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About the Role

Agora Energiewende is deepening its global power work to leverage best practices and expand into new geographies. This role will lead the next stage of transformation, connecting analysis with political judgment, building an international team, and positioning the organization as a trusted partner to governments, regulators, and utilities.

Responsibilities

• Shape the organization’s strategy for the global power program, with accountability for analytical quality, regional reach, and policy relevance across the techno-economics of power system transformation, grids and flexible electrification, and power market design and regulation.
• Line manage an international team across Europe, Asia, the United States and other target regions.
• Lead the program’s analytical agenda, spanning power system pathways from fossil to clean generation, system integration of variable renewables, flexibility and storage, coal and gas transition frameworks, power markets and tariff design, grid planning and operation at transmission and distribution levels, technical connection standards, distributed energy resources (DER) integration, and stability and resilience of power systems with very high shares of renewables.
• Shape practical international and regional cooperation on power system transformation, working closely with a wide range of partners from civil society, academia, system operators, regulators, policymakers and the business sector.
• Guarantee the organization’s programmatic coherence on power system transformation across all geographies through active coordination and knowledge sharing with regional programmes, ensuring the programme’s work stays connected to the operational realities of power system transformation on the ground.
• Represent the organization’s global power programme to governments, regulators, utilities, funders, and think tank partners at global and national levels.
• Manage research quality, publication output, and stakeholder communication on the global stage, including expert positioning and media relations.
• Build and manage the programme’s budget, identify new funding opportunities, and develop funder relationships in support of the expanded programme.

Requirements

• At least 15 years of relevant professional experience, including several years of management experience in an international setting with team leadership across multiple geographies.
• Strong strategic leadership on power system transformation, from techno-economics to market design and regulation, with deep expertise in at least three major areas of the power transition.
• Understanding of how power sector policy interacts with development, energy security and affordability objectives, and ability to engage credibly with policymakers, regulators and utilities across multiple regional contexts.
• Familiarity with global power system transformation platforms and initiatives, such as G-PST, RETA, and CEM.
• Familiarity with political processes and understanding of how political decision-makers think; ability to develop and represent complex and nuanced positions across diverse institutional contexts, and proven ability to turn technical and economic analysis into policy influence.
• Collaborative leadership style appropriate for a think tank: setting direction while respecting research autonomy.
• Motivating personality who can inspire systemic, integrative thinking and work effectively across geographies and institutional cultures.
• Strong and diverse international network spanning policymakers, regulators, utilities, development finance institutions, and civil society.
• Meaningful networks globally and in at least one major region.
• Fluent written and spoken English; other language skills valued, particularly Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, Turkish, Spanish, or Southeast Asian languages.
• Willingness and ability to travel frequently to target countries and multilateral forum locations.

Skills

• Techno-economics of power system transformation
• Grids and flexible electrification
• Power market design and regulation
• System integration of variable renewables
• Flexibility and storage
• Coal and gas transition frameworks
• Power markets and tariff design
• Grid planning and operation at transmission and distribution levels
• Technical connection standards
• Distributed energy resources (DER) integration
• Stability and resilience of power systems with very high shares of renewables
• English fluency
• Mandarin language skills
• Korean language skills
• Japanese language skills
• Turkish language skills
• Spanish language skills
• Southeast Asian languages skills

Location

• Washington D.C.
• Netherlands
• Berlin
• Brussels
• Bangkok
• Beijing
• New Delhi
• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time
• Part-time (min. 32 hours)
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Senior leadership
• 15+ years of relevant professional experience
• Several years of management experience in an international setting with team leadership across multiple geographies

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Vacation entitlement above statutory requirements
• Professional development
• Health & wellness package depending on country of employment
• Access to mental health and coaching support
• Permanent employment contract
• Support with visa and work permit applications

About the Company

• Agora Energiewende, Agora Industry and Agora Agriculture develop evidence-based strategies for ensuring the success of clean energy, industry and agricultural transitions around the globe.
• As an independent and non-partisan think tank and policy laboratory, we analyse upcoming challenges, share knowledge with decision-makers and stakeholders and enable a productive exchange of ideas.

Equal Opportunity

• We want an energy transition for everyone from everyone. Therefore, we are particularly pleased to receive applications from people from groups that have been underrepresented in energy policy so far.
• We welcome applications regardless of gender and gender identity, nationality, ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability and age, and sexual orientation.
• For reasons of objectivity, we ask that you refrain from submitting an application photo.