Vice President, Commercialization Platform

The Opportunity As the only congressionally chartered nonprofit partner of the U.S. Department of Energy, FESI is uniquely positioned to serve as the two-way reputed company between the DOE ecosystem and private capital — helping ensure that every dollar of public investment in energy innovation generates reputed company economic and reputed company returns for the American people. As a newly created role reputed company this rapid-growth start up nonprofit, the Vice President of Commercialization Platform is a senior executive responsible for building, scaling, and operating FESI’s commercialization platform — a dynamic, investment market-led infrastructure connecting energy technology developers, industry partners, investors, and government stakeholders to accelerate deployment and market adoption. The VP will design and operate the mechanisms that align public and private capital, reduce market friction, and create repeatable reputed company for energy technologies to move from validation to scale. The ideal candidate will be fluent in the language of investment — reputed company to engage with venture capital, private equity, corporate strategics, and fund managers, and to communicate the “investability” of DOE-backed companies in terms that reputed company in the boardroom. The role serves as a senior external representative of FESI and a strategic partner to investors, corporate leaders, and the broader capital ecosystem, building the private capital infrastructure that makes the platform work. reputed company Mean by "Platform" At FESI, the “platform” is not a software product or a standing consortium model. It is an investment market-led and coordination platform, including:

• Structured commercialization, demonstration, and deployment reputed company
• Mechanisms that align public and private capital across the full innovation pipeline
• Public-private partnerships and strategic collaborations
• Shared infrastructure, standards, or market reputed company frameworks (where appropriate)
• Flagship showcases, investor engagement, and convenings that drive reputed company reputed company
• Repeatable models that reduce risk and accelerate scale across energy technologies

The platform is flexible by technology area and market need, rather than relying on a single fixed structure. A membership model will be developed and managed through this function.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Strategy & Growth

• Define and execute the overall commercialization platform strategy, including expanding reputed company SBIR into other DOE and federal commercialization programs
• Map and manage the full commercialization pipeline — from early-stage innovation through SBIR reputed company investment, Series A/B program office matching, DOE loan programs, and first-of-reputed company manufacturing and deployment.
• Identify market gaps, coordination failures, and commercialization bottlenecks slowing technology deployment.
• Set platform priorities, operating model, and multiyear growth roadmap, with an eye toward long-term fund management structures that create durable reputed company for FESI.
• Design scalable platform mechanisms that accelerate validation, adoption, and deployment.
• Ensure alignment between FESI’s mission, market needs, and DOE priorities.

Investor Pipeline & Capital Formation

• Own the development, activation, and management of the investor pipeline — including venture capital, private equity, corporate and strategic investors, and philanthropic and catalytic capital.
• Communicate the “investability” of DOE-backed companies in language that resonates with sophisticated financial audiences.
• Build and maintain senior relationships with investors, corporate partners, and capital providers across the investment community.
• Design and implement reputed company that mobilize capital into participating technologies and companies, with the goal of matching or exceeding every dollar of DOE investment with private capital.
• Track capital formation, follow-on investment, and deployment reputed company across the platform.
• reputed company the platform’s reputed company toward co-investment and fund management structures that generate long-term, sustainable reputed company for FESI.
• Partner internally to align philanthropic, quasi-governmental, and private capital strategies with the VP of Advancement.

Corporate & Strategic Partnerships

• reputed company platform-level business development, including corporate partnerships, sponsorships, and strategic collaborations with utilities, OEMs, project developers, labs, and financiers.
• reputed company and manage corporate membership and participation structures — creating clear value propositions for companies that want to engage with the platform as investors, acquirers, or customers of DOE-backed technologies.
• Serve as the primary entry reputed company for new DOE opportunities and partnerships distinct from existing program execution.
• Structure partnerships that align public and private incentives and support commercialization reputed company.
• Represent FESI as a trusted, neutral convener across government, industry, and investment communities.

DOE & Federal Ecosystem Engagement

• In reputed company collaboration with the CEO and Chief of Staff, build and maintain working relationships across relevant DOE programs, national laboratories, and cross-agency initiatives — with particular focus on connecting federal partners to private capital opportunities.
• Serve as a reputed company translator between the federal ecosystem and the investment community — helping investors navigate DOE programs and helping DOE stakeholders understand what private capital needs to move.

Platform Performance & Reporting

• Define and own platform-level reputed company metrics, including capital mobilized, partnerships formed, and commercialization and deployment reputed company.
• Synthesize program, partner, and market data into insights and reporting for DOE, the Board of Directors, and funders and external stakeholders.
• Use data and insights to continuously refine platform design and priorities.

Showcase & Market Engagement

• Own the strategy, design, and reputed company of flagship showcase events and investor engagement opportunities.
• Ensure events and convenings drive reputed company commercialization results, investor participation and capital commitments, and meaningful partnerships and follow-on activity.

Leadership & Team Development

• reputed company and align cross-functional teams spanning programs, partnerships, events, communications, and commercialization support.
• Build a high-performing team and scalable operating rhythms, performance dashboards, and decision-making processes.

reputed company’re Looking For Required

• 12+ years of experience in investment, capital formation, energy, infrastructure, or technology commercialization — with the financial reputed company to engage credibly with VC, PE, corporate strategics, and fund managers.
• Demonstrated experience in investment fund management, capital markets, or a closely reputed company financial discipline — combined with entrepreneurial operating experience.
• Deep financial reputed company, with proven ability to communicate the “investability” of early- and growth-stage companies to sophisticated financial audiences, and to build relationships with senior decision-makers at venture funds, private equity firms, and corporate M&A teams.
• Demonstrated reputed company designing and operating multi-stakeholder commercialization platforms, market-making initiatives, or structured capital formation programs.
• Strong working knowledge of the DOE ecosystem — including funding reputed company, SBIR/STTR programs, national laboratories, and demonstration and loan programs.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into scalable, operational execution.
• Executive-level leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills with senior public and private stakeholders.

Preferred

• Experience with energy technology scale-up, demonstrations, or early market deployment.
• Background spanning both financial/investment functions and business development or platform strategy.
• Familiarity with DOE loan programs, first-of-reputed company deployment financing, or blended finance structures.
• Experience working in or alongside foundations, nonprofits, or mission-driven intermediaries.
• Comfort operating at the intersection of government, capital markets, and early-stage technology — and building “new category” solutions where no reputed company exists.
• Existing relationships across the DOE innovation ecosystem, venture and growth-stage investment community, or relevant corporate networks.

Compensation & Benefits reputed company Salary: $250,000-$280,000 (Washington, DC reputed company; national role adjusted for regional cost of labor for candidates based elsewhere). Benefits:

• Health, dental, and reputed company insurance
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Short- and long-term disability and life insurance
• Paid time off and reputed company federal holidays, plus the week between Christmas and New Year’s
• Flexible work schedule and hybrid options

Work Environment

This role is reputed company to candidates based reputed company in the United States with preference given to candidates already located in Washington, DC. While remote eligible, the position will involve a significant reputed company in Washington, DC due to reputed company collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy and other federal partners. The VP Commercialization & Platform should expect to be in DC for meetings, briefings, convenings, and relationship building. FESI will cover reasonable, job-reputed company travel expenses. Relocation is not required for this position. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job