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 (the 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.
Grids of the Future is GEA's programme for delivering abundant, reliable, and clean electricity across the Global South. In many emerging economies, the utilities that supply most electricity are held back by aging infrastructure, underinvestment, and a lack of reliable data. Efforts to modernize often remain stuck in isolated pilots rather than reaching the whole grid. The programme works in close partnership with utilities, governments, regulators, and innovators. It supports grid digitalization, the integration of renewables and battery storage, greater demand flexibility, and a stronger network of local innovators. Together, these help emerging economies move from aging, fossil fuel dependent grids to modern grids that are ready for renewable energy. The programme brings together the policy, regulatory, and delivery work that this transition depends on.
The Product Development Lead will lead the full end to end Product lifecycle for the Open Source solutions/products being developed by Global Energy Alliance with its Alliance partners to ensure that the valuable work being carried out by GEA and other partners in the clean energy ecosystem is supported with the right technology tools.
The position leads the end to end development including clearly defining requirements, holding the schematics, managing the vendors and delivering to internal and external stakeholders. This is a critical role to manage the delivery of the technological infrastructure supporting GEA's global Grids of the Future programme.
It supports the Grids of the Future teams across GEA's priority markets, including India, Southeast Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa. The work helps low-and-middle-income countries modernize their grids and integrate large volumes of low-cost renewable energy in a reliable and financially sustainable way. The role draws on product management experience in the technology field along with strong project management skills.
The ideal candidate would be a self-starter and be willing to “roll up their sleeves” to adapt to working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Essential qualifications, skills and experience include:
The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:
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.
