Role: Managing Director

Classification: Full-time, Exempt

Location: Remote; can be based anywhere in the U.S.

Application Deadline: April 3, 2026

The Building Electrification Institute (BEI) is committed to helping cities and regions across the U.S. accelerate an equitable transition away from fossil fuels in buildings through building electrification. Our team works closely with local government staff and community partners in 13 leading cities and regions to develop critical policies, programs, research, and strategies to advance this mission. We partner with other organizations to disseminate lessons learned and best practices across a broader network of local, state, and federal policymakers. Additionally, BEI provides research products to a growing number of public agencies and jurisdictions to answer key questions about building electrification.

We believe that a successful and equitable transition to building electrification will require collaborating with leaders across policy sectors, including but not limited to housing, public health, workforce, labor, and energy policy. The transition will also require high-impact, actionable, and foundational research that drives equitable building policy, informs program design, and supports and accelerates utility transformation.

Through our work, BEI is committed to cultivating and maintaining a positive and inclusive work environment that rewards individual curiosity, creativity, and collaboration with a wide range of partners. More information about BEI, including a list of our cities and examples of our research and deliverables, can be found on our website.

BEI seeks a Managing Director to oversee BEI’s research team and selected city policy projects. The Managing Director will work closely and collaboratively alongside BEI’s Executive Team (which includes the Executive Director, Director of Operations, and an additional Managing Director focused on city policy work) to play a leadership role in BEI’s operations and continued evolution. The Managing Director will manage BEI staff, supervise the implementation of fee-for-service research projects and selected high-impact projects within BEI cities/locations, oversee business development for BEI’s Research Arm, and provide mentorship and coaching to BEI staff. Additionally, the Managing Director will support development of BEI’s strategic direction, collaborate with the Executive Team to oversee and refine organizational processes, support external communications and partnerships, and represent BEI at industry events and conferences.

● Team Leadership & Performance Management: Manage BEI staff to achieve priority outcomes and collaborate with the BEI Executive Team to create and maintain a positive and inclusive work environment. Provide mentoring, coaching, and skill-building support to BEI staff in developing and implementing research projects and selected city projects, including supporting the development and implementation of work plans that are flexible and responsive to the needs of partners and clients.

● Research Implementation Oversight: Oversee scoping and implementation of BEI’s research portfolio, ensuring projects meet a high standard of thought leadership, client satisfaction, and efficiency. Provide oversight, strategic support, coaching, and guidance to BEI team members throughout implementation of these projects, with a focus on aligning work with BEI organizational vision, achieving defined outcomes, and ensuring successful delivery of projects that are on time and on budget.

● Business Development Oversight: Supervise the BEI Research Arm’s business development efforts, which include holding accountability for meeting the Research Arm’s annual revenue targets. Provide coaching and strategic support to BEI staff to design and implement successful business development outreach strategies; refine and pitch BEI’s value proposition to prospective clients, funders, and partners; cultivate strong ongoing partnerships and client relationships; and advance BEI’s thought leadership across the broader field.

● City Project Oversight: Oversee scoping and implementation of selected city projects, ensuring they track effectively toward both partner cities’ desired outcomes and BEI’s vision. Provide coaching, guidance, and strategic support to project teams to ensure successful project delivery.

● Organizational Leadership & Strategy: Collaborate with the Executive Team in setting BEI’s strategic direction and lead the implementation of that strategic direction through relevant BEI management systems and processes. Collaborate with the Executive Team to iterate on funding and business development strategies and implement critical internal processes, including project budgeting, staffing strategies, contracting, proposal-writing, and reporting.

● External Partnerships & Thought Leadership: Cultivate and deepen BEI partnerships with state, regional, and national organizations to support business development and increase BEI’s organizational impact. This includes representing BEI at conferences, in meetings, and in other public venues, and maintaining critical relationships on behalf of the organization. Track industry trends, develop thought leadership on emerging topics and practices related to equitable building electrification, and collaborate with key partners to identify and implement high-potential research opportunities and city projects. What success looks like in the first 12 months:

● BEI’s Research Arm is operating with clear goals, accountability systems, and strong morale.

● BEI’s Research Arm is meeting its revenue targets and the revenue pipeline is structured and forecastable.

● Research and city projects are delivered on time and on budget, with high client and partner satisfaction.

● BEI has cultivated and/or strengthened high-value partnerships that expand impact and revenue. ● The Managing Director is collaborating strongly with the Executive Team to support organizational management and strategy execution.

● 8+ years of leadership experience, including experience managing high-performing teams and driving business development and/or fundraising strategy.

● 5+ years of experience conducting research or advancing policy related to climate change, economic development, workforce and labor, public health, and/or social and racial equity issues.

● Exceptional interpersonal relationship and management skills.

● Demonstrated critical and strategic thinking and a collaborative spirit.

● Expert in building constructive and lasting relationships with partners, clients, and stakeholders. ● Thrives on a collaborative team. Works to address organizational needs and decisions and is comfortable bringing a problem-solving mindset to their work.

● While not required, BEI strongly prefers candidates who have experience working in or closely with local, state, regional, and/or federal government departments focused on climate, sustainability, housing, public health, workforce, or economic development to conduct relevant research and/or policy development.

● Familiarity with building electrification and/or building energy systems is also preferred, but not required.

BEI is a remote-first work environment (BEI does not have offices), and some travel will be required. The salary range is $150,000-$165,000, depending on experience. BEI offers a competitive benefits package including employer-sponsored health and dental insurance, as well as voluntary vision insurance, an office and travel reimbursement budget, unlimited PTO, parental leave, paid federal holidays off, the last week of December off, and every other Friday off. This position is only open to candidates who reside and are authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

BEI acknowledges that people from historically marginalized communities have been excluded from the sustainability and clean energy fields, and therefore, we will seek to engage in outreach to identify candidates who have lived experience in or serve these communities within our hiring process. We welcome candidates who will align with and strengthen our commitment to racial justice and equity. We also acknowledge that hiring is only one element of uprooting systemic racism. BEI’s Commitments to Social and Racial Equity describes the actions we are taking to address both our internal processes and our broader role in advancing social and racial equity across the climate, clean energy, and building electrification fields.

Candidates may apply by emailing a cover letter and resume to BEIJobApplications@gmail.com. Applications and interviews will be reviewed and conducted on a rolling basis through April 3rd. Priority will be given to applications received by March 20th. Please check the BEI LinkedIn page for any updates on our hiring process and timeline.

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