Director, Grid Connections & Energy Digital Twins

Nearheal; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Flexible working arrangements

Office in Redfern

Job summary

Neara is hiring a Director, Grid Connections, to lead the integration and development of our Grid Connections capability. You will guide commercial, product and delivery teams to scale Neara and Zepben’s combined solution for utilities and government clients.

You will manage GET grant delivery, drive customer readiness, and articulate the product value to senior stakeholders while expanding partnerships and government engagement. Flexible, globally relevant role with a strong growth trajectory.

Qualifications

• Substantial Australian electricity or energy-sector experience.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional product, delivery and customer teams.
• Ability to turn customer input into actionable requirements and timely product decisions.
• Experience with government-funded projects or grid-connection policy is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own project outcomes, balancing time, cost and product priorities.
• Lead Customer Success engineers and coordinate with engineering and delivery teams.
• Define scalable product expansion to capture value for global utilities and external users.
• Manage GET partner relationships and secure data, input and testing participation.
• Oversee GET deployment, customer readiness and acceptance outcomes.
• Champion the product through workshops, demos and stakeholder engagements.
• Provide evidence of product benefits for reporting and case studies.

Skills

Commercial leadership

Project leadership

Customer discovery

Prioritisation & decision making

Stakeholder communication

DER integration & grid policy

Job description

Neara is hiring a Director, Grid Connections, to lead the integration and development of our Grid Connections capability. You will guide commercial, product and delivery teams to scale Neara and Zepben’s combined solution for utilities and government clients.

You will manage GET grant delivery, drive customer readiness, and articulate the product value to senior stakeholders while expanding partnerships and government engagement. Flexible, globally relevant role with a strong growth trajectory.