Senior Director Technology Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
• Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in energy, engineering, environmental science, public policy, or a closely related discipline.
• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, partnership development, or energy innovation.
• Proven track record of leading technology innovation and commercialization initiatives.
• Background in higher education, government, or industry environments involving energy or technology.
• Familiar with business development, stakeholder engagement, and partnership cultivation within energy technology, sustainability, automotive, or academic-industry sectors.
• Proven leadership and strategic planning abilities, with a record of guiding complex, cross-functional initiatives to successful outcomes.
• Demonstrated excellence in program management, partnership development, and business development, with a talent for cultivating relationships across diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of academic research structures, university systems, and external partnerships.
• Highly collaborative, team-oriented, and entrepreneurial, with a customer-focused approach and an established network in the energy or automotive sector.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences, with comfort representing the initiative externally.
• Strong strategic and analytical thinking skills; adept at synthesizing complex information and identifying new opportunities for program innovation.
• Outstanding project management and organizational skills, with demonstrated success managing multiple projects, budgets, and deliverables in fast-paced environments.
• Deep curiosity about science, technology, and innovation, with familiarity with energy and climate sector concepts.
• Driven by impact and skilled at navigating shifting priorities while maintaining high standards of collaboration and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Serves as ETI's primary organizational and strategic leader and partners with the ETI Faculty Director to define ETI's long-term vision, set institutional priorities, and drive enterprise-wide alignment across PME, ICSG, and external stakeholders.
• Works to integrate and highlight ETI initiatives within the broader strategic goals of PME, ICSG, and the Corporate Engagement Office.
• Owns end-to-end strategy, execution, and impact evaluation for ETI's initiatives, partnerships, and events.
• Leads the development and implementation of multi-year strategic plans for ETI.
• Owns ETI's program budgets and financial planning processes, making strategic resource allocation decisions to maximize program impact and organizational sustainability.
• Builds, leads, and develops a high-performing ETI team, establishing a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration; recruits, mentors, and retains talent aligned with ETI's mission and growth ambitions.
• Sets clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations for direct reports; provides ongoing coaching and development to build organizational capacity and program excellence.
• Serves as a senior institutional voice for ETI, representing the initiative at the highest levels of University leadership, national convenings, and industry forums.
• Cultivates and stewards a high-value portfolio of relationships with senior leaders across University offices, faculty, industry, and the broader energy innovation ecosystem to advance ETI's strategic objectives.
• Conducts strategic market and landscape intelligence; translates emerging trends in energy technology, policy, and investment into actionable program opportunities and positions ETI at the forefront of new engagement areas and network expansion.
• Supports proposal development and fundraising activities to sustain and grow ETI.
• Owns and negotiates ETN partnership and member agreements in close coordination with the Corporate Engagement Office, ensuring terms reflect ETI's strategic value and priorities.
• Directs ETN member engagement, communications, and community-building strategy to deepen member value, expand the network's reach, and strengthen pre-competitive collaboration.
• Accountable for membership agreement compliance and a high-quality stakeholder onboarding experience, in partnership with the Corporate Engagement Office.
• Owns and drives ETI and ETN’s integrated communications strategy in partnership with ICSG and PME Communications, setting the narrative direction and ensuring consistent, high-impact messaging across digital platforms, publications, event announcements, research highlights, and media amplification.
• Drives the vision, programming strategy, and execution for high-impact ETI and ETN flagship events and initiatives, including agenda development, speaker recruitment, and audience cultivation that reflect ETI's strategic priorities.
• Owns the strategic alignment of ETN programming with ETI and ICSG institutional goals, continuously refining program direction based on member needs, market dynamics, and research priorities.
• Serves as ETI's primary liaison to ICSG leadership, ensuring that ETI and ETN priorities shape and are prominently reflected across ICSG's flagship programs and communications — including fellowships, seed funding competitions, workshops, and annual meetings.
• Implements objectives, as well as some long-term strategic plans respective to the department's focus.
• Maintains external partners to advance strategic priorities.
• Communicates and collaborates with internal and external community members and leadership to achieve strategic priorities.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Benefits

• health
• retirement
• paid time off