Vice President of Sales

This individual will be responsible for helping drive the growth of Metrus’ energy and water efficiency deals and pipeline. This position has the dual responsibility of overseeing the expansion of Metrus’ business development team while actively generating sales of new projects. This individual will recruit channel partners as well as generate increased volume from the company’s existing energy services company (ESCO) and contractor partners. The individual will implement and oversee targeted direct sales efforts to multi-site industrial, commercial and institutional customers.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is able to actively engage key partners from day one while maintaining a relentless focus on closing deals with commercial, industrial and institutional clients. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of exceeding business development targets in the energy efficiency, renewable energy, retail energy or other relevant industries.

The position calls for an individual who can thrive in a results and performance-based start-up and who can demonstrate strategic critical thinking and commitment to Metrus’ mission of scaling efficiency retrofits in the built environment.

Duties & Responsibilities

The individual’s responsibilities will include:

• Developing and closing energy and water efficiency deals
• Expanding the base of channel partner relationships with ESCOs, energy contractors and other new promising channels
• Managing and implementing go-to-market strategies that efficiently allocate resources to best accelerate the pipeline and execution of profitable projects
• Identifying changes to Metrus business practices and capabilities and new business opportunities that allow the company to accelerate pipeline growth, project closings, and project profitability
• Preparing and presenting project proposals that articulate Metrus’ value proposition to all levels of customer and channel partner organizations, including executive/board-level professionals
• Building out existing infrastructure and systems to support the success of Metrus’ sales team

Experience & Qualifications

The individual’s qualifications are expected to include a proven track record of selling complex products and exceeding business development targets.  A demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with channel partners, customers and other key market participants is a must. The successful individual will also need to demonstrate:

• Exceptional communication, writing and customer service skills and experience
• Ability to powerfully present to executive-level professionals
• Experience selling energy products to commercial and industrial customers is highly desired,
• Excellent critical thinker and naturally creative problem solver
• Self-starter who can thrive in a start-up and consistently meet deadlines: requires willingness to learn quickly, collaborate with small team and stay focused on closing deals
• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience in business development and/or sales

Salary and Benefits

Salary for qualified candidates will be commensurate with their experience and will include a competitive incentive plan for annual project closings. Benefits include medical, dental, vision and paid vacation.

Company Description

Metrus Energy () is a full-service specialty finance company, providing project development and financing services for energy and water efficiency retrofit projects at commercial, industrial and institutional facilities. Through its comprehensive range of financing solutions, Metrus pays for all upfront and ongoing project costs, providing facilities with the immediate operational and environmental benefits of impactful efficiency measures without the capital expense. Metrus enables customers to treat energy and water efficiency as resources that improve their bottom line and enhance corporate sustainability. Metrus is a well-established efficiency financing leader and is the creator of the Efficiency Services Agreement (ESA) structure that has been utilized to finance numerous large-scale efficiency-as-a-service retrofit projects in the United States. Metrus’ ESA is analogous to power purchase agreements (PPAs) which have been utilized by major facilities to finance and implement renewable energy projects. Metrus was also selected as a key financial partner under the U.S. Department of Energy and White House’s Better Buildings Challenge (BBC) program.