Associate General Counsel

About EnergyHub

EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future. We help consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power.

About the Opportunity

EnergyHub seeks an Associate General Counsel to join its expanding legal team. EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future by helping consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power. The Associate General Counsel will work hand-in-hand with EnergyHub’s business leaders and technical teams to help the company continue its high growth rate and achieve its goal of a carbon-free, distributed energy future.

The Associate General Counsel will work with teams across EnergyHub to provide advice on a wide range of legal matters, including commercial contracts and transactions, privacy, IP, compliance, M&A, and regulatory issues as well as general corporate matters. The legal team supports all aspects of EnergyHub’s business operations, including commercial relationships, intellectual property, and strategic activities. If you’re excited about interacting with all aspects of a high-growth software business and being on the cutting edge of climate tech, this might be the job for you.

Main Responsibilities: What you'll do

Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements for EnergyHub, including software, technology, services, vendor, reseller, manufacturer, licensing, marketing and other commercial contracts. A significant portion of time in this position will be spent working with leading companies in the demand response, climate tech, Internet of Things, renewable energy, and utility sectors, and partnering with EnergyHub’s internal teams to define a broad legal and risk management strategy and develop creative solutions to legal issues involved with deploying its industry-leading software platform.

Advise and provide guidance on a broad scope of legal issues relating to commercial terms, compliance, privacy, security, and regulatory matters

Work closely with executive, sales, IT, product, and other business teams to provide general legal advice and support and assist in scaling legal and business processes

Work collaboratively with the EnergyHub/Alarm.com legal team and manage legal staff

Develop and drive compliance policies and procedures designed to enhance regulatory and business standards compliance and support the company’s business and strategic objectives

Supervise and coordinate with outside counsel as necessary

Manage internal paralegal resources as necessary

Other duties as assigned

Required Skills and Experience: What you need

5+ years relevant experience in an in-house or large law firm environment, with software, technology industry experience. Familiarity with one or more of the following areas a plus: commercial contracts, public utilities, IP, data and privacy or other regulatory frameworks

Significant experience negotiating, drafting and reviewing broad range of commercial contracts and familiarity with a wide range of legal matters including corporate, commercial, privacy, IP, regulatory, and compliance issues; demonstrated ability/interest in becoming a corporate generalist

Team player with a high level of professionalism and commitment to developing strong relationships with colleagues, internal clients, and business teams across the enterprise.

Ability to work under pressure, juggle multiple projects with competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to change within a growing company

Experience with, and enthusiasm for, process improvement, and problem solving

Superior interpersonal and written and oral communication skills

Proven organizational, analytical, and negotiation skills with exceptional attention to detail

Highly skilled in standard office software and ability to adapt quickly to new technologies

J.D. from a leading law school

Membership in or eligibility for admission to the New York Bar

Willingness to travel to Alarm.com’s HQ in the Washington, DC area on an occasional basis

Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

Why work for EnergyHub?

Collaborate with outstanding people: Our employees work hard, do great work, and enjoy collaborating and learning from each other.

Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the team!

Gain well rounded experience: EnergyHub offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.

Work with the latest technologies: You'll gain exposure to a broad spectrum of IoT, SaaS and machine learning obstacles, including distributed fault-tolerance, device control optimization, and process modeling to support scalable interaction with disparate downstream APIs.

Be part of something important: Help create the future of how energy is produced and consumed. Make a positive impact on our climate.

About EnergyHub

EnergyHub empowers utilities and their customers to create a clean, distributed energy future. We help consumers turn their smart thermostats, EVs, batteries, and other products into virtual power plants that keep the grid stable and enable higher penetration of solar and wind power.

To learn more, visit energyhub.com.

Company Benefits

EnergyHub offers a generous benefits package including 100% paid medical for employees and a 401(k) with employer match. We offer a casual environment, the flexibility to set your own schedule, a fully stocked fridge and pantry, free Citi Bike membership, secure bike rack, gym subsidy, paid parental leave, and an education assistance program.

EnergyHub is an Equal Opportunity Employer

EOE, Including Disability/Vets. Reasonable accommodations are available for individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. If you are a person with a disability needing assistance with the application process, please contact accommodations.apply@energyhub.net.

In connection with your application, we collect information that identifies, reasonably relates to or describes you ("Personal Information"). The categories of Personal Information that we may collect include your name, government-issued identification number(s), email address, mailing address, other contact information, emergency contact information, employment history, educational history, and demographic information. We collect and use those categories of Personal Information about you for human resources and other business management purposes, including identifying and evaluating you as a candidate for potential or future employment or future positions, recordkeeping in relation to recruiting and hiring, conducting analytics, and ensuring compliance with applicable legal requirements and Company policies. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that we may retain some of the personal data that you provide in your application for our internal operations such as managing our recruitment system and ensuring that we comply with labor laws and regulations even after we have made our employment decision.

Notice To Third Party Agencies:

EnergyHub understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you.

The base salary range of this opportunity is listed below and is determined within a range based on factors including qualifications, location and experience. This allows opportunity for growth and development within the role. The base salary offered is part of a total compensation package.

Base Salary Range $185,000 — $225,000 USD