The Position

Do you dream about creating a more sustainable future? At Uplight, we are motivating energy users and providers to accelerate the clean energy ecosystem. Working with over 80 of the world’s leading electric and gas utilities, Uplight provides an end-to-end customer energy experience. Uplight delivers personalized experiences that customers have now come to expect–improving satisfaction, increasing revenue, reducing the cost to serve, and contributing to carbon reduction goals. We are B Corp certified,  enabling us to put our values into action by not only making decisions for the benefit of our shareholders, but also for our customers, environment, employees, and community.

We are seeking a Market Insights and Engagement Manager to join our team and help us achieve our ambitious goals for our business and for the planet.

What you get to do: 

Market Insights and Engagement (MI&E) exists to provide market intelligence updates to inform client conversations and to build the sales pipeline. The team also conducts market analyses, high-impact regulatory support, and uses market insights to directly inform near-term sales opportunities. The ideal candidate will be passionate about energy utility policy & regulation, know how to manage a team, contracts, and processes, and excel at translating market insights into business impacts to internal stakeholders. This job requires an in-depth working knowledge of utilities and the regulatory process.

Skills and experience are necessary, but we hire on value alignment first, so if you feel you would be a good fit with us, still consider applying.

What you will contribute:

• Manage and direct market intelligence resources, knowledge transfer of market and regulatory updates, in-depth market analyses, and mitigation strategies for regulatory barriers through collaboration with Districts and cross-functional groups that utilize and consume market data and analyses
• Create workforce plans to ensure efficient use of resources
• Support the development of sales pipeline and of regular reports and presentations to the Engage & Grow Pillar to inform the commercial strategy
• Partner with internal key stakeholders to ensure needs are understood prior to developing market intelligence and analysis
• Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders in support of client needs, including industry trade organizations

What you bring to Uplight:

• Requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience in the energy industry, including managing a team
• Proven industry expertise in energy utility market intelligence, policy & regulation research, and/or demand-side management. Foundational knowledge of SaaS and/or software is a plus
• Proven experience in understanding consequences of new and changing regulations on business impact and outcomes and succinctly communicating relevant insights to different stakeholders, including leadership
• Excellent time management skills and ability to handle multiple projects/tasks simultaneously. Extremely process and policy-oriented. Agile experience is a plus.
• Experience working with Salesforce as a CRM or data management platform is a plus
• When restrictions are lifted you can expect no more than 10% travel

What makes working at Uplight amazing:

In addition to all the standard medical and dental benefits, that kick in Day 1, we:

• Are proud to be over 400+ rebels with an important cause by helping to create a more sustainable planet.
• Are committed to the environment, our employees, and our communities. 
• Are focused on career growth by following defined career ladders
• Take our work and mission seriously and….we love to laugh!

We also:

• Provide a 401k Match
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance 
• Monthly wellness stipend 
• Peer to Peer recognition program 
• Management by objectives bonus plan (change if commission role)
• Innovated flexible time off 
• Keep you energized with plenty of food and drink (when our offices reopen)

Salary Range: $70,000 to $92,500 (dependent on experience)

Uplight provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.