Position Summary
Sparkfund is hiring a junior Commercial Solutions professional to support the intake, development, proposal, and contracting of efficiency and electrification projects for one of our utility partner’s programs. This role is critical to the continued growth and success of Sparkfund’s Commercial Solutions team as well as this utility program. This person will collaborate with teams across all four of Sparkfund’s business units – particularly our Program Management, Project Development Engineering, Legal, and Finance teams – to manage and support strategic lead generation initiatives, project qualification, close strategy, pricing, proposal development, and internal management of the project across relevant cross-functional teams. They will be responsible for contributing to the margin goals of one specific utility program.
This role will focus on one of Sparkfund’s existing strategic utility partners and the utility’s commercial energy solutions program, which focuses on solar PV, electrical vehicle charging, lighting, HVAC, controls, and back -up generation projects. This person will be responsible for collaborating closely with our external partner’s key account managers to develop relationships with end-use customers and implement strategies to target qualified leads efficiently and effectively. They will then work cross-functionally within Sparkfund to support the scope development, pricing, and proposal creation of qualified customer projects.
This position can be Associate-level or Manager-level, depending on the person’s level of experience. This position will report to the Senior Manager, Commercial Solutions leading the assigned utility program. This role requires a self-starter and highly effective communicator capable of effectively managing multiple projects and priorities at once.
Location
While Sparkfund is a fully remote company, we require this person to be based in Georgia, ideally the Atlanta metropolitan region. In addition to working from our utility partner’s local office 1-2 days per week, we expect you to travel to Washington, DC and / or other US cities for organized team and / or company gatherings 2-4 times per year to collaborate with other members of the team / company, learn the ins and outs of our business, and contribute to our company culture.
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