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Senior Director, Energy Technology Initiative

Chicago, IL💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior administrative and strategic leader for the Energy Technology Initiative (ETI), defining vision, managing partnerships, and driving organizational impact for next-generation energy conversion, storage, and distribution technologies.

Role type

Senior Director, Strategic Program Leadership

Builds

Strategic agenda, partnerships, and organizational capacity for the Energy Technology Initiative and Energy Transition Network

Domain

Energy technology, sustainability, academic-industry collaboration

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Strategic planning, partnership development, program management, stakeholder engagement, budget management, team leadership, communications strategy, market intelligence, negotiation

Preferred skills

Technology innovation commercialization, higher education administration, business development, cross-functional initiative leadership

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Define long-term vision and institutional priorities for ETI; lead multi-year strategic planning and budget allocation; build and develop high-performing internal teams; cultivate relationships with university, industry, and government leaders; manage Energy Transition Network (ETN) strategy, member engagement, and agreements; drive communications and flagship event execution; support fundraising and proposal development.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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