Director of Community Solar Analytics

Arcadia is the technology company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. Our software and APIs are revolutionizing an industry held back by outdated systems and institutions by creating unprecedented access to the data and clean energy needed to make a decarbonized energy grid possible.

In 2014, Arcadia set out on its mission to break the fossil fuel monopoly and since then we have been knocking down the institutional barriers to unlock decarbonization. To date, we have connected hundreds of thousands of consumers and small businesses with high-quality clean energy options. Fast forward to today, and now, we’re thinking even bigger. We have launched Arc, an industry-defining SaaS platform that empowers developers and energy innovators to deliver their own custom, personalized energy experiences, accelerating the transformation of the industry from an analog energy system into a digitized information network.

Tackling one of the world’s biggest challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean electron, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia!

We are seeking a Director of Community Solar Analytics to join Arcadia’s analytics function and build their own team of impactful analysts. This person will be responsible for driving growth via data insights, reporting, and impact measurement for our community solar business line. They will partner closely with sales, product, and marketing leadership and use a range of analytics tools to advise long-term strategies and day-to-day decisions and to optimize critical business processes.

The ideal person has a track record of driving growth with actionable data insights, using a variety of analytics techniques; building data self-service and data literacy across an organization; and working cross-functionally to provide analytics thought leadership.

Arcadia is headquartered in Washington, DC, and open to fully remote candidates.

• Set the roadmap and strategic direction for Arcadia’s community solar analytics team
• Leverage a range of analytics techniques to provide ongoing insight into how to optimize performance of our community solar business line, focusing on topics like attrition, supply-demand matching, and sales targeting
• Build dashboards and other tools to help collaborators track the day-to-day performance of their areas of the business
• Measure the impact of product, marketing and sales changes on key business outcomes and bring insights that identify and prioritize future opportunities
• Be a senior analytics voice in the organization, encouraging a data-driven culture and advising Arcadia’s strategy with data
• Be responsible for the analytics relationship with senior leadership and beyond across the sales and marketing teams on both sides of our community solar business line
• Hire and lead a small, high-performing globally distributed team of analysts and data scientists and contribute directly as needed

• 10+ years of experience in data roles (data analytics, business analytics, data science, economics, statistics or related field)
• Experience leading others in analytics or related subject areas
• Proven track record of using analytics to drive business impact
• Well-versed in SQL and proficient in Python; working familiarity with statistical & data science modeling
• Experience enabling data self-service, including building in and driving adoption of BI tools like Looker or Lightdash
• Strong presentation and communicate skills, including experience working with senior leadership
• Ability to thrive and motivate change in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

• Experience leading or collaborating with global teams
• Experience with Snowflake, dbt, Hex, Lightdash
• Energy industry background
• Experience with venture-backed startups

• "Remote first" culture - work anywhere in the US as long as you have a reliable internet connection
• Flexible PTO - no accrued hours and no limit on the number of vacation days employees can take each year
• 17 annual company-wide holidays including a week long "summer break"
• 10 days sick leave
• Up to 4 weeks bereavement leave
• 2 volunteer days off
• 2 professional development days off
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all parents
• Weekly "flex time" - no internal meetings on Tuesdays and Friday afternoons
• 80-95% employer cost coverage for medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents

Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Target Annual Compensation Range for this role will be $153,000 to $221,000. There will also be a competitive benefits and equity (bonus if applicable) component to the package. The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills, experience, and location of the qualified candidate.