Grid Planning & Market Development Lead – Asia

🕒 September 4

⛩ Asia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Open Energy Transition

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🤝 Non-profit

Consulting • Logistics • Non-profit

Open Energy Transition is a non-profit environmental consultancy, think tank, and open-source software development organization focused on transforming energy planning for the global transition to sustainable energy. It develops, co-maintains, and applies open-source energy system modelling tools (including PyPSA, PyPSA-Eur/Earth, Linopy, and atlite), builds secure applications that integrate proprietary data, and provides customized modelling, software development, support, and training to enable reproducible, accessible, and locally maintainable energy planning.

📋 Description

• Build relationships with system operators, ministries, regulators, consultants, research institutions, and other energy-planning organizations across priority Asian markets • Grow awareness and understanding of open-source energy modelling through direct engagement, conferences, seminars, workshops, and regional networks • Identify where open approaches can make a meaningful difference and turn conversations into project concepts and opportunities • Identify potential funders and develop appropriate funding routes with global market development leadership • Respond to relevant tenders and procurement processes, including opportunities from the Asian Development Bank and other international institutions • Monitor emerging priorities, institutional developments, funding opportunities, competing approaches, and changes in the regional energy-modelling landscape • Feed regional insights into senior leadership and Marketing and Communications to improve strategy, positioning, and outreach • Advise technical project teams on the context of Asian energy system modelling • Own opportunities from initial engagement through contracting, collaborating with OET colleagues and the Head of Research & Market Development on large or strategic opportunities • Report to the Head of Research & Market Development and work closely with the Marketing Lead and technical experts/leaders

🎯 Requirements

• Significant relevant experience, typically 8+ years • Meaningful relationships with energy sector institutions in at least some priority Asian markets • Understanding of how energy planning decisions are made and how relevant institutions interact • Hands-on experience with power or energy system modelling • Understanding of modelling approaches, capabilities, and limitations • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills • Ability to build trust, lead conversations with senior decision makers, deliver presentations and seminars, facilitate workshops, and explain complex technical subjects • Strong judgment and ability to turn relationships into funded projects or contracts • Genuine commitment to open-source approaches • Entrepreneurial, culturally aware, and highly autonomous working style • Ability to work independently in a fully remote, geographically distributed team • Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt in an evolving work environment • Strong communication skills, tactfulness, and ability to collaborate asynchronously with cross-functional teams • Fluency in English is mandatory • Other language proficiency is a bonus • Interest or experience with open source projects like PyPSA or similar is a bonus • Experience with proprietary tools such as PLEXOS or similar is a bonus • Experience with a young nonprofit and/or the energy sector is a bonus • Experience working on a fully remote, distributed team is a bonus • Experience responding to tenders or developing projects with multilateral or bilateral development institutions is a bonus • Experience with development finance, philanthropic funding, or donor-funded energy programs is a bonus • A university degree is not required

🏖️ Benefits

• A flexible, fully remote work environment with autonomous working and zero micro-management • Opportunity to join a hardworking, passionate team creating positive societal change in the energy sector • Culture valuing transparency, empathy, trust, humility, diversity, collaboration, and recognition • Open-door policy with reciprocal feedback • Flat hierarchical structure where all contributions are valued • Competitive salary • Guaranteed annual reviews • Growth potential • Relevant benefits depending on country of residence • Supportive onboarding and training tailored to strengths, interests, and career ambitions • Learning and development support from the company • Ability to request expensing for home office items • Opportunity to contribute meaningfully to company culture and processes