Chief of Staff, David Energy
$170-190k
Plus equity depending on experience
Smart electricity for home & business
Open for applications
Smart electricity for home & business
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$170-190k
Plus equity depending on experience
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create a power grid that runs on 100% clean energy.
Role
Who you are
- This person is expected to be a scientific thinker and an exceptional writer
- Deeply rigorous thinker with a scientific approach to strategy and problem-solving
- Strong operator who enjoys translating strategy into execution and holding teams accountable to outcomes
- Exceptional written communication skills, with a bias toward clarity and brevity
- Highly analytical, with comfort leveraging data to inform decisions and challenge assumptions
- Strong judgment, intellectual honesty, and the ability to influence without direct authority
- Experience in strategy, operations, consulting, investing, or early-stage startups is a plus
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Chief of Staff based in NYC to work directly with the CEO to develop and operationalize our company strategy as we scale
- This role is the CEO’s closest partner in turning complex, often ambiguous strategic ideas into clear, measurable outcomes and execution plans the company can run on, then driving the work across the leadership team
- This role will directly shape how David Energy thinks, decides, and executes
- We are a documents and metrics-based culture in order to drive intellectual and analytical rigor in the decisions and plans we make
- Partner closely with the CEO to develop company strategy and translate it into clear documents and outcomes-driven plans
- Use data, analytics, and structured reasoning to sharpen strategy, test assumptions, and evaluate tradeoffs
- Lead quarterly and semi-annual planning cycles across the leadership team, including the development and refinement of company OKRs
- Run the weekly executive projects meeting with a focus on outcomes, accountability, and signal over noise
- Actively project-manage cross-functional initiatives by following up with leaders, closing loops, and removing blockers
- Ensure the leadership team is consistently aligned and focused on the highest-impact priorities
- Maintain and evolve core strategy, planning, and execution documents to ensure they reflect current realities and learnings
- Establish and reinforce high standards for analytical thinking, decision framing, and written communication across the leadership team
- Support other executives and functional leaders in crafting rigorous decision documents and project plans
- Drive a culture of learning by incorporating retrospectives, post-mortems, and evidence-based iteration into planning and execution
- Help leaders define clear operating metrics, success metrics, and feedback loops for strategic initiatives
- Own key strategic projects end to end, from problem identification through execution
- Over time, build and lead the strategy team to scale this capability as the company grows
Our take
David Energy is an electricity provider focused on clean energy for residential and commercial customers. It integrates smart devices like EVs, batteries and thermostats to optimize energy use, reduce costs, and reward conservation, making energy more efficient and environmentally friendly.
Founded in 2019, David offers energy management for businesses as well as services for homeowners with smart energy systems. By leveraging existing assets, the company helps stabilize the grid while maximizing renewable energy use.
Recently, the company raised substantial funding to expand its operations and scale its services. Supporting its mission to decarbonize the grid and make clean energy accessible 24/7, and ultimately, positioning the company to become a leader in the clean energy transition.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2024
$23m
EARLY VC
Mar 2022
$20.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $49.1m
Company benefits
- Group medical and dental insurance
- Flexible vacation/PTO policy
- 401k
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
James McGinniss
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside David Energy, they are a Co-Organizer at DER Task Force. Previously Founded Texas Guadaloop where they served as the Team Lead. They also worked as an Engineer at Alba Energy.
Brian Maxwell
(Co-Founder & Board Member)Founder and CEO of Green Hydrogen International. They are also the Founder and Managing Partner at EastEdge Energy and NowSolar. Previously they worked as an Energy Policy Researcher at Cato Institute.
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