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President & COO
Company | Ascend Analytics |
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Location | Boulder, CO, USA |
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Salary | $325000 – $375000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 15+ years of experience of either electric power industry experience or B2B SaaS or enterprise technology, including 5+ years in executive leadership roles scaling organizations.
- Proven executive leadership in the power industry addressing critical decision analytics for utilities, power producers, or large consumers of electricity.
- Strong command of SaaS economics and operational frameworks (CAC, CLTV, churn, payback, gross margin, etc.).
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams with decisiveness, authenticity, and inspiration.
- Willingness to roll up your sleeves, dive into the details, and solve problems hands-on when necessary.
- Experience implementing tools and systems (CRM, ERP, analytics) that provide visibility and fuel decision-making.
- Experience driving change and improving company culture.
Responsibilities
- Take command of company operations—overseeing product delivery, customer experience, revenue operations, and internal systems.
- Build and scale repeatable, data-driven processes that support sustainable growth and performance.
- Align every team behind clearly defined KPIs and operational plans that map directly to company objectives.
- Partner with the CEO to turn vision into action—and results.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to create a seamless, high-performing customer journey.
- Strengthen the go-to-market engine with insights, systems, and accountability that drive acquisition, retention, and expansion.
- Ensure operational readiness as we scale into new markets, sectors, and product offerings.
- Foster a culture of excellence, ownership, and agility—where performance and purpose go hand in hand.
- Attract, mentor, and empower top-tier talent; build an organizational structure that grows with the business.
- Bring clarity and focus during moments of rapid change or ambiguity—leading with empathy, confidence, and vision.
- Co-own financial performance, planning, and forecasting with the CEO and CFO.
- Optimize capital allocation and resource deployment to balance growth and efficiency.
- Provide rigorous operational insight and accountability to board members and investors.
- Deploy systems, infrastructure, and processes that turn complexity into clarity and chaos into consistency.
- Drive major initiatives, including new product rollouts, geographic expansion, and post-M&A integration.
- Create the operational runway that allows innovation to thrive without losing control or cohesion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for clean energy, climate tech, or the energy transition—especially if you’ve operated in mission-driven or technical sectors.
- Proven success scaling SaaS based analytic companies—and ideally through key inflection points such as exit, M&A, or IPO.
- Experience working in private equity-backed businesses and engaging directly with investors.
- M&A leadership experience—both on the evaluation side and in executing smooth, value-creating integrations.
- Familiarity with scaling complex operations across multiple products, customer types, or geographic regions.