Managing Director

Remote-based in the US

Overview

GoodPower exists to accelerate the world’s transition to a decarbonized economy—more affordable energy bills, better and more abundant jobs, healthier food, economic security for families and farmers, and a better economy that works for all of us. We operate at the intersection of digital media, smart tech, civic participation, and advocacy to reach millions of people annually with our work to: lower costs and create jobs, shift culture to transform beliefs and behaviors, and accelerate the deployment of decarbonized technologies like: utility-scale renewables, regenerative agriculture and electric vehicles—one individual, one neighborhood, one community at a time.

GoodPower is at an exciting, pivotal moment as we launch our new strategic plan through 2030 to level up all areas of our work–growing our organization 5x over the next five years and relentlessly honing our skills and expertise to be the best that we can be to transform our renewable energy economy.

Job Summary

The Managing Director is the CEO’s primary partner and the connective tissue of the organization—ensuring GoodPower operates with clarity, cohesion, and disciplined execution. Acting as an extension of the CEO, this leader drives alignment across teams, strengthens internal systems, and ensures that GoodPower’s priorities translate into measurable impact.

This position is ideal for a mission-driven, highly detail-oriented executive who excels at navigating complexity, anticipating needs, and creating the conditions for the CEO and executive leadership team to perform at their highest level. The right candidate possesses exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, builds trust, motivates teams, and moves work forward with grace and influence.

Key Responsibilities

Executive Leadership and Partnership

• Serve as the CEO’s right hand—supporting planning, decision-making, and organizational priority-setting.
• Act as a trusted thought partner to the CEO, offering strong judgment, insight, and strategic clarity.
• Represent the CEO in meetings and decision-making settings when requested, ensuring continuity of leadership and expectations.
• Work with the Executive Assistant to the CEO to manage the CEO’s bandwidth by ensuring follow-through, clarity of priorities, and proactive problem-solving.

Organizational Alignment and Execution

• Ensure cross-departmental alignment to keep teams coordinated, informed, and moving in the same direction.
• Translate goals into clear work plans, timelines, and organizational rhythms that keep leaders accountable.
• Surface organizational bottlenecks or conflicts early and develop solutions that keep teams aligned and supported.
• Drive internal communication systems that foster transparency, collaboration, and shared understanding.
• Be the ultimate stop-gap for programmatic and operational success.

Operational Excellence and Systems Leadership

• Identify operational challenges and design systems that help GoodPower operate more effectively and scale sustainably.
• Maintain high-level visibility into program performance, KPIs, and cross-team deliverables; support leaders in using data for decision-making.
• Partner closely with Operations, HR, and Finance to ensure program and organizational needs are supported with efficiency and compliance.

Leadership Support, Team Enablement and Culture

• Support coaching of senior program directors, helping them operate with clarity, strategic alignment, and strong execution.
• Build strong relationships across the organization; serve as a trusted connector who can hold people accountable while fostering respect and collaboration.
• Champion a culture grounded in communication, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous improvement.
• Model transparency, diplomacy, calm leadership, and discretion — especially in sensitive organizational conversations.

Board, Funder and Executive Communications

• Support the CEO in preparing and communicating materials for board meetings, funder briefings, investor conversations, external communications channels and high-stakes moments.
• Ensure seamless information flow to the CEO and executive team so decisions are grounded in clarity and context.
• Draft, review, or refine communications, executive updates, and organizational narratives as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a Deputy Director, Chief of Staff, Managing Director or CEO for a fast-paced organization spanning operations, program management, and executive support functions.
• Demonstrated success as a right-hand to a CEO, Executive Director, or C-suite leader.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills—including the ability to build trust, deliver clear messaging, navigate sensitive dynamics, and influence without authority.
• Proven track record in organizational alignment, effective execution and managing cross-functional priorities in fast-moving environments.
• Strong systems thinker with experience designing and improving operational processes at scale.
• High emotional intelligence, diplomacy, and discretion; excels at managing relationships across levels and functions.
• Highly proficient in modern collaboration and project management tools (Google Workspace, Slack, Jira or Monday.com, Salesforce), and comfortable with data-driven decision-making.
• Experience leading or supporting distributed, remote teams is a plus.
• Thoughtful, steady, proactive, and grounded—able to bring clarity and confidence to ambiguity.

This description reflects GoodPower’s assignment of essential functions; it does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. GoodPower retains the right to change or assign other duties to this position at any time. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship. GoodPower has a zero-tolerance standard for abuse and inappropriate behavior by staff members.

Application Guidelines

GoodPower is an equal-opportunity employer that highly values diversity, equity, and inclusion and views the climate crisis as a social justice crisis. People who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), people who experience gender oppression, people with disabilities, and people who identify as members of the LGBTQIA+ community are particularly encouraged to apply.

Generous benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b retirement savings plan, Vacation, Sabbatical, Paid Parental Leave, 2 Floating Holidays, 2 Community Service Floating Holidays, sick time, two weeks of full-staff time off (July 4 week and Christmas-New Years week) and 13 observed holidays

English — Fluent proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing.