The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (Global Energy Alliance) The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (Global Energy Alliance) works for a world where everyone has access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity and the means to use it to improve their lives. Our Alliance builds transformative public, private, philanthropic partnerships to end energy poverty and accelerate green economic opportunity. Founded in 2021 by The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation, and Bezos Earth Fund, we design innovative projects/programs, unlock finance, strengthen institutions and transform markets, delivering progress anchored in deep community engagement. By uniting actors across the value chain, from households to heads of state, we go beyond individual projects to drive lasting systems change. With work in more than 30 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, our Alliance aims to reach 1 billion people with clean electricity, prevent 4 billion tons of carbon emissions and create or improve 150 million jobs.
About the Global Energy Alliance
The Global Energy Alliance (GEA) works for a world where everyone has access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity. We build transformative public-private-philanthropic partnerships to end energy poverty and accelerate green economic growth. Founded in 2021 by The Rockefeller Foundation, IKEA Foundation, and Bezos Earth Fund, GEA designs innovative programmes, unlocks catalytic finance, strengthens institutions, and transforms markets — anchored in community engagement. Operating in 30+ countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, our targets: 1 billion people with clean electricity, 4 billion tons of emissions prevented, 150 million jobs created or improved.
About the role
The Grids of the Future (GOTF) India Lead is a senior country-level role responsible for shaping, leading, and delivering GEA’s grid modernisation portfolio in India. Working closely with the VP, India and the Global GOTF team, this role translates GEA’s global strategy into an India-specific programme anchored in utility transformation, grid digitalisation, renewable energy integration, battery energy storage (BESS), and demand-side flexibility.
The role demands deep familiarity with India’s power sector — DISCOMs, regulatory frameworks at state and central levels (SERCs/CERC, MoP etc), smart metering, grid modernisation technologies (ADMS, DERMS, GIS, SCADA, digital twins, AI analytics), and blended finance models — alongside the ability to build coalitions across government, utilities, private sector, and philanthropies. The GOTF India Lead will build and manage a portfolio of projects and partnerships, oversee grantees and delivery partners, and anchor GEA’s thought leadership on grid modernisation in India.
Accountabilities
Utility & Government Engagement
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
Desirable
We operate from a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do. It is not only the right thing to do – we could not make an impact without our team members' diverse perspectives and experiences. We expect all Global Energy Alliance employees to contribute by developing their unique perspectives and talent, challenging conventional wisdom through evidence and reason, and amplifying marginalized voices.
Global Energy Alliance is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, the organization ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status, or liability for service in the United States Armed Forces.
Global Energy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Electricity powers human opportunity and economic growth. Jobs, education, modern healthcare, thriving economies: In today’s world, these all depend on affordable, reliable energy. Yet nearly 700 million people live without electricity and more than a billion more live with access that is unaffordable or unreliable. Many of these people live in places that are hardest hit by climate change. In the face of growing global instability and constrained funding, we urgently need a bold new model of collaboration. The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet builds transformative public, private, philanthropic partnerships to end energy poverty and accelerate green economic opportunity. Together with more than 50 partners, we work for a world where everyone has access to affordable, reliable, clean electricity and the means to use it to improve their lives.
