Senior Analyst (Abatement, Climate TRACE)

Accepting applications until Wednesday, April 9 at 5pm E.T.

About Us

WattTime is the secretariat of Climate TRACE, a coalition of over 150 nonprofits, tech companies, universities, and individual researchers pooling their expertise in AI, remote sensing, and emissions data to collectively begin measuring the greenhouse gas emissions of every major emitting facility worldwide. In November 2024 we completed this goal, and are moving beyond simply measuring emissions to providing data-driven recommendations for how institutions can reduce these emissions.

WattTime is a non-profit tech start-up with deep experience in using data to drive emissions reductions at scale and help implement those reductions. Our best known innovation is Automated Emissions Reduction (AER), a data-driven emissions-reducing technique currently used by over 900 million devices daily (e.g. all Nest thermostats, U.S. iPhones, Toyota EVs, etc.) to cut their carbon footprints by using energy when the grid is cleanest. We also develop and share other techniques, like our Emissionality technology, which we have used to slash 50 million tons of CO2 by multiplying the impact of renewable energy projects.

About the Role

As a member of Climate TRACE’s Data Out team, you will play a leading role in ensuring that once we have the data, they successfully drive impact. Your number one responsibility will be to support key power users of Climate TRACE data–some of the world’s most influential organizations–in using our data to implement specific emissions-reducing solutions at scale. You will also work on developing case studies to help other organizations replicate these successes. Each month you will work with the latest Climate TRACE data to analyze the data for any new insights, in particular any that make new emissions-reducing solutions possible. 

This role requires someone who combines the skills of a consultant, an activist, and a data scientist. You will need to smoothly handle high-stakes interactions in ways that keep key power users happy. But you’ll also need to think deeply about what actions would actually matter most for climate change, and constantly push these users to prioritize impact over other goals. And you’ll need to do so using our ever-expanding database of billions of rows of emissions data and related metadata. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, technical skills handling emissions data at scale, organization, the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, actionable steps, and most of all, a fierce commitment to driving impact.

We will be hiring multiple team members for this team. One team member may be asked to serve as the lead for the Data Out team – please indicate in your application if you are interested in, and believe you are qualified for, these responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Data Analysis: Analyze Climate TRACE’s vast new data each month and distill findings into insights–particularly those that unlock concrete emissions-reducing actions.

• Media Support: Help craft materials for media outreach based on the ongoing insights you uncover each month–particularly when they unlock emissions-reducing actions.

• Partner Engagement: Support key partners in adopting these emissions-reducing actions and overcoming whatever barriers come up–whether that means custom analysis in Python, quick and dirty spreadsheet exercises, pitch decks, or talks.

• Case Study Development: Each time you have supported a prominent institution in successfully implementing a novel emissions-reducing solution, lead development of a clear, crisp, persuasive case study for other institutions that may wish to adopt it too.

• Product Design Support: For those case studies that succeed and are scalable, assist your engineering team colleagues in designing ways to automate what users need so this impact can be achieved at scale. 

Qualifications 

Above all, the person hired for this position should be committed to driving positive impact in the world. All candidates should have proven experience that includes: 

Required:

• Master’s degree or 5+ years experience in a field that involved both performing data analysis and analyzing and communicating about political or business considerations, such as corporate sustainability, data journalism, or regulatory work at US EPA or DOE

• Experience exploring large datasets using Python (querying, filtering, and aggregating)

• Experience performing quick and dirty one-time analyses, perhaps in spreadsheets

• Experience clearly understanding the priorities of and supporting key decision-makers at large institutions

• Skill with data visualization and data storytelling 

• Excellent listener and communicator: you can show up very professionally, you can understand others’ points of view, you can articulate complex ideas clearly and concisely

• Strong analytical skills: not just the mechanics, but the ability to ask the right questions that uncover the truth within the data

• Ability to manage ambiguity, be flexible, and work in a fast-moving environment

• Collaborative, respectful, and kind 

• Experience or interest in working within a rapidly evolving field such as science, a start-up, or political environment, evolving as the organization grows

• Ability to work effectively from a remote environment across regular U.S. work hours through tools like Slack, Zoom, GSuite, and others 

• Willingness and ability to travel to events and team collaborative sessions several times a year

• Ability to take meetings and meet deadlines outside regular business hours to accommodate international time zones and last-minute requests

Bonus Points:

• Management/leadership experience and skills, if applying for a lead position

• Prior experience working with emissions data

• Prior experience using math to break down numbers into components and optimizing them to maximize some goal (e.g. finance, economics, operations research, physics) 

• Code/Data Skills: Experience with APIs, Git, SQL, Pandas, Plotly, Seaborn, Matplotlib

• Experience with geographical information system (GIS) data, e.g. working with data in GeoPandas, Shapely, GDAL/OGR, GeoJSON, and/or displaying with Folium, QGIS

How We Measure Success at WattTime 

• Productivity: hard work, efficiency, completing ambitious deadlines on time

• Quality: producing high quality work, proactivity, use of specialized skills 

• Doing the work: on-task, flexibility, prioritizing whatever climate impact requires

• Judgment: critical thinking, clear communication, anticipating problems, impact-focused decision-making

• Helping others: collaboration, active listening, respect, giving/receiving feedback, self-awareness
  
  

Logistics

• This is a full time, remote position - work from anywhere in the U.S. 

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. 

• For those authorized and located in the U.S., WattTime is open to U.S. visa sponsorship; as an H-1B cap-exempt, non-profit research organization, WattTime can sponsor employees for H-1B status throughout the year

• Salary: $155,000-$175,000 based on where you can hit the ground running

Application Process

• Resume screening 

• Initial phone screening

• Skills Assessment (expected duration: 3 hours)

• Technical Interview

• Final round interviews including with the team at large

• Reference checks and offer
  
  

Why Work with WattTime

• Competitive salary

• Full medical, dental, vision, life insurance packages for employees and 80% coverage for dependents

• Paid parental leave 

• Flexible time off 

• Professional development support 

• Home office support and employee choice technology 

• 403b with up to 5% matching contribution

• Opportunity to work for a tech non-profit focused on driving real impact 

What we’re like: we’re obsessed with making practical, results-driven change. We believe nothing has more potential for fast, world-changing impact than software. We embrace change. We are lean and rapid prototypers. We never confuse growth with impact. We are all personally, fiercely committed to our mission. We are quietly radical in unexpected ways. We don’t believe in competition–other people doing good work are allies. Our deep bench of expert volunteers helps us routinely punch above our weight class. We trust in data and everyone’s voice being heard. We know diversity is central to success. We consider respect non-negotiable; there are no jerks here.

How to Apply

Please attach your resume and submit a cover letter. Your cover letter may optionally be attached, but we do ask applicants to consider and respond to the following: 

• While you are likely well-rounded, which of the Responsibilities in the job description have you best demonstrated in your past work? Please name that responsibility, then expand on this in a single sentence.

• Considering what you read in the job description, what would you guess will be the primary challenge to this team’s ability to achieve impact? Please choose one challenge and describe it in a single sentence.

• If you are interested in being considered for the Lead role, what do you consider the most important quality you have demonstrated as a Leader or Manager in the past? Please summarize in one word, then expand on this in a single sentence.

Equal Opportunity Policy 

WattTime is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, pregnancy, marital status, family care status, age, appearance, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental ability, medical condition, military or veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or characteristics or any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local laws. We encourage all individuals to apply and are committed to a diverse workplace where every person is treated with respect and dignity. 

WattTime is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, WattTime will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed for the application process described above, please write to hr@watttime.org.