GM, Palmetto Accelerator

Palmetto Clean Tech

Charlotte, North Carolina

Full Time

Posted December 16, 2025

Renewable Energy Development

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Job Description

The General Manager of Palmetto Accelerator is responsible for leading strategic investments in new growth areas, overseeing pilot programs, evaluating market opportunities, and driving long-term company expansion through innovative, data-driven decision-making and cross-functional leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Lead strategic investment in new growth areas and oversee their development towards profitability or deprioritization.
Source, evaluate, and test high-potential concepts through investment mechanisms and pilot programs.
Perform cost-benefit analyses to assess potential returns and inform capital allocation decisions.
Develop and monitor metrics frameworks to evaluate product-market fit and pilot success.
Manage the investment budget, re-prioritizing resources 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.
Contribute to long-term strategic planning, balancing short-term wins with future growth opportunities.
Lead and develop teams working on different strategies to support organizational growth.
Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including creating concise summaries and presentations.

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 written and verbal communication skills required, with the ability to create 1-page summaries and 6-page deal decks that help leadership make informed, efficient decisions.
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.
Must have a phenomenal understanding of capital allocation.
12 years of progressive experience in either General Management (GM), Product, or Go-To-Market (GTM) 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 coverage

dental coverage

vision coverage

paid parental leave

retirement plans

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