Director, Americas

Modo Energy • New York, NY

2d • $300,000 - $400,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Modo Energy is hiring a Director, Americas to lead its US research and modeling organization and become a recognized authority for the company in US power markets. The role reports to the CEO and is based in New York, with office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, flexible work on Monday and Friday, and regular customer and industry travel. Relocation support is available. The start date is as soon as possible.

The Director will lead a technically strong team, develop its leaders, bring the team’s work closer to customers, and own regional hiring, performance, research priorities, modeling quality, and delivery within agreed budgets and company priorities. The initial remit focuses on the US; sales remains with the global revenue team, and the position initially has no P&L responsibility. The remit may expand into professional services over time.

The role combines internal leadership with external engagement. Approximately half of the time is expected to be spent internally and half with customers and the wider industry. The Director will support customer sales and renewal discussions, represent Modo at industry events and in public forums, and translate customer needs into research priorities and product improvements. Success means developing stronger regional leaders, producing work customers trust, and building an organization that can scale with greater independence.

Modo Energy was founded in 2019 and has more than 90 employees across London, New York, Sydney, and Madrid. The company describes itself as an AI-native energy data platform and has raised a $30 million Series B. Compensation is a base salary of $300,000–$400,000 per year, depending on experience, with no annual bonus. Additional benefits include equity, 25 days of PTO plus 10 paid holidays, a 401(k) with matching, employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, commuter benefits, and relocation assistance.

Requirements

• Practical expertise in US power-market fundamentals and understanding of how market design affects asset revenues and risk; broad knowledge is preferred, while exceptional ERCOT or PJM expertise may qualify alongside wider understanding.
• Experience working inside an energy business and close to commercial or operating decisions; relevant backgrounds include origination, trading, battery development, optimization, and asset ownership.
• Experience producing, commissioning, or critically evaluating long-term market outlooks, with understanding of their use in investment decisions and how to communicate uncertainty.
• Ability to follow and challenge modeling approaches, work effectively with technical specialists, and help turn technical work into products customers use.
• Comfort with frequent product releases and fast iteration.
• Proven experience hiring, developing, and leading teams, ideally teams of ten or more; exceptional leaders of smaller teams will be considered.
• Established industry relationships and ability to lead discussions with banks, investors, and asset owners.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to speak on stage, and willingness to build a public profile.
• Ability to deliver with limited support, take initiative, work from first principles, and maintain quality while increasing delivery pace.
• Ambition, honesty, low ego, constructive challenge, openness to feedback, early communication of problems, and trusted judgment.
• Willingness to undertake a hands-on role requiring hard work, urgency, and visible leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Broad knowledge of US power markets; exceptional expertise in ERCOT or PJM may qualify alongside wider market understanding.
• Experience leading a team of ten or more people.
• Relevant experience in origination, trading, battery development, optimization, or asset ownership.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, develop, and lead the research and modeling team, including developing its leaders and shaping the organization as it grows.
• Set clear expectations, recognize excellent work, and address underperformance directly.
• Own the credibility and quality of forecasts and benchmarks by understanding how they are produced, challenging assumptions, recognizing limitations, and ensuring conclusions withstand customer and lender scrutiny.
• Engage with customers and translate their questions into research priorities and product improvements in collaboration with technical teams.
• Represent Modo externally by building relationships across asset owners, developers, utilities, trading businesses, banks, and investors; speaking at conferences; hosting events; and contributing to podcasts and industry discussions.
• Lead technical discussions in sales and renewal conversations, explain market outlooks, defend Modo’s approach, and help customers understand implications for their assets.
• Lead the organization day to day, handle difficult conversations with judgment and candor, make timely decisions, remove obstacles, and limit unnecessary process.
• Help the team establish a habit of regular customer contact.
• Own regional hiring, performance, research priorities, modeling quality, and delivery within agreed budgets and company priorities.

Benefits

• Equity for every employee.
• 25 days of paid time off plus 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) with matching.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision plan coverage for the employee and dependents.
• Commuter benefits.
• Relocation assistance.
• Hybrid work arrangement, with Tuesday through Thursday in the office and Monday and Friday flexible.
• Top-of-market base salary of $300,000–$400,000 per year, depending on experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed