Principal, Impact Advocacy

Location: Remote,None,None

Accepting applications until November 11, 2024

About WattTime & Climate TRACE

WattTime is a non-profit tech start-up. We conduct and coordinate original research into emissions datasets with the potential to rapidly drive emissions reductions at scale, then help implement those reductions. Our best-known innovation is Automated Emissions Reduction (AER), used by over 600 million devices daily (e.g., Nest thermostats, U.S. iPhones, Toyota EVs) to cut their carbon footprints by using energy when the grid is cleanest. We also develop and share other techniques, like Emissionality, to multiply the impact of renewable energy projects.

WattTime is also the secretariat of Climate TRACE, a joint initiative of over 100 nonprofits, tech companies, universities, and individual researchers pooling their expertise in AI, remote sensing, and emissions data to collectively build a highly advanced comprehensive open source global greenhouse gas measurement system.

Members of the Climate TRACE coalition, which includes former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, apply machine learning to satellite imagery to “trace” all greenhouse gasses around the world to their individual sources. In November 2022, the coalition completed the MVP which was unveiled by the Secretary General of the United Nations at the COP27 international climate negotiations. Now cities, states, and even country governments are signing up to use the tool to inform and accelerate their decarbonization strategies. To support this demand, the coalition is further building out the Partnerships team. This unique role will involve supporting governments and companies around the world in decarbonizing with the speed only cutting edge technology and collaboration makes possible. 

About the Role

As a Principal of Impact Advocacy you will support Climate TRACE and WattTime’s work engaging with global institutions and coalitions to influence the adoption of emissions-based decision making at scale–we call this the Impact Framework. You will work with the WattTime Partnerships and Analysis teams, counterparts from Climate TRACE coalition members, and other WattTime leaders. 

Here’s an example: did you know the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s primary objective is NOT decarbonization? By participating in discussions and feedback sessions, and building relationships with stakeholders in the space, we hope decarbonization will become a consideration within the GHGP. As with our work with the GHGP, you will build relationships with international organizations such as C40, the United Nations, the World Meteorological Organization, etc., resulting in these organizations becoming evangelists of using this data to reduce emissions and improve human health. You’ll leverage your experience as a relationship and project management professional to shape public debate, qualify the opportunities for impact, raise and face the hard questions, and provide input in stakeholder discussions aimed at catalyzing policy-based impact.

To succeed in this role, you must be a stellar listener and communicator, and passionate about your craft. You must have a bias for action and collaboration, and be invested in team success. You operate with a growth mindset, an entrepreneurial attitude, and the desire and ability to work in a start-up environment. You operate as part of a team but can manage your workload independently with a strong focus on effective time management and responsiveness. Perhaps most importantly, you value WattTime’s mission to give everyone everywhere the power to choose cleaner energy, suppliers, and assets. 

Responsibilities

• Leverage WattTime and Climate TRACE emissions data to drive impactful changes to standards, regulation, and legislation 

• Prioritize and make the case for internal consulting or analysis resources (e.g. impact assessments, avoided emissions analysis, case studies) 

• Build confidence and credibility in Climate TRACE and WattTime, including trust to join coalitions, discussions, and feedback sessions

• Generate new partnerships: conduct qualification calls, seek new relationships, overcome objections with diverse stakeholders, and maintain details of opportunities and relationships in the organization’s CRM

• Operate efficiently: use the Sandler sales method, accurately evaluate and prioritize prospects and predicted impact, quickly identify when an opportunity doesn’t meet a high bar for