Director, Grid Connections

Neara

. Lead delivery of the Self-Service Grid Connection Toolkit project awarded under the Australian Government’s Grid Enhancing Technology Grant .

Posted 10/23/2026full-timeSydney • AustraliaLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in the Australian electricity sector, with a strong focus on project leadership, customer engagement, and technical product commercialization. Capable of managing cross-functional teams and translating customer needs into actionable requirements and acceptance criteria.

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Australian Electricity Sector ExperienceProject Outcome LeadershipCustomer Discovery and Requirements ManagementTechnical Product CommercializationDER Integration Experience

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Hard Skills

Project ManagementRequirements DefinitionProduct ValidationTechnical DemonstrationsStakeholder Engagement

Soft Skills

LeadershipCoachingInfluencingCommunication

Industry Keywords

Grid ConnectionDistribution Network ConnectionsEnergy-Sector TechnologiesGovernment-Funded ProjectsGrid Connection Policy

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead delivery of the Self-Service Grid Connection Toolkit project awarded under the Australian Government’s Grid Enhancing Technology Grant
Own overall project outcomes and make time, cost and product trade-offs
Manage Customer Success engineers, set priorities, coordinate workloads and coach delivery
Ensure customer discovery, requirements, testing and deployment work are completed
Define scalable product expansion with Product and Strategy leadership
Convert T/DNSP and external-user workflows into requirements and acceptance criteria
Validate product fit through prototypes, demonstrations and pilot feedback
Lead GET partner relationships and resolve customer issues and senior stakeholder blockers
Own customer readiness and acceptance outcomes for GET deployment
Direct onboarding, integration coordination and customer testing
Champion product capabilities through technical workshops, demonstrations and customer discussions
Build interest with T/DNSPs and external users and relay opportunities to AU Sales
Own evidence of product benefits, including connection-processing time, engineering effort, application quality and customer experience
Approve substantive content for reporting and globally applicable case studies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Substantial Australian electricity or energy-sector experience
Practical understanding of distribution network connections and relevant customer workflows
Proven commercial leadership and ability to commercialise and expand adoption of energy-sector technologies
Demonstrated project outcome leadership across customer, engineering and product teams
Ability to make time, cost and product trade-offs
Ability to turn customer discovery into prioritised requirements, acceptance criteria and timely product decisions
Ability to validate product fit through practical testing
Ability to explain technical value to senior stakeholders, influence customer decisions and develop credible evidence and business cases
Experience with DER integration, network planning, technical product commercialisation, government-funded projects or grid connection policy and reform (desirable)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary + ESOP
Significant career development and global growth opportunities
Fully flexible working arrangements
Well-stocked office in Redfern
Highly meritocratic, non-bureaucratic and no-ego work culture
Opportunity to work on complex, meaningful products and real-world problems
Opportunity to play a direct, critical role in the trajectory of a high-growth company
Diversity, belonging and equal employment opportunities