About Calibrant Energy
Calibrant is a leading provider of on-site energy solutions for North America’s largest power users. Calibrant develops, owns, and operates large-scale battery storage, and microgrids—empowering our clients to achieve their growth objectives, manage costs, ensure reliable power access, and reduce emissions. As a portfolio company of Macquarie Asset Management, Calibrant is backed by the world’s largest infrastructure fund manager with $580+ billion in global assets.
Calibrant has an established track record developing on-site and distributed projects for the some of the world’s largest companies across a disparate set of industries, including critical infrastructure environments (e.g data center operators, oil & gas / mining, industrial manufacturing).
Position Overview
The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) will report directly to the CEO and serve as a key member of the executive team with responsibility for shaping and executing Calibrant Energy’s technology strategy. This leader will set the company’s technology vision and strategy, oversee the development and implementation of new technologies and solutions, and maintain Calibrant’s commitment to superlative levels of reliability and safety.
The CTO will work closely with leaders from across the organization to ensure the company’s technology strategy is continually able to meet evolving customer and market needs, while equipping front-end teams with the ability to accelerate project evaluation and deal flow. A successful candidate will have demonstrated experience building high-performing technical teams, evaluating and implementing new technologies, and establishing trusted partnerships.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the company’s overall technology vision and strategic direction, ensuring it supports business objectives. Evaluate technologies and solutions to enhance energy generation, grid reliability, and cost savings for distributed energy customers including large industrials and data centers.
- Analyze market trends and technical advancements to identify best available (and emerging) technologies and products from a techno-economic perspective that results in the strongest value proposition to the market (i.e., factoring in installed capital cost and trends, ongoing operational cost, technical performance and warranties, financial bankability, environmental attributes, supply chain, incentive compliance and tariff exposure). Lead the collection, validation, and prioritization of competing requirements across internal and external stakeholders, and incorporate into technology evaluation and strategy.
- Develop and implement sourcing and procurement strategies that align with business goals and ensure technology competitiveness and cost-effectiveness. Manage key supplier partnerships, and lead contract negotiations to secure favorable terms while minimizing risk. Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies, identify opportunities for new customer solutions, product performance/reliability and or cost savings
- Oversee product development and launch of new software and/or hardware solutions to support customer requirements, project modeling and underwriting, and facilitate ongoing asset management, and maximize portfolio performance.
- Lead technical risk management and implement cybersecurity strategies and measures to ensure Calibrant’s portfolio of energy assets and infrastructure is protected from existing and emerging cyber threats.
- Fostering partnerships with industry stakeholders, including standards committees and regulatory bodies to address challenges and promote sustainable energy initiatives. Advocating for policies that support clean energy initiatives and navigating complex regulatory frameworks; ensure operational efficiency, sustainability, and compliance in the energy sector.
- Support business development, including direct engagement with prospective clients on technical subject matters; use subject matter expertise to overcome potential client objections or concerns, inform technical solutions that meet Calibrant/client/market requirements, enable prudent forward business commitments for technology roadmap.
- Hire, develop, and lead high-performing technical teams across software, digital, and infrastructure engineering disciplines.
- Coordinates closely with Information Technology (IT) team in setting overall technology strategy and priorities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or related technical field required; Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including 10 years in an executive role within the energy, or energy infrastructure sectors. Demonstrated leadership in developing an organization’s technology strategy.
- Deep understanding of energy sector and experience in grid modernization, including improving transmission and distribution systems to accommodate changing generation mix, implementing energy storage solutions, and utilizing advanced monitoring and control technologies.
- 10 years of experience with complex decentralized energy systems: such as on-site or behind-the-meter energy projects, microgrids, and community-based renewable energy projects, especially through the lens of long-term asset ownership, with experience in defining cost effective strategies, key partnerships, and technologies that will operate for at least 15-20 years.
- Significant experience with power infrastructure for critical facilities (e.g., data centers, complex industrial manufacturers); ability to credibly engage on technical matters with key stakeholders at prospective C&I clients and their utilities.
- Demonstrated success working across a diverse set of energy technologies including fuel cells, thermal generation, and the integration of multiple energy technologies into a single system, is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with BESS/DER controls, data science for forecasting and optimization, wholesale power market participation, asset / fleet control and management, cloud-based software infrastructure.
- Strategic thinker with proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and translate business objectives into effective technology strategies or solutions.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
- Experience building and leading high-performing technical teams, with ability to inspire innovation and accountability. Player/coach mentality with hands-on capability to deliver results.
- Thrives in a dynamic environment with a high-performance, outcome-oriented culture. Comfortable giving and receiving direct feedback, challenging assumptions and proposing alternative approaches. Consistent ability to model company values, even when under pressure; disagreement and debate is normal and encouraged, disrespect is not.
- Ability to think big while being grounded in pragmatism and relevant constraints. Bias towards action; takes initiative when and where necessary, even beyond defined scope
Benefits
At Calibrant Energy, our priority is to ensure that every team member feels valued and supported. We believe putting wellness first supports a full, holistic, and happier life. We support that by offering benefits that cover you and your family such as: medical, dental, vision insurances, paid time off, paid personal time, paid holidays, paid birthday, paid sick time, company paid short term disability and long term disability, company paid life insurance, 401k with a company match, and more.
Calibrant Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding or reproductive health decisions), gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, personal appearance, genetic information, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, military or veteran status, or any other category protected under applicable U.S. law. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to: [email protected]