Senior Sales Director

The role

You will lead the commercial lifecycle by identifying, developing, and closing large-scale energy storage opportunities. You will manage strategic customer relationships with utility, developer, EPC, and IPP partners to drive adoption of sodium-ion storage systems.

What you will do

• Own the full commercial lifecycle from prospecting to close.
• Build and manage a pipeline of utility-scale and distributed storage opportunities.
• Cultivate and expand relationships with developers, utilities, IPPs, EPCs, and corporate energy buyers.
• Translate customer requirements into proposals with Product and Engineering teams.
• Deliver customer feedback to internal teams to inform product roadmaps and go-to-market strategy.
• Represent Peak at industry conferences, customer meetings, and events.
• Lead deal teams focused on closing key sales agreements like project RFPs, COAs, and ESSAs.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in driving strategic sales, business development, or account management.
• Demonstrated success in leading negotiations on large, complex deals with utilities, IPPs, developers, or energy buyers.
• Strong technical fluency to articulate energy storage value propositions and system trade-offs.
• Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, early-stage environments with minimal structure.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for renewable energy, sustainability, and driving positive environmental impact.
• Peer leadership skills.
• Eligible to work in the U.S.

Nice to have

• Expertise selling energy storage systems (ESS), grid-connected assets, or utility-scale hardware solutions.
• Expertise with RFP processes, interconnection timelines, and project development cycles.
• Existing high-level relationships within utilities, IPPs, or clean energy developers.
• Deep understanding of how to quantify product competitiveness like TCO and LCOS.

Benefits

• Flexible time off
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Strong 401(k) plan
• Equity opportunities
• Many great work perks

Before you apply

• Eligible to work in the U.S.

About the company

Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven sodium-ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy. The company recently announced America's first sodium-ion grid storage factory in Sacramento.