Program Manager, Energy - Englewood, United States - Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator

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Program Manager, Energy (Cleantech Incubator, Non-profit)

Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is creating an inclusive green economy for the people of Los Angeles by unlocking innovation by working with startups to accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies, transforming markets through partnerships with policymakers, innovators, and market leaders in transportation, energy, and sustainable cities, and enhancing communities through workforce development, pilots, and other programs.

Founded as an economic development initiative by the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP), LACI is recognized as one of the most innovative business incubators in the world by UBI Global.

In the past ten years, LACI has helped 340 portfolio companies raise $697 million in funding, generated $323 million in revenue, and created 2,565 jobs throughout the Los Angeles region, with a projected 5-year economic impact of more than $573 million.

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Position Summary:
The Program Manager, Energy, is responsible for helping advance LACI's Clean Energy Partnership initiatives to

accelerate clean energy technology commercialization and

leads LACI's market landscaping and analysis efforts for clean energy, zero emission transportation and sustainable cities. This position is based at LACI's headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles and reports to the Sr. Director of Energy within the Market Transformation pillar.

What You'll Do:

Clean Energy Partnership:

Assist the Director of Energy, both from a process and content perspective, to ensure the advancement of LACI's Clean Energy Partnership clean energy goals.

Lead the development of LACI's Clean Energy Partnership Newsletter. Conduct research on major policy, business model, workforce, and technology issues related to the clean energy market. Track and analyze key energy policy at the local, regional and state levels. Participate in and track related technology, policy and funding developments (e.g. California Energy Commission, Department of Energy, local working groups).

Event Coordination:
Assist in logistics related to work of multiple multi-stakeholder groups (e.g., scheduling, meeting minutes, etc).

Lead the coordination and execution of "How to Do Business With..." Events
Market Landscape & Analysi

s:

Research, synthesize, socialize, and generate market landscape reports with the assistance of other Market Transformation team members for key markets including Zero Emission Transportation, Clean Energy and Sustainable Cities.

Continuously monitor and disseminate notable updates and activities in the aforementioned key markets as they pertain to LACI's mission and key priorities
Start-up Cultivation
:
Seek new start-ups that align with LACI's mission and key markets and pre-filter these start-ups for potential fit and vetting by the Unlocking Innovation team

Why You're Right for the Job:

You are a team player and collaborator:
Working with different colleagues and departments comes naturally to you. You can determine other's needs and how you can problem-solve quickly.
You understand the ins and outs of the Energy Sector :

You see technology as a way to improve Energy goals not just in Los Angeles, but the entire country.

You can easily dive into logistics and are able to problem-solve where organizations can be more efficient.
You care about the details.

It doesn't intimidate you to be responsible for planning multiple meetings with multiple stakeholders, while juggling multiple research, process and content projects.

That's a lot of "multiples", but your organizational skills and strategies will set you up for success.

Learning about Clean Energy is exciting toyou:
You are not just looking for any Energy role, you're applying because you're passionate about climate change.

The idea of being part of something that could make an impact on the LA region and set precedent across the country is a key motivator.

You're PRO-


LACI:

you're a proactive, pro-environment, pro-solutions professional that is dedicated to making the world a cleaner, safer, better place to live in through clean technologies.

In addition, you have a commitment to inclusion, or the need for solutions to support all people in a community regardless of race, religion, gender, immigration status, or ethnicity.

Requirements:
Basically, we want to know you can get the job done


This means you have:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Environment, Policy, or related field
Minimum of 3-4 years work experience
Strong research and analytical skills
Direct policy analysis, program management, and/or event management experience
Knowledge of clean energy market trends, building decarbonization, and distributed energy resources
Excellent interpersonal, communication, organization and time management skills
Knowledge of Google Docs, Microsoft Office in word processing, Excel, and presentation/slides
Excellent writing and communication skills are required.
Ability to nimbly manage multiple projects and deadlines is a must.

Flexible, detail oriented self-starter dedicated to making the world a cleaner, safer, better place to live in through the implementation of new sustainable technologies.

Experience and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment both independently with limited supervision, and also within a team
Experience working with, and helping to manage, multi-stakeholder projects or processes
Work Requirements
Must work onsite from LA office two to three days/week
This is a

full-time position

, starting immediately. LACI operates out of the La Kretz Innovation Campus, in the bustling Downtown LA Arts District. Since we are rapidly growing, you will be getting in on the ground floor at LACI, with the opportunity to evolve with us and shape your future here.

Some travel may be required.

Salary Range :

Manager Range $64-73k commensurate with experience, education, skills, etc and total compensation package including health benefits, 401k match, professional development, commuter benefits and more.

In addition to working on a campus with other innovators, we offer industry competitive benefits including:
paid holidays, vacation/sick time, health benefits, 401(k) plan with match, and paid parking (with EV charge stations). We also support alternative transportation with a metro pass and bikeshare for every employee.
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