The Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) will be intrinsically driven by a passion for addressing the climate crisis through entrepreneurship and collaboration and will ensure that Greentown Labs is the leading hub for people from around the world to collaborate in working toward the shared goal of a sustainable, decarbonized future. The CEO will be accountable to the Board of Directors and manage a diverse set of stakeholders comprised of climate tech start-ups and business, government and non-profit partners and investors. The CEO will create an environment and culture internally that enables the team to effectively support entrepreneurs and that unites corporates, public sector, private citizens, and others in support of startups developing climate solutions.
The CEO’s specific responsibilities include:
● Transformational Leadership: Guide the organization through strategic planning processes, aligning stakeholders around a common and ambitious mission and vision, setting goals collaboratively, partnering closely with the Greentown Labs Board, and ensuring that the team is meeting organizational objectives and key results.
● Serving Climate Tech Start-ups: Work closely with staff to build upon and further develop Greentown Labs’ support of member companies – encouraging an innovative, collaborative and creative approach to meeting their evolving needs; developing KPIs against which progress can be measured; nurturing relationships with leaders and employees of member companies.
● Fundraising and Partnerships: Nurture ongoing funding relationships and cultivate new donors, attract innovative partners to deliver value to Greentown’s member companies, and diversify Greentown’s revenue base to strengthen financial sustainability as the organization scales. Support start-ups in accessing today’s unprecedented level of financial support available to climate tech.
● External Communications: Represent the organization’s mission and programs among a wide array of stakeholders, be the driving force to articulate a succinct and powerful brand across a diverse array of forums and medias, and build awareness of the organization’s valuable role.
● Operational, Organizational, and People Management: Provide leadership on all financial, operational, and staff development matters. Display entrepreneurial vigor in designing a sustainable business model, evaluating financial investment, and optimizing impact – paying close attention to both infrastructure strengthening and program effectiveness as Greentown Labs continues to scale, potentially beyond the two existing locations and into new markets. Set a tone for Greentown’s culture that allows for effective leadership throughout the organizational structure, exemplifying Greentown’s core values.
● Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: Bring a proven, authentic, and tangible commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Define the role that Greentown could play in the climate ecosystem with respect to an inclusive and just energy transition. Provide added support to level the playing field for underrepresented founders.
● Community Convener: Amplify the effectiveness of Greentown Labs by connecting across the business, government, philanthropic and non-profit spheres. Serve as an influential coalition builder, working in partnership with diverse stakeholders to achieve maximum collective impact.
