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Head of Network Strategy, USA

Gridsight · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Gridsight

Gridsight is a Grid/ClimateTech startup accelerating global electrification and decarbonization. Backed by Insight.

About the role

Gridsight is hiring a Head of Network Strategy, USA in San Francisco, CA. The full description is on Gridsight's site.

What they're looking for

  • Deep experience in or adjacent to U.S. electric utilities. You understand how these organizations operate, how regulatory and investment decisions are made, and what their leadership teams care about
  • Demonstrated ability to build trusted, senior relationships in the U.S. power sector. You are known and respected in the industry
  • A track record of navigating complex, high-stakes stakeholder environments at the COO, EVP, SVP or equivalent level
  • A strong commercial background. You know how to develop a business case and demonstrate value in the context of utility priorities and constraints
  • Technical depth to engage substantively with utility executives and technical leaders on distribution operations, DER integration, grid planning, interconnection and related domains
  • The ability to translate technical complexity into clear commercial and strategic language
More about this role
  • Build and maintain trusted, ongoing relationships with senior leaders across Gridsight’s U.S. customer base—not just at key milestones, but continuously.
  • Represent Gridsight at the most senior levels of the U.S. power and utilities sector, ensuring we remain front of mind for strategic conversations.
  • Act as a credible peer to utility leadership. You will be technically informed, commercially sharp and deeply familiar with the pressures facing electric utilities today.
  • Translate what you hear from utility leadership into clear commercial and product signals for Gridsight, separating genuine strategic need from tactical noise.
  • Work closely with the CEO and Product teams to ensure U.S. market and roadmap priorities reflect what our utility partners actually need.
  • Lead Quarterly Business Reviews with our U.S. partners. These are strategic conversations that reinforce value, surface emerging challenges, identify where Gridsight can add more value, and strengthen our position as a long-term transformation partner.
  • Articulate, measure and communicate the value Gridsight delivers to our utility partners and their customers.
  • Develop robust business cases and ROI analyses...

Read the full posting on Gridsight's site ↗

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