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title: 'Chief Product & Technology Officer at Nira Energy'
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# Chief Product & Technology Officer at Nira Energy

- **Company:** Nira Energy
- **Location:** United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/niraenergy/jobs/5235896008

## Job description

## About Nira Energy

- Nira's mission is to help convert the US power grid to be 100% fossil-free.
- We are profitable!
- Nira is a software platform that helps renewable energy developers find the cheapest points on the grid to connect.
- We focus on estimating the cost to interconnect with the electrical grid (aka the Interconnection Process). Depending on where developers connect, they may be on the hook to pay millions of dollars to upgrade power lines, substations etc.

## About The Company

- Our mission is to convert the US power grid to be 100% fossil-free and do our part in combating climate change
- The electric grid is one of the largest bottlenecks standing between us and a clean energy future. Our software helps transmission engineers plan the grid in a faster, more economic, and more reliable manner
- We are the market leader in tranmission software and are currently used by >100 of the most sophisticated engineering teams in the country
- We are on a path to 5x’ing our revenue as we continue to rapidly scale with both our existing customers and into new markets
- We’ve been profitable since inception and have a highly unique financial profile. We aren’t subject to the traditional VC funding cycles and are anticipating material liquidity events for equity owners in the company
- This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join a company that is positioned to have a massive impact on climate change, coupled with extremely high financial upside for the leaders that help bring these products to market

## About The Role

This role will sit parallel to our co-founder and Chief Transmission Officer, Andrew, who is one of the foremost transmission planners in the industry. Andrew will be responsible for high level product vision and will serve as our SME on where the industry is heading.

The CPTO will be responsible for turning that vision into a sequenced roadmap and leading the team responsible for building those products.

The VP of Software Engineering, VP of Transmission Planning, and our Product Managers will report to the CPTO. For context, the Transmission Planning team works hand in hand with the software engineering team to write the code needed to generate our data. The organization is currently ~17 people with 2 Product Managers, 7 Software Engineers, and 8 Transmission Planners.

Ultimately, the CPTO will be the founders technical operating partner, responsible for translating customer insights into products as we scale to $50M+ ARR.

The ideal candidate is an executive with a strong track record of building high performing teams and world class products. You’ve ideally held a prominent role at an early stage startup, i.e <50 people and $10M in revenue, and can speak to successful product outcomes you’ve led in that capacity. You’ve also ideally held a prominent role at at a company that has scaled, i.e. 50-250 people and >$50M in revenue and can speak to successful product outcomes you’ve led there as well.

What you'll own

- Delivery and execution: You're the single point of accountability for how the product and engineering organization performs against its weekly, quarterly, and annual goals
- Product Decisions: You’ll partner with Andrew to set the product vision / roadmap direction and will ultimately be responsible for ensuring the team is making product decisions that increase revenue and retention
- People Leadership: The VP of Software Engineering, VP of Transmission Planning and the Product Managers will report to you. You’ll be responsible for managing their growth and performance and getting the organization to work as one smooth efficient machine.
- Operating Engine: You’ll be responsible for building the systems, processes and cadences to make product delivery predictable and efficient as we scale

What we're looking for

- A proven track record of building a high performing product team and executive leadership. You have led one or multiple product organizations and former reports regard you as a A+ leader that they’d join again in a heartbeat
- A proven track record of building successful products. You’ve led one or many product initiatives that have delivered material customer value and can speak competently to results; i.e. Built a product from $0 to >$10M in revenue, Improve retention of a product by 30%, scaled a product from $10M to $50M etc
- You are willing to be hands on and get in the weeds. This is a ~17 person org and a 30 person company. While you are ultimately in charge of managing the team we expect you to be a hands on operator and willing to roll your sleeves up
- Ability and interest in learning a highly niche, complex domain fast. Transmisison planning is incredibly intricate and becoming fluent in the language of “transmission” is critical to success in the role
- Low ego and mission driven. Your energized by the mission of the company and by building a team, motivating them, and partnering with world class founders
- Excellent communication and people leadership skills

Ideal backgrounds

- VP Product / CPO at a technical B2B SaaS company.
- GM of a complex technical product line.
- A product leader who has run a team or product function end to end.
- A former technical or product founder who scaled into executive leadership.
- Bonus points for experience in energy, grid infrastructure, climate, utilities, transmission, interconnection, or power markets, but not required

## About Nira Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nira helps renewable developers find the most profitable interconnection points on the electrical grid by providing ISO-accurate capacity and cost data.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage – Seed round led by Energize Capital in 2025, Pre-Seed from Y Combinator in 2022)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, United States
- **Founded**: ~2021 (earliest known funding date: March 2022)
- **Founders**: Chris Ariante (CEO), Andrew Martin (Head of Transmission), Andy Chen (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Utilities / Clean energy software (grid interconnection and transmission planning)
- **Target Customers**: B2B – renewable energy developers (generation & load), transmission planning engineers, utility teams, and ISOs
- **Mission**: "To accelerate the transition to a 100% fossil-free power grid by equipping developers and interconnection engineers with transparent, ISO-accurate tools to de-risk interconnection, optimize siting, and deliver clean energy projects faster and more reliably." [niraenergy.com/careers](https://www.niraenergy.com/careers)

## Products & Services
Nira offers a SaaS platform with three core tools:
- **Prospecting Tool**: Run 100+ scenarios in minutes to find viable sites using real-time substation capacity and upgrade cost data.
- **In-Queue Tool**: Avoid false positives before submitting to the queue; compare scenarios based on knowledge of competing projects.
- **Local Studies Tool**: Accelerate model building, planning, and reliability studies for ISOs and utilities.  
All tools replicate ERIS and NRIS study methodology (not FCITC approximations) for transparent, ISO-accurate results.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $500,000 (Pre-Seed round from Y Combinator in March 2022; Seed round led by Energize Capital in June 2025, amount undisclosed)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (Pre-Seed), Energize Capital (Seed lead)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **Headcount**: 25 employees (+34.5% YoY, 100% team growth over past two years)
  - **Scale**: >700 GW of projects modeled; >$5B in ISO errors uncovered for customers
  - **Adoption**: 100+ developers in the U.S. use Nira, including teams at AES, Cypress Creek, and Invenergy
  - **Financial Health**: Profitable since day one
  - **Job Postings**: Up 300% YoY, with 8 active roles ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nira-energy))

## Competitive Advantages
- **ISO-Aligned Methodology**: Full replication of ERIS and NRIS study processes, not simplified FCITC approximations, yielding >97% accuracy and early detection of cost discrepancies.
- **Domain Expertise**: Built by transmission planning engineers who have worked inside ISOs (NYISO), utilities, and top developers (Smart Wires, ExxonMobil, Palantir).
- **Transparency**: Provides clear visibility into available capacity, upgrade costs, and grid constraints across every major U.S. ISO.
- **Speed**: Re-runs full ISO study methodology in minutes, enabling rapid scenario analysis and de-risking of interconnection decisions.

## Strategic Focus
- **De‑risk Interconnection**: Help developers and utilities navigate queue reforms and reduce false positives.
- **Expand Product Reach**: Serve both generation and load developers, as well as ISOs/utilities, with tailored tools (Prospecting, In-Queue, Local Studies).
- **Scale Platform**: Automate manual study processes to accelerate the clean energy transition and support long-term reliability planning.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission‑first environment focused on accelerating the clean energy transition; team is described as collaborative and impact‑driven.
- **Remote & In‑Person**: Remote‑friendly with a hub in New York City for those who prefer in‑person; $4,000 annual coworking stipend available nation‑wide.
- **Perks**:
  - Employee equity for all full‑time staff (4‑year vest)
  - Health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  - 401k plan
  - 16 weeks paid parental leave
  - Unlimited PTO (minimum 3 weeks recommended)
  - Paid winter break (first and last week of the year)
  - Professional development support (courses, certifications, conferences)
  - Twice‑yearly team offsites
- **Engineering Culture**: Built by former Palantir and Google engineers; emphasis on building robust data‑modeling products that replace slow manual studies.

## Sources
1. [niraenergy.com](https://www.niraenergy.com/)
2. [niraenergy.com/careers](https://www.niraenergy.com/careers)
3. [niraenergy.com/team](https://www.niraenergy.com/team)
4. [LinkedIn – Nira Energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nira-energy)
5. [Greenhouse Job Board – Nira Energy](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/niraenergy)

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