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Overstory

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Artificial Intelligence • Energy • SaaS

Overstory is a company that provides software solutions for utilities to optimize resources, mitigate vegetation risk, and manage infrastructure more intelligently, particularly to prevent power outages and wildfires. The company offers actionable vegetation intelligence by leveraging advanced technology such as artificial intelligence and remote sensing, combining satellite and aerial imagery with local data such as asset locations and wildfire maps. Overstory aims to improve safety and reliability of power delivery by enabling data-driven decision-making and future-proofing utilities' operations programs.

11 - 50 employees

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

⚡ Energy

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• Identify and evaluate new data sources across the satellite and aerial landscape • Assess data impact on product outcomes: resolution, latency, revisit, coverage, seasonality, rights, pricing, licensing, exclusivity, SLAs • Build and manage relationships with leading and emerging data providers — from established constellations to new EO startups • Lead vendor selection and negotiate terms (supported by legal/finance when needed) • Translate new data capabilities into clear product unlocks, cost efficiency, and accuracy gains • Maintain a forward-looking view of the external data landscape — technology upgrades, regulatory risks, data sovereignty, commercial shifts • Ensure data decisions map directly to customer value and operational outcomes • Represent Overstory externally as a knowledgeable, trusted counterpart to the earth observation and climate data ecosystem.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years in product, partnerships, business strategy, or management consulting (EO experience is a plus, not required) • Clear critical thinking and sound tradeoff judgment • Strong product intuition paired with analytical rigor • Creative approach to unlocking new data-driven capabilities • Executive communication: crisp, transparent, and persuasive • Proven experience leading teams through change, ambiguity, and new directions. • Familiarity with emerging sensing domains: hyperspectral, thermal, fuels mapping, long-wave IR, SAR (Nice-to-haves). • Experience working with utilities, wildfire intelligence, grid reliability, or regulated infrastructure markets (Nice-to-haves). • Background in commercial strategy, platform partnerships, or data licensing for AI/ML product (Nice-to-haves).

🏖️ Benefits

• To be part of truly mission-driven work that reduces wildfires, protects earth’s natural resources and helps solve our climate crisis. • A flexible working environment with a lot of autonomy. We build our work days around our lives, not the other way around. • Other benefits like a remote working budget, an educational budget and time to develop new skills. • To be surrounded by an excellent, vibrant, smart team who have each other's back and believe in a culture of openness, tolerance and respect. • Equity and a competitive salary.