Advisor — Utility Strategy (part-time)
🎯 Why we exist
We’re on a mission to improve the reliability, transparency, and efficiency of our energy systems, fostering a future with sustainable and abundant energy. To accomplish our aims, we’re leveraging state of the art statistical learning and convex optimization methods (AI) to build the financial rails of our future energy systems that will accelerate the deployment of clean energy resources.
We envision energy systems that are efficient, autonomous, resilient, and powered by 100% renewable energy.
🧗 Who we are
Our founders (ex-Apple, Bluevine; ex-Affirm, Square, Google) are Stanford alumni with experience in complex systems, machine learning and structured finance. Our world-class investors, Maverick Ventures and Caffeinated Capital, are aligned to our policy objectives and platform vision.
We have hubs in Chicago, New York City, and San Francisco.
The Role
Comity is looking for a part-time Advisor for our Utility Strategy to guide the design and positioning of our credit management solutions for maximum adoption by electric utilities. This is an advisory role for a seasoned former executive who has firsthand experience managing credit risk, liquidity, and collateral structures at a utility with significant renewable energy exposure.
You’ll help us bridge the gap between product innovation and utility acceptance: bringing insider knowledge of how utilities evaluate counterparties, what matters in collateral instruments, and how credit decisions are actually made. You’ll play a pivotal role in making sure our products and services speak the language of utilities, clear internal hurdles, and are positioned to become a trusted alternative to traditional credit management practices.
In this role, you will:
Advise on design: shape the structure and features of our collateral product so it aligns with utility credit standards and practical requirements.
Guide utility engagement: identify the right stakeholders and decision-makers within utilities and advise how best to approach them.
Stress-test acceptance: anticipate potential objections, explain what utilities really care about, and help us refine messaging to maximize credibility.
Leverage your network: open doors to relevant contacts across utilities and industry associations to accelerate education and adoption.
Be a sounding board: provide ongoing perspective on how utilities perceive credit risk, collateral, and counterparties in today’s power markets.
We’re excited about you because
You’ve been in the seat: you were a treasurer, CFO, or senior credit/risk executive at a major electric utility, with direct responsibility for managing credit exposure to counterparties and overseeing collateral instruments.
Deep network: you maintain strong relationships across the utility sector, including with credit, treasury, and risk decision-makers.
Utility mindset: you know how utilities think about credit risk, liquidity, and collateral — both formally (policies, rating agency perspectives) and informally (what actually sways internal committees).
Renewable exposure: bonus if you managed or oversaw a portfolio of renewable PPAs and/or owned renewable generation assets, giving you firsthand perspective on clean energy credit dynamics.
Practical and strategic: you can translate your experience into concrete recommendations that make our product not just conceptually sound, but operationally adoptable by utilities.
Trusted presence: you bring the credibility of a career in utility leadership and can help us navigate conversations at the highest levels.
Location
This role is fully remote.
At Comity, we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Our priority is to ensure that all applicants are provided with fair and equal access to employment opportunities. Recruiting and hiring decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other class protected by law.