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Company Description
Palmetto is a consumer energy platform that provides homeowners with a single destination to discover, purchase, finance, install, monitor and manage home energy products and services. By offering one integrated platform across solar, battery storage, HVAC, heat pumps and more, Palmetto helps homeowners make home energy more affordable, reliable and accessible. Today Palmetto serves hundreds of thousands of homeowners, across 30+ states, building the operating infrastructure for the consumer energy transition, one home at a time.
Our employees are our most valuable resource. We foster a promote-from-within culture that prioritizes talent development, career growth, and purpose-driven work. Palmetto offers a comprehensive benefits package—including unlimited PTO, medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid parental leave, retirement plans, and more—so you can have it all both personally and professionally. Palmetto prioritizes people, planet, and profit—backed by a culture that values collaboration, impact, and balance. Join us in building a brighter, cleaner world.
Location
This position will be based in Charlotte, NC.
Reporting
This position will report to the Chief Operating Officer and partner closely with executive leadership, People & Culture, Finance, Legal, Accounting, and the Board's Compensation Committee.
Summary of Role
Palmetto is seeking a Senior Director, Total Rewards to serve as the company's senior subject matter expert across compensation, executive compensation, equity, and long-term incentives.
This leader will own the strategy, design, governance, and evolution of Palmetto's compensation programs, with particular depth in executive compensation, incentive programs, and Compensation Committee support. The role requires a highly technical compensation leader who can translate complex market, financial, and equity considerations into practical recommendations for executives and senior leadership.
In addition to leading Compensation, this role will oversee Palmetto's Benefits and People Operations teams, ensuring the broader function operates cohesively and that its programs, processes, systems, and controls continue to scale with the complexity of the business. The ideal candidate brings deep, hands-on compensation expertise combined with experience operating in public company environments. This individual should be equally comfortable advising executives, developing Compensation Committee materials, modeling equity scenarios, designing compensation programs, and leading a broader team responsible for benefits and People Operations.
Strategic & Tactical
Compensation, Executive Compensation & Equity
- Own Palmetto's compensation philosophy and strategy across base pay, short-term incentives, commission plans, long-term incentives, and equity programs.
- Lead executive compensation design and disclosure, including salary, incentives, and equity programs, grounded in peer benchmarking and company performance.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Accounting, and external advisors to prepare Compensation Committee analyses, models, recommendations, and materials.
- Drive equity and LTI strategy (award vehicles, grant guidelines, vesting, refreshes, performance awards) and manage dilution, burn rate, and share usage.
- Lead broad-based compensation and the annual planning cycle, including salary structures, job architecture, pay ranges, and rewards analytics.
Benefits & People Operations Leadership
- Provide leadership and oversight of Palmetto's Benefits and People Operations teams, establishing clear priorities, accountability, and operating rhythms.
- Oversee benefits strategy and delivery, including annual renewals and enrollment, vendor and broker relationships, employee communications, compliance, and program effectiveness.
- Ensure benefits programs remain competitive, cost-effective, scalable, and aligned with Palmetto's broader rewards philosophy.
- Oversee core People Operations, including employee lifecycle processes, HR systems and data, policies, compliance, and operational delivery.
- Ensure strong governance, documentation, controls, and data integrity across Compensation, Equity, Benefits, and People Operations.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and automate processes while strengthening the employee experience and operational effectiveness.
- Develop and coach team members while building deeper functional capabilities across the organization.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience, with deep hands-on expertise in executive compensation and equity (RSUs, options, performance awards).
- Experience supporting a Board Compensation Committee. Public-company or similarly governed experience, including proxy/CD&A and SEC disclosure, is strongly preferred.
- Broad-based compensation expertise, including structures, leveling, market pricing, and annual planning, using sources like Radford/Aon, Mercer, or WTW.
- The ability to personally build sophisticated models and explain complex topics clearly to organizational leadership and executives.
- Experience leading teams and adjacent functions, plus sound judgment and discretion with confidential information.
- A bachelor's degree is required, and an advanced degree or CCP is preferred.
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Palmetto embraces diversity and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
To ensure a fair evaluation, we may use AI to assist in sorting applications, but all final decisions are made by our hiring team and no candidate dispositions are automated. We will keep your information on file for four years from the date of your application. For detailed information about how we handle your data and our use of AI, please review our full privacy policy.
For more about our Privacy Policy, visit: https://palmetto.com/privacy-policy
Skills Required
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience
- Deep hands-on expertise in executive compensation and equity, including RSUs, options, and performance awards
- Experience supporting a Board Compensation Committee
- Public-company or similarly governed experience, including proxy, CD&A, and SEC disclosure
- Broad-based compensation expertise, including structures, leveling, market pricing, and annual planning
- Experience using compensation market data sources such as Radford/Aon, Mercer, or WTW
- Ability to build sophisticated models and explain complex topics to organizational leadership and executives
- Experience leading teams and adjacent functions
- Sound judgment and discretion with confidential information
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree or Certified Compensation Professional certification
Palmetto Clean Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Palmetto Clean Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by Palmetto Clean Technology.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair-to-good across many roles, with compensation often described as competitive. Some positions highlight strong earning potential tied to performance.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited or trust-based PTO is widely emphasized and is available early in tenure. Paid leave options for family needs complement the time-off structure.
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Flexible Benefits — A primarily remote setup and flexible schedules are prominent elements of the package. These arrangements are frequently valued alongside core health and leave offerings.
Palmetto Clean Technology Insights
What We Do
Palmetto is a leading clean tech company on a mission to accelerate the transition to a clean energy future. With the belief that consumers can have it all, we are an uncompromising energy company that makes going green a no-brainer. Our award winning platform empowers homeowners, businesses, and entrepreneurs to adopt renewable energy through simple, scalable, and innovative solutions. We operate at the intersection of B2B and D2C, offering software, financial tools, and services that drive real environmental impact - without compromising value. Our clean Energy Platform makes solar and home electrification easy to access, easy to afford, and easy to manage. We deliver flexible energy plans, real-time insights, and seamless customer experiences through offerings like our Consumer App and Marketplace, LightReach™ Solar and HVAC Subscriptions, and Asset Management tools - with more innovations on the way. How We Think We've always been told a cleaner future means sacrifice. Turn it down, pay more, wait forever. We don't buy that. At Palmetto, we believe the future is abundant. We help homeowners have it all: lower energy bills, smarter homes, and a healthier planet. Who We Serve We work with homeowners, clean energy brands, and local installation partners to help them grow their impact, revenue, and customer reach. Our Community Impact • 1+ terawatt-hour of clean solar energy generated • 740,000+ tons of carbon emissions avoided • 90,000+ homes powered for a year
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