Senior Trade Ally Manager - Solar Programs Sector Strategist

Summary

Join Energy Solutions, a growing company focused on market-based programs for energy and water savings, as a full-time Solar Programs – Sector Strategist. You will assist in driving customer participation in solar renewable energy programs, playing a key role in the nation's transition to a decarbonized grid. This position supports the Illinois Shines program, focusing on school participation in clean energy. You will work with school decision-makers, solar developers, and installers to ensure program success and provide support. The role involves market analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and project implementation. Compensation is competitive and includes a generous benefits package.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree
• A minimum of 8 years of work experience
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience and a graduate degree
• Small Distributed Generation solar market knowledge and experience
• Flexibility and adaptability in project focus
• Demonstrated ability to conduct quantitative solar market reporting and analysis
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to interact knowledgeably and professionally with school administration, solar developers or installers, and to serve as the primary point of contact on public school projects
• Strong technical writing and verbal communication skills
• Extensive experience using Microsoft Office
• Ability to work and thrive independently
• Excellent personal accountability and quality control practices
• Willingness to conduct occasional business travel in the state of IL, including the Energy Solutions’ Chicago office (up to 30% estimated travel)

Responsibilities

• Provide Program support, including hosting regular one-on-one check-ins, hosting feedback roundtables and providing program resources to public school and community college decision-makers, solar developers and installers that submit community solar and distributed generation projects to the Illinois Shines Program
• Collect customer and solar developer and installer feedback to help identify program administration improvement opportunities and additional training and education needs
• Regularly collect and analyze solar market trends to determine program impacts and present findings and recommendations to the client as applicable to the public schools’ category
• Partner with internal stakeholders and other team members to identify process improvement opportunities
• Lead project implementation of training, feedback or other support initiatives as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of solar incentive programs, and the Illinois Shines Program in particular, a plus
• Formal project management training and/or certification a plus
• Familiarity with Slack, Salesforce and/or SharePoint a plus

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Other pre-tax contribution plans
• An Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• A generous retirement package