Panthalassa

Panthalassa is a renewable energy and ocean technology company committed to rapidly developing and deploying technologies that will ensure a sustainable future for Earth by unlocking the vast energy potential of its oceans, focusing on capturing civilizational levels of ultra-low-cost renewable energy for applications including computing and affordable renewable fuels delivered to shore.