Application Guide
How to Apply for New Opportunities
at Base Power Company
🏢 About Base Power Company
Base Power Company is revolutionizing home energy by deploying distributed batteries that transform the fragile centralized grid into a resilient system. They're tackling interdisciplinary challenges at the intersection of hardware, software, and energy infrastructure, making this an opportunity to work on foundational technology with real-world impact.
About This Role
This 'New Opportunities' role involves identifying, assessing, and leading commercial efforts for new growth channels and products beyond Base's current direct-to-consumer and B2B2C models. You'll own the full stack from research to launch, making this position critical for driving the company's next phase of expansion in the distributed energy market.
💡 A Day in the Life
You might start by analyzing partnership data in SQL, then move to designing a new channel strategy, followed by cross-functional meetings with Deployment and Hardware teams to assess feasibility, and end the day negotiating terms with a potential partner. The role balances external business development with internal process building for scalable growth.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Base Power Company Is Looking For
- Has structured win-win partnerships in high-growth tech or energy sectors, with specific experience negotiating with external partners
- Demonstrates consumer sales intuition through examples of understanding end-user needs in complex B2B2C environments
- Has led cross-functional initiatives requiring coordination between commercial, deployment, and technical teams
- Comfortable using data tools like SQL to drive partnership decisions and measure opportunity viability
📝 Tips for Applying to Base Power Company
Highlight specific examples of partnerships you've structured in high-growth environments, quantifying the impact on business expansion
Demonstrate your understanding of Base's unique B2B2C model with homebuilders and suggest one specific new channel they might explore
Include a brief case study in your application showing how you'd assess a new opportunity using both commercial instincts and data analysis
Reference Base's mission of grid resilience and how new partnerships could advance their distributed battery network
Show experience with modern tools mentioned (SQL) through concrete examples of data-driven partnership decisions
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your experience identifying and launching new growth channels in high-velocity environments', "Specific partnership structures you've designed that created mutual value for all parties", "How you've managed cross-functional initiatives involving hardware, software, and deployment teams", 'Your approach to balancing commercial instincts with data analysis when assessing opportunities']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Base's current partnership model with homebuilders and how it differs from direct-to-consumer
- → The distributed energy resource (DER) market and how batteries support grid resilience
- → Competitors in the home battery space and their partnership strategies
- → Recent news about Base's deployments and growth milestones
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with generic partnership experience without energy/tech sector specificity
- Focusing only on B2B partnerships without demonstrating understanding of the B2B2C consumer element
- Presenting as purely strategic without showing willingness to 'get hands dirty' with execution and data tools
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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