Head of Network Strategy, USA

GRIDSIGHT • Austin, TX

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Head of Network Strategy will be responsible for building and maintaining trusted, ongoing relationships with senior leaders across Gridsight’s U.S. customer base. This role involves representing Gridsight at the most senior levels of the U.S. power and utilities sector, acting as a credible peer to utility leadership. The position requires translating market feedback into commercial and product signals, leading Quarterly Business Reviews, articulating and measuring the value Gridsight delivers, and contributing to thought leadership through industry engagement. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in or adjacent to U.S. electric utilities, a strong commercial background, and the ability to translate technical complexity into clear commercial and strategic language.

Requirements

• Deep experience in or adjacent to U.S. electric utilities, understanding their operations, decision-making processes, and leadership priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted, senior relationships in the U.S. power sector.
• Track record of navigating complex, high-stakes stakeholder environments at the COO, EVP, SVP, or equivalent level.
• Strong commercial background with experience in developing business cases and demonstrating value within utility contexts.
• Technical depth to engage substantively with utility executives and technical leaders on distribution operations, DER integration, grid planning, interconnection, and related domains.
• Ability to translate technical complexity into clear commercial and strategic language.
• Exceptional communication skills, credible and compelling in presentations to boards, QBRs, and industry debates.
• Commercial acumen to connect operational and technical realities to business value and investment decisions.
• Gravitas to command respect in senior power-sector leadership settings.
• Strategic thinking to identify key priorities and focus energy accordingly.
• Ownership mentality: self-starter, takes responsibility for outcomes, operates effectively with significant autonomy.
• Resilience and adaptability to operate effectively in a technology company environment.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a strategy, market development, or commercial leadership role at a technology or SaaS company.
• Existing relationships with senior leaders at U.S. electric utilities.
• Familiarity with U.S. utility regulatory structures and state-level market dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted, ongoing relationships with senior leaders across Gridsight’s U.S. customer base.
• Represent Gridsight at the most senior levels of the U.S. power and utilities sector.
• Act as a credible peer to utility leadership, being technically informed, commercially sharp, and deeply familiar with the pressures facing electric utilities.
• Translate market feedback into clear commercial and product signals for Gridsight.
• Work closely with the CEO and Product teams to ensure U.S. market and roadmap priorities reflect actual needs.
• Lead Quarterly Business Reviews with U.S. partners.
• Articulate, measure, and communicate the value Gridsight delivers to utility partners and their customers.
• Develop robust business cases and ROI analyses.
• Represent Gridsight across the U.S. power sector through industry events, forums, and other channels.
• Contribute to Gridsight’s reputation as a leading grid-technology partner.

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation
• Meaningful equity
• A seat at the table as a core member of the U.S. leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO
• Flexible U.S.-based working environment
• Regular travel to customers and industry events
• Opportunity to make a real impact on the United States’ energy transition and global decarbonization efforts

What This Job Offers

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