About Redwood Materials
Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
We're looking for a Business Operations Associate, Energy Storage to support the commercial growth of our utility-scale battery energy storage business. You'll be the operational backbone of our sales organization, driving data-informed decision-making, optimizing our sales processes, and enabling cross-functional collaboration to accelerate our market penetration.
RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE
- Own and optimize our CRM (Hubspot) to ensure data quality, pipeline visibility, and actionable insights for leadership.
- Develop sales analytics and reporting frameworks to track KPIs, forecast performance, and identify growth opportunities.
- Support market prioritization and segmentation analysis to guide go-to-market strategy and resource allocation.
- Collaborate with Finance and Commercial teams on pricing strategy, competitive analysis, and deal economics.
- Lead cross-functional project initiatives across Engineering, Commercial, Legal, and Operations to ensure seamless execution of customer engagements.
- Support project management of energy storage project development from contract execution through commissioning, coordinating across internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Streamline sales operations processes, including proposal workflows, contract templates, and sales enablement materials.
- Conduct market research and competitive intelligence to inform product positioning and commercial strategy.
- Build financial models to evaluate project economics, incentive eligibility, and commercial terms.
- Support RFP response coordination, ensuring timely and high-quality submissions.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, economics, or related field.
- 1-5 years of experience in consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, FP&A, or operations roles, ideally with exposure to energy, infrastructure, or technology sectors.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Excel financial modeling and data analysis.
- Experience with CRM platforms or willingness to become a power user quickly.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and drive cross-functional projects to completion.
- Interest in or experience with project managing the development of energy storage or renewable energy projects is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to translate complex data into clear insights for stakeholders.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven mindset.
- Scrappy, hands-on self-starter who is comfortable rolling up sleeves and tackling whatever needs to get done—no task is too small or beneath you.
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and building systems from scratch in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience in energy storage, renewables, or cleantech is a plus but not required.
- A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!
In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills.
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, finance, economics, or related field
- 1-5 years experience in consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, FP&A, or operations roles
- Proficiency in Excel financial modeling and data analysis
- Experience with CRM platforms (HubSpot) or willingness to become a power user quickly
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams and drive cross-functional projects to completion
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complex data into clear insights
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and process-driven mindset
- Scrappy, hands-on self-starter comfortable working in ambiguity and building systems from scratch
- Experience or interest in project managing energy storage or renewable energy projects
- Experience in energy storage, renewables, or cleantech
- Passion for sustainability
Redwood Materials Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered okay to good overall, often competitive for engineering and corporate roles while closer to local norms in hourly operations.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Stock options or equity are included in many offers, providing additional upside beyond base pay.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is viewed positively, with maternity and paternity leave standing out within the package.
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What We Do
Redwood is developing a fully closed-loop, domestic supply chain for lithium-ion batteries. Our team manufactures critical battery components using as many recycled batteries as possible — localizing a 50,000-mile global supply battery chain on a single site.
