Job Description

Who we are: 

Arcadia is the global utility data and energy solutions platform. With our leading data platform, AI-powered analytics, industry expertise, and expansive partner network, we deliver solutions for every stage of the enterprise energy management lifecycle across carbon, cost, and reliability. 

Arcadia’s Enterprise Energy Management Solutions are built on a foundational data platform that has been developed for over a decade and scaled across millions of customer facilities.  We transform fragmented data and siloed processes into coordinated, enterprise-wide action with comprehensive solutions, including:

• Utility Bill Management:  Lower utility costs and streamline bill management with automated bill payment, proactive error identification, optimized tariff structures, and budgeting & forecasting.
• Energy Procurement Advisory: Source clean energy through a comprehensive evaluation of supply options - including traditional retail options and onsite and offsite resources — to effectively manage risks, reduce costs, and achieve corporate sustainability goals.
• Sustainability Reporting:  Achieve compliance goals and track carbon emissions with standardized energy data and seamless integration with leading sustainability platforms.

Tackling an enterprise client’s most critical energy challenges requires out-of-the-box thinking & diverse perspectives. We’re building a team of individuals from different backgrounds, industries, & educational experiences. If you share our passion for ushering in the era of the clean, cost-effective electrons, we look forward to learning what you would uniquely bring to Arcadia!

What we’re looking for:

We are seeking a proven Data and Analytics leader to run our data team. This role will report to the VP of Engineering. The mission: build and lead an always-on system for analyzing, understanding and improving our products and services while processing millions of utility bills monthly. You will bring your experience of building, scaling and running a Data and Analytics team at a SaaS company, with deep expertise in handling large-scale data operations and a proven track record of what works at scale. The role includes crafting scalable approaches to sharing data and analytics across the company. The leader will promote evidence-based decision-making at Arcadia through ongoing collaborator engagement and will build analytic structures to support this outcome.

Arcadia is headquartered in Washington, DC, and open to fully remote candidates.

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What you'll do:

• Build, lead, and scale a successful data organization; including outstanding managers and individual contributors across Data Analytics, Data Science, and Data Engineering
• Oversee the processing and analysis of several million utility bills per month, ensuring data pipeline reliability, accuracy, and scalability
• Ensure data quality and that we are building our products to give our customers the insight they need to run their business
• Build a multi-year strategy around data infrastructure, enterprise data modeling, and processing capabilities. Ensure we are thoughtful about what data we collect, growing it where possible and useful, and that we are using it to its full potential
• Build a framework for data investments that ensures we are appropriately balancing R&D with products that deliver strong return on investment
• Lead the optimization and evolution of our Snowflake-based data architecture to handle exponential data growth
• Own the enterprise unified data model and architecture that will power all of Arcadia’s applications and use cases

What will help you succeed:

Must-haves:

• You are an expert Data & Analytics leader with demonstrated experience processing and analyzing large-scale datasets (billions of records)
• Deep expertise with Snowflake as a data platform , including performance optimization, cost management, and architecting for scale
• Hands-on experience with our modern data stack : dbt for transformation, Hex for analytics, and Fivetran/Airbyte for data ingestion
• You have built and led Data & Analytics teams at high-growth SaaS companies, specifically those dealing with high-volume data processing
• Experience with utility data, billing systems, or similar high-volume transactional data is highly valued
• A strong communicator who uses data narratives to explain the solutions they build
• You have strong process leadership skills, but know when process layers become too heavy
• 12+ years in the workforce with significant experience in data-intensive environments
• You are also a 'doer' and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves
• You have top-notch technical skills covering both data and quantitative techniques: data facility, descriptive analytics, and predictive modeling
• SQL and Python are a must , with demonstrated ability to write optimized queries for large-scale data processing
• You are business-focused, with a strong tether to real world needs and a focus on solving actual problems rather than areas of conceptual interest
• Eager to work in a fast-paced, growth setting. Flexible and fluid, you make things work and operate efficiently in a cross-functional environment
• You build and deliver data products. You are outcome driven with strong intuition for business; you pick the practical over the fancy
• Experience with data governance, security, and compliance in handling sensitive customer data

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with real-time or near-real-time data processing systems
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their data services
• Experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, or similar)
• Background in energy, utilities, or sustainability sectors

Eliminating carbon footprints, eliminating carbon copies.

Here at Arcadia, we cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future. Arcadia is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The Target Base Annual Compensation Range for this role will be $200,000-$250,000, and the salary will be based on experience and the candidate’s location. There will also be a competitive benefits and equity component to the package. The exact compensation at which this job is filled will be determined by the skills, experience, and location of the qualified candidate.

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