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MANAGING DIRECTOR, GROUNDSWELL ENERGY
Reports to: Chief Strategy Officer
Function: Management, Systems Development, Business Analysis, Business Operations
ABOUT YOU
- You are an entrepreneurial leader
- You love building and improving program operations to be more efficient and effective
- You are obsessed with analyzing and expanding the impact of your work
- You are passionate about energy and scaling access to clean energy
- You are a seasoned manager who knows how to organize teams to work well together
ABOUT US
We are a fast-growing nonprofit social enterprise helping people harness their consumer power to change the world. Featured in Fast Company and Forbes, we use an innovative new model for social impact called Civic Consumption. Civic Consumption brings people together to increase access and lower prices on the goods and services they need most, while rewarding businesses with a positive social or environmental impact.
For the last five years, we've been helping people across the mid-Atlantic harness their consumer power to improve our environment. As of 2014, we've infused over $15 million dollars in clean energy and saved communities and people an estimated $1.5 million on their electricity bills. These milestones are proof that the model of Civic Consumption is working. By bringing people and organizations into a single buying group, we have power. Power to negotiate better deals. Power to demand inclusion. Power to reward businesses doing the greatest good. But, the power harnessed by Civic Consumption shouldn't stop with clean energy.
We are a hard-working team that values doing things differently. We foster an environment of creativity, curiosity, collaboration, and inclusivity. Ideas matter…and our culture will give your ideas a chance. We fail fast and take pride in iteration and innovation. We look for team players and we value work-life balance.
We believe in a more inclusive economy and, among other things, seek to address issues of economic inequality and environmental sustainability.
Groundswell's work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and ABC World News, among others. Our Co-Founder and board member Will Byrne has been recognized by White House Office of Public Engagement, selected as a Global Fellow by Ashoka Innovators for the Public, and honored by the World Economic Forum.
ABOUT THE JOB
You will be responsible for leading Groundswell Energy, Groundswell's signature clean energy social enterprise. Groundswell Energy is a fast-growing initiative that provides thousands of people and organizations each year the opportunity to come together to purchase clean energy and access other energy services, such as solar and energy efficiency. You will lead a dynamic team totaling 9-10 staff. You'll coordinate the team on their key functions – marketing, community engagement, product development, business development, and technology. You will be responsible for ensuring that Groundswell Energy meets its ambitious goals each year to scale its impact across the Mid-Atlantic and beyond.
You will also implement new operational and project management systems to ensure that the Groundswell Energy team works seamlessly with each other and across the organization. You'll regularly analyze and dive into data on Groundswell Energy's performance, leading the team to constantly iterate to increase its impact and earned revenue.
You will be part of a collaborative tight-knit senior leadership team based out of Groundswell's main office in D.C. and you will report to Groundswell's Chief Strategy Officer.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage a team that includes nine to ten employees, ensuring that they are closely coordinated and successful in reaching their goals.
- Develop cross-program systems, including project management, technology, and communications systems.
- Perform regular business analytics on program performance and lead changes to program operations based on data analysis.
- Understand, analyze, and communicate trends and market analysis of the clean energy space, including clean electricity, solar, and energy efficiency.
- Serve as a public representative of Groundswell Energy and support key program partnerships.
REQUIREMENTS
An ideal candidate will have the following qualifications, skills and experience:
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Public Administration, or other relevant subject preferred.
- Experience in driving rapid growth of a social enterprise or for-profit venture.
- At least five years of project and employee management experience.
- Demonstrated ability to oversee, conduct, and utilize business analytics to drive project iteration.
- Experience implementing new project management techniques, such as Agile and Scrum.
- Comfortable devising and leading changes to team structure and reporting dynamics.
- Experience managing technology processes that include significant online and database components.
- Passion and expertise in clean energy.
- Passion to fight economic inequality and the desire to empower people to embrace an innovative, business-oriented approach to social impact.
COMPENSATION
Salary is commensurate with experience and competitive with senior leadership positions at early stage not-for-profits. Benefits include 403(b) retirement and matching, health, dental, and vision insurance, and 15 paid vacation days per year (starting).
Groundswell averages 14-16 paid company holidays (including all federal holidays and a week during winter holidays), offers a compensatory time policy for over-time work, and, when job responsibilities allow, periodic flexibility in work schedule and location.