Strategic Market Engagement Lead – Clean Tech

Emploive; Berkeley, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

New Energy Nexus California is seeking an experienced Market Engagement Marketing Leader to design, launch, and execute campaigns across startups, corporate buyers, and funders. You will drive market positioning, create new customer-connection offerings, and craft compelling narratives to accelerate adoption and funding.

This limited-term role through June 2028 is hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area with in-office days at the Berkeley location (Tuesdays/Thursdays).

Qualifications

• 5+ years in market engagement marketing, communications, or storytelling in climate tech or VC.
• Ability to tailor communications for entrepreneurs, corporates, and funders.
• Experience in California clean energy or policy ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Design targeted campaigns to educate portfolio startups on new commercialization offerings.
• Drive high startup enrollment and participation in customer mapping exercises, corporate adoption clinics, reverse pitches, and workshops.
• Develop messaging toolkits and guides to translate milestones into customer-centric value propositions for enterprise buyers.
• Craft the core narrative for the commercialization initiative, positioning the program as a bridge between early-stage innovation and market adoption.
• Package findings from market landscape research, commercial matches, and joint development agreements into case studies, reports, and presentations.
• Author storytelling assets for funding partners and prospective sponsors to demonstrate program impact and attract future support.

Skills

5+ years experience

Tailor communications

California clean energy

Job description

New Energy Nexus California is seeking an experienced Market Engagement Marketing Leader to design, launch, and execute campaigns across startups, corporate buyers, and funders. You will drive market positioning, create new customer-connection offerings, and craft compelling narratives to accelerate adoption and funding.

This limited-term role through June 2028 is hybrid, based in the San Francisco Bay Area with in-office days at the Berkeley location (Tuesdays/Thursdays).