GM, Palmetto Accelerator
Palmetto Clean TechCharlotte, North Carolina
Full Time
Posted December 16, 2025
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Job Description
The General Manager, Palmetto Accelerator, leads strategic investments in new growth areas, oversees pilot programs and partnerships, and drives long-term company expansion through data-driven decision-making and cross-functional leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead strategic investment in new growth areas and oversee their development towards profitability or de-prioritization.
- Source, evaluate, and test high-potential concepts through investment mechanisms and pilot programs.
- Perform cost-benefit analyses to assess capital allocation and potential returns on investment.
- Develop and monitor metrics frameworks to evaluate product-market fit and pilot success.
- Manage the investment budget, re-prioritizing based on performance and success metrics.
- Collaborate cross-functionally to structure, launch, and adapt pilot programs based on early results.
- Identify and manage strategic partnerships from evaluation to implementation.
- Develop long-term strategic plans and ensure alignment with company growth objectives.
- Lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of experimentation and rapid testing.
- Communicate strategic insights and progress effectively to internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Proven ability to analyze complex data, set KPIs, and structure the testing needed to evaluate investment areas and pilot programs.
- Strong cross-functional collaborator, able to build trust, alignment, and support from cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders.
- Excellent communicator able to convey a vision and progress to that vision to both internal vs. external audiences, and senior leaders vs. company-wide.
- Must have a phenomenal understanding of capital allocation.
- Self-starter and structured thinker experienced at breaking down complex challenges and opportunities with clear frameworks and processes.
- Highly adaptable to changing situations and comfortable with ambiguity.
- 12 years of progressive experience in either General Management, Product, or Go-To-Market positions, owning both strategic direction and operational execution.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a zero-to-one mentality.
- Early-stage startup experience, or experience working on emerging products within a later-stage company, working with limited resources, team, capital, time, aggressive goals, and compounded urgency.
- Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Benefits & Perks
Unlimited PTO
Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Paid parental leave
Retirement plans
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