Senior Technical Lead

Job Title: Senior Technical LeadJob Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Technical Lead to join our Climate Risk Solutions team at RE Tech Advisors. As a Senior Technical Lead, you will be responsible for providing technical expertise and oversight on service offerings and products delivered by the Climate Risk Solutions Team. You will train and serve as a supervisor to members within the CRS Technical Services track.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and oversight on service offerings and products delivered by the Climate Risk Solutions Team.
• Train and serve as a supervisor to members within the CRS Technical Services track.
• Ensure technical accuracy and excellence for all work delivered by the team supporting your projects/programs.
• Engage with clients as a technical advisor and subject matter expert, providing actionable insights while building client trust.
• Function well when working in interdisciplinary teams that include technical and non-technical staff.
• Regularly review client deliverables, ensuring the work is accurate, actionable, and consistent with best practices.
• Stay up to speed on emerging trends in climate risk assessment and decarbonization.
• Provide input on level of effort to complete work to support the Management team in establishing budgets.
• Manage your team's development, career progression, performance management, and engagement.
• Contribute to the professional development of RE Tech team members by developing and delivering training on decarbonization and climate risk topics.
• Implement formalized learning opportunities for your team's development.
• Ensure execution and proper alignment of goals, professional development plans, and performance feedback for all team members.
• Contribute to team talent assessment, maintain clear understanding of where all team members are in their career progression, and use information gleaned to support employment and development decisions.
• Manage, direct, and develop your direct and indirect reports.
• Ensure your team is properly resourced and staffed.
• Work with CRS leadership to inform of potential staffing needs and resource allocation issues.
• Participate in the Talent Acquisition process, as directed by CRS leadership.
• Contribute to business development efforts by participating in internal annual client strategy meetings, supporting development of scopes of work and budgets for client programs, and representing RE Tech at conferences, speaking engagements, and through thought leadership efforts.
• Monitor climate and decarbonization industry topics relevant within the built environment.
• Provide input on where RE Tech may need to enhance current offerings and develop new offerings or products.
• Contribute to the development/enhancement of offerings, when assigned.
• Plan and deliver appropriate education, exposure, and experiences within your team.
• Ensure that existing, new staff, and managers within your team are trained as appropriate for their role in team offerings, services, and processes.
• Effectively and appropriately utilize the RE Tech Rotational Program staff.
• Serve as a role model for the company and within the climate risks and decarbonization topics relevant within the built environment.
• Drive collaboration and connection internally and externally.
• Continue to be a part of or join an industry community serving as a representative of RE Tech.
• Identify and oversee opportunities for team member participation in industry groups.
• Properly and accurately track all your time worked and expenses in BigTime, billing to the correct codes and using the correct labor categories.
• Know and follow company processes, ensuring your direct reports do as well.
• Perform all other duties as needed and assigned.

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge of greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonization strategies, to include all the following:
• Carbon accounting—including methodologies, calculations, and guidance such as the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
• Carbon reduction targets and disclosures—including Science-Based Targets, CDP, carbon neutrality, net zero, TCFD, SFDR, renewable energy commitments, etc.
• Decarbonization strategies—including energy efficiency, renewable energy, green power procurement, renewable energy certificates (RECs), and carbon offsets.
• Deep knowledge of climate risk related to physical and/or transition risk, including third-party climate risk analytics software tools and providers.
• Knowledge of ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager and other energy/emissions data tracking platforms.
• Knowledge of supply chain sustainability and lifecycle assessment.
• Knowledge of clean energy project finance methods such as PACE, energy-as-a-service, power purchase agreements, solar tax equity, etc., and/or private equity, investment, and/or finance sectors is a plus.
• Strong understanding of building systems and the ability to think critically and creatively about energy efficiency.
• Advanced skills with data-driven tasks in Excel and other software platforms, including some complex calculations and estimation methods.
• Quantitative aptitude and the ability to conduct basic energy and financial analysis in Excel—including simple payback, IRR, NPV, and ROI.
• Understanding of energy auditing and retro-commissioning.
• Possess a growth mindset seeking continuous improvement and supporting a culture of learning, growing, and improving as an individual, our team members, our business, and our client work.
• Ability to foster inclusive and creative collaboration internally and externally to co-create successful outcomes.
• Ability to lead client engagements.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities, with the ability to diagnose client needs and market context to translate into compelling ESG and decarbonization strategies that drive value.
• Strong attention to detail in your work and work produced by your team.
• Business acumen and knowledge of staff development, planning, resource allocations, and tracking against financial KPIs.
• Possess sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information.
• Ability to be flexible and adapt to a changing landscape and client needs, handle multiple time-sensitive priorities, excel in a fast-paced environment, and ability to pivot and adjust priorities and approaches.
• Ability to expertly manage up, down, and across the organization, as well as outside clients and vendors.
• Superior interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude. Ability to manage challenging interpersonal situations, including employee and client relationships.
• Exceptional written communication skills with a propensity to write in a clear, concise manner to convey points effectively, creatively, and with the appropriate tone and professionalism.
• Excellent verbal communication skills to effectively interact with and build confidence with internal and external contacts, including public speaking.
• High degree of initiative, proactiveness, drive, enthusiasm, energy, and follow through.
• Advanced knowledge with online collaboration and file sharing tools, such as SharePoint and the Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams).

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of applicable work experience
• At least 5 years of experience serving in a role requiring in-depth technical and market expertise on topics of decarbonization, net zero, carbon neutrality, carbon accounting, and science-based targets.
• Experience independently managing teams performing the following types of work: the calculation of greenhouse gas inventories, energy efficiency and/or decarbonization strategies, climate risk assessment, and/or supporting identification of energy and/or decarbonization projects for clients at scale across large commercial estate portfolios.
• At least one year of experience managing people and teams, including some aspects of performance management, talent development, and hiring.
• Experience in a client-facing consulting role, delivering professional services, and building relationships across clients and internal teams.

Work Environment:

This position requires periodic travel for meetings and client engagements. The ideal candidate will be able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.

Benefits:

RE Tech Advisors offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health and welfare benefits, paid vacation, company-paid holidays, volunteer time off, flexible/hybrid work schedule, annual professional development fund, voting leave, 401(k) retirement savings plan, company-paid long-term and short-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, one-time home office bonus, office perks, snacks, coffee, and Bevi drink machine, regular social activities, free on-site parking, free on-site gym, dog-friendly office, and metro-accessible office.

About RE Tech Advisors:

RE Tech Advisors is a growing, woman-led consulting firm of over 125 ESG professionals. We deliver results at the intersection of engineering, technology, and sustainability. Our progressive and ambitious client base includes numerous commercial real estate portfolios, private equity investors, federal agencies, industry associations, and manufacturing companies.

About Legence:

Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company, is an Energy Transition AcceleratorTM that provides advisory services and implementation focused on financing, designing, building, and servicing complex systems in mission-critical and high-performance facilities. With five decades of expertise in the built environment, Legence has a proven track record of reducing carbon emissions, implementing renewables, lowering utility costs through efficiency consumption, and making systems run better at unmatched speed and scale.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

Legence and its affiliate companies are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, other non-merit-based factors, and any other characteristic protected under applicable local, state or federal laws and regulations.

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