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Director of Solar Outreach and Market Strategy (Remote -Illinois, US)

Chicago 🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $145,000–$145,000🗓 2026-08-21 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead the growth and management of an Illinois program to incentivize solar adoption, storage, and demand response technologies for utility, government, and institutional customers.

Role type

Director of Solar Outreach and Market Strategy

Builds

Large-scale solar incentive programs and custom software implementations for decarbonized grid solutions

Domain

Energy / Utilities / Distributed Energy Resources (DERs)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure

Required skills

Program management, team leadership, budgeting, client relationship management, strategic planning, contract negotiation, financial acumen, policy analysis, software development coordination

Preferred skills

Experience in demand response and/or storage program administration, familiarity with North American solar market, thought leadership in energy and climate goals

Technologies

Custom software for program implementation

Responsibilities

Oversee delivery of solar program market outreach team; develop cross-department coordination for custom software; monitor program performance metrics and budgets; lead and manage a multidisciplinary team; engage with clients and stakeholders to ensure satisfaction; support business development and proposal strategy; represent the company as a thought leader in industry forums

Seniority

Director, leadership & strategy

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