Executive Director

Strategic Leadership

• Lead and inspire with clear strategic direction, aligning mission, strategy, and teams to achieve impact
• Serve as a thought partner and proxy for the CEO in internal and external settings, including with board and funders
• Partner with senior directors to develop cross-organizational priorities and ensure alignment across programs and functions

Operational Oversight

• Promote operational efficiency, ensure resources are used effectively, and deliver measurable results
• Supervise and support the team in delivering on goals, budgets, and outcomes
• Provide coaching, guidance, and accountability to strengthen leadership capacity
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems, and workflows

Funding & Fundraising

• Strengthen fundraising efforts and ensure donor communications are clear, strategic, and effective
• Lead cultivation, stewardship, and management of major funder and partner relationships
• Ensure alignment between program impact and funding priorities

Governance & External Engagement

• Drive engagement with board members for strategic advice, substantive involvement, and clear governance and reporting, in partnership with the CEO
• Represent the organization to strengthen relationships with funders, partners, and stakeholders

This role creates positive change by providing senior leadership to ensure operational excellence and execution of the organization's mission to address climate change through clean energy policy research and analysis, ultimately helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

• 12-15+ years of progressive leadership experience in nonprofit, government, or mission-driven organizations
• Demonstrated ability to set direction and drive organizational impact by focusing strategy, resources, and execution on the most critical priorities
• Exceptional leadership ability to develop, empower, and hold accountable a high-performing, cross-functional team
• Proven track record with success in fundraising and resource mobilization
• Strong strategic and solutions-oriented thinker who maximizes impact via great execution
• Skilled communicator with outstanding written, verbal, and presentation skills; able to foster collaboration and trust across all levels of the organization along with external partners and funders
• Advanced knowledge of energy systems and greenhouse gas emissions, with the ability to apply this expertise to organizational strategy and driving decision-maker conversations to the best outcome
• Outstanding capability to use research and data analysis for impact
• Commitment to the mission and values of the organization
• Experience managing organizational change, growth, and operational complexity

Energy Innovation provides a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Up to 100% of premium paid for medical, dental, and vision
• Short term and long term disability insurance
• Company sponsored life insurance and voluntary life
• Carrot fertility and family planning benefits
• Student loan repayment assistance
• 401k retirement plan with a company match contribution
• Annual professional development budget
• Internet, cell phone, and health & wellness reimbursement
• 14 paid holidays and four weeks of paid time off (PTO)
• Paid parental leave, jury duty, and bereavement
• Public transportation benefit options for office staff
• Regular staff lunches and team building activities
• SF and DC office stocked with healthy snacks and beverages
• An innovative, collaborative, welcoming work culture

Energy Innovation is a clean energy and environmental policy firm established in 2012 to provide timely research and analysis on low-carbon energy policy options to policy makers, thought leaders, and members of the media, with expertise in clean energy, industry, transportation, buildings, technological innovation, and energy policy design.