Director, Channel Accounts, Comfort

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 GM, Comfort.

Summary of Role

The Channel Accounts Director, Comfort is a senior management level role within Palmetto, and reports directly to the GM, Comfort. This is a key role responsible for identifying, assessing, negotiating and finalizing new business opportunities that are in line with the overall business and strategic growth objectives for Palmetto, and managing channel sales for the business.. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the HVAC industry, along with a robust network of contracts in this space to drive partnerships and new product channel development. The Channel Accounts Director will work collaboratively with other internal functions to assess market potential, financial viability, technical relevance and proprietary and legal implications of all potential new business opportunities. In addition the Channel Accounts Director will lead day to day activities across the Channel Accounts Management team, including implementation of best practices, KPI development, and tooling and process which supports a high performing sales team. The successful candidate will be resourceful, a leader, proactive, organized, motivated to enhance the company's reputation, and relentless in developing high performance sales teams.

Strategic & Tactical

Strategic:

Use established network within HVAC and Home Services industry to develop commercial partnerships

Initiate prospecting and lead generation activities for both channel partners and corporate clients

Help in developing educational and sales materials that clearly articulate Palmetto product offerings

Work as a key stakeholder in the development of new products, services and channels including:

Conducting market research and know Total Addressable Market for each state in region

Development of business plans, sales positioning, presentations, reference material, and other documents as required

Relay customer needs and requirements back to internal Palmetto teams including Product and Capital Markets leadership with a focus on both periodic innovation of existing products and development of new products or revenue opportunities

Keeps informed on industry trends, regulations, technological advancements, and conducts market research and intelligence to identify opportunities for growth

Collaborate with internal teams, including Technology, Finance, Revenue, and Operations, to ensure successful implementation and delivery of solutions to external customers

Assist in regular reporting and strategy calibration with executive leadership

Tactical:

Define, measure, and optimize the partner lifecycle stages (Lead → Onboarded → Trained → Activated → Producing → Repeat Producing) for HVAC and home electrification partners.

Ensure forecast reliability and overall pipeline health for the channel.

In collaboration with leadership - architect, operationalize and optimize revenue engine to drive predicable, scalable growth through well planned KPIs

Sequence and manage rollouts for major national accounts to ensure structural success.

Leverage data analytics to gain insights into partner behavior, sales trends, and market opportunities.

Use data to inform strategic decisions regarding sales processes, marketing efforts, and partner relationships.

Manage Salesforce platform governance, reporting integrity, and clean data architecture, as well as additional technology stack supporting Comfort Plan sales teams.

In partnership with GM, Comfort, own team planning process, OKR structure, and design and evolve team management structures including reporting cadences.

Own performance management, Compensation modeling and quota management for the Comfort Account Management team.

Qualifications

8+ years B2B enterprise business development, sales and/or account management experience

Mandatory experience in HVAC/Heat Pump and Home Electrification industry with experience in consumer finance and the energy industry

Athletes wanted - Broad commercial awareness developed in a fast-moving environment

Superior communication skills – both oral and written

Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

Proven analytical skills and ability to influence people both internally and externally

Proven Ability to ideate, develop and execute strategic plans, in close collaboration with internal and external partners and stakeholders

Decisive and ability to move with speed to implement ideas

Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

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.

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