Head of IT

As Head of IT, you'll lead Lunar Energy's global IT function - setting strategy, building systems, and ensuring operational excellence across our US and UK offices and contract manufacturing sites. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll develop the IT roadmap while staying close to the technical details, ready to dive into support at any level.

IT is an enabler for every team at Lunar, making this role critical to our growth. You'll own service delivery, internal systems, enterprise applications, and IT infrastructure-ensuring everything runs securely, reliably, and scales with our fast-growing business.

About Lunar Energy

Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy - making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all.

We're a fast-growing company building the world's best home battery systems and virtual power plant software to electrify homes and create resilient, clean energy communities.
Key Responsibilities

• IT Strategy & Leadership:
  • Develop and own the company-wide IT roadmap, aligning technology initiatives with business goals
  • Partner with executives and department heads to identify and implement technology solutions that drive efficiency and growth
  • Establish IT policies, best practices, and standard operating procedures across the organization
• Infrastructure & Operations:
  • Build and manage scalable, reliable, and secure IT infrastructure across office locations and contract manufacturing sites
  • Manage our corporate SaaS portfolio (Okta, Google Workspace, Slack, Atlassian, HubSpot, etc.), ensuring effective license management, integration, and security
  • Lead IT operations including helpdesk support, asset management, and employee onboarding/offboarding, fostering excellent service
• Cybersecurity & Compliance:
  • Develop and implement comprehensive cybersecurity strategy to protect customer information, intellectual property, and corporate data
  • Partner with software engineering to maintain compliance with relevant frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II)
  • Oversee identity and access management (IAM), endpoint security (EDR, MDM), and network security protocols
  • Develop and manage incident response and disaster recovery plans
• Team & Vendor Management:
  • Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing IT team with a collaborative and innovative culture
  • Develop and manage the annual IT budget, ensuring cost-effective resource allocation
  • Manage vendor relationships, negotiate contracts, and ensure service level agreements are met

Who You Are (Qualifications)

• 8+ years in IT with at least 3 years in senior leadership (Head of IT, IT Director, or equivalent)
• Proven track record building and scaling IT functions in fast-paced, high-growth technology companies
• Expertise with Google Workspace, Slack, Okta, Atlassian, and MDM platforms (Intune, Kandji, or similar)
• Strong cybersecurity knowledge and experience implementing security frameworks (CIS, NIST, ISO 27001)
• Deep understanding of identity management (Okta, Entra ID), MDM, and modern networking (Zero Trust, SASE)
• Experience managing business systems such as ERP, CRM, and HRIS
• Hands-on, "roll-up-your-sleeves" approach-comfortable moving between strategic planning and tactical execution
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organization
• Budget management experience and vendor negotiation skills

Preferred

• Experience in companies with both hardware and software engineering teams
• Background in SaaS, IoT, or energy technology sectors

Benefits

We're dedicated to creating a remarkable employee experience. At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package. Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.

Additional benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
• Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
• Tax deferred 401(k) plan
• Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
• Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits

Our DE&I Philosophy: Lunar Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining diverse talent by supporting an inclusive workplace. Lunar recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law.

Our Compensation Philosophy: Our goal is to ensure that all Lunar Energy employees are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants. The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is $185,000-$230,000 (USD)

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company's sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time.

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