Senior Principal, Entrepreneur-in-Residence

RMI

. Create and lead a new market-shaping platform .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemoteSenior💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and scaling market-shaping initiatives, with a strong focus on fundraising, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership. Proficient in designing market mechanisms and navigating complex financing structures to support deployment in vulnerable communities.

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Fundraising AbilityMarket Mechanism DesignTeam LeadershipStakeholder EngagementBlended Finance Expertise

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Hard Skills

Market Mechanism StructureNegotiationExecutionTechnical Literacy in Materials ScienceManufacturing Scale-Up

Soft Skills

Public RepresentationComfort Leading in Ambiguity

Industry Keywords

ClimatePublic HealthGlobal DevelopmentCoolingBuilding MaterialsBuilt EnvironmentIndiaHigh-Heat Markets

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create and lead a new market-shaping platform
Create a framework for rapid PDRC technology scale-up and define appropriate market mechanisms
Identify investors, philanthropies, incumbent paint producers, commercial customers, government agencies, and grassroots deployment partners
Forge a coalition of key stakeholders and solicit commitments to stimulate PDRC production at scale and low cost
Create a deployment approach in which commercial deployments cross-subsidize deployment in vulnerable communities
Build and lead a world-class team
Fundraise successfully to support the program
Coordinate demand aggregation, supply-chain and manufacturing scale-up, blended finance, and standards and certification development
Potentially spin out the platform into a new nonprofit organization

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ year's experience building and scaling new ventures, market-shaping initiatives, or field-building organizations in climate, public health, or global development, with demonstrated outcomes at scale
Proven fundraising ability, with a record of securing multi-million-dollar commitments from philanthropies, governments, development finance institutions, or corporate partners
Experience designing and closing large-scale market mechanisms, such as advanced market commitments, pooled or aggregated procurement, volume guarantees, or technology transfer and IP agreements
Direct accountability for market mechanism structure, negotiation, and execution
Demonstrated ability to build and lead a team from zero, including recruiting talent, setting strategy, and standing up governance
Fluency across blended finance and supply-side development, including layering concessional and commercial capital and de-risking manufacturing scale-up
Senior external credibility, including a network and reputation with C-suite executives, ministers, and funders
Ability to represent the initiative publicly
Technical literacy in materials science, paints and coatings, or manufacturing scale-up (preferred)
Background in cooling, building materials, or the built environment (preferred)
Experience in India or other high-heat Global South markets (preferred)
Comfort leading in ambiguity and defining the strategy and operating model for a category that does not yet exist (preferred)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based bonus
Initial 12-month term could be converted to a permanent staff role if additional funding is secured
RMI would provide initial staff support as the entrepreneur-in-residence secures funding, recruits, and builds their team