Associate Director, Commissioning

Stok leads organizations to decarbonize now. We integrate expertise across ESG and sustainability consulting, carbon, energy engineering, commissioning, and project delivery. From the enterprise to asset level, we provide clients with strategy, management, and technical support to translate bold commitments into impact. Stok is a Certified B Corp and ILFI Just organization, and has been recognized as a Top Impact Company and Best Workplace. Our global team delivers on client ambitions across programs and projects worldwide.

Role Description: Stok seeks an Associate Director to serve as embedded technical leader within a key strategic client organization. This role requires exceptional technical expertise combined with diplomatic navigation of complex internal stakeholder dynamics. The position demands autonomous problem-solving capabilities and strategic thinking to develop commissioning solutions within ambiguous client environments.

AT STOK, WE SEEK CULTURE ADD, NOT CULTURE FIT. OUR VALUES-ALIGNED TEAM MEMBERS: 

• Craft innovative ideas and have a say in how the company they work for operates. Stok believes that power and money do not belong in the same sentence and has built self-management and distributive governance into our organizational structure so that every Team Member has a platform to share input on policies and procedures. 
• Strive for a better way to do business and create positive impact through their work. Stok believes in business as a force for good and is a certified B Corp, which enables us to maximize social and environmental impacts, in addition to profit. 
• Give back in a meaningful way. Stok gives 2% of all proceeds to the causes we believe in and supports local vendors and fellow B Corps wherever possible. 
• Advocate for a level playing field. Stok cares about our people and has intentionally baked social justice into our operating practices, which we hold ourselves accountable to through our International Living Future Institute JUST Label. 

Our purpose is to boldly catalyze an environmentally restorative and socially equitable world, and Stok needs you to fulfill it!

Responsibilities:

Embedded Technical Leadership

• Serve as on-site technical authority for all commissioning activities within client organization
• Develop and implement commissioning strategies aligned with client's operational constraints and strategic objectives
• Provide real-time technical guidance and decision support to client teams during project execution
• Maintain comprehensive understanding of client's technical systems, processes, and organizational structure

Stakeholder Management & Navigation

• Build and maintain relationships across multiple client departments and hierarchical levels
• Navigate competing priorities and conflicting objectives between internal client stakeholders
• Facilitate consensus-building among diverse technical and non-technical audiences
• Translate technical requirements into business language for executive-level client communications

Solution Development & Innovation

• Design commissioning approaches for undefined or novel technical challenges
• Develop custom methodologies and processes specific to client's unique operational environment
• Identify optimization opportunities within existing client systems and workflows
• Create documentation and training materials for client team knowledge transfer

Strategic Partnership Management

• Function as primary Stok representative within client organization
• Align commissioning deliverables with client's broader sustainability and performance goals
• Identify expansion opportunities for additional Stok services within client ecosystem
• Manage contract performance and client satisfaction metrics independently

Qualifications:

• 10+ years commissioning experience with demonstrated expertise in complex building systems
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision in ambiguous environments
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills with experience managing difficult stakeholder relationships
• Track record of developing innovative solutions for unique technical challenges
• Professional engineering license required; advanced project management certification preferred

Stok will not require team members to be in an office, but our office locations are open for them to collaborate.  This is a hybrid role with working onsite at client locations in the Bay Area. This role’s preferred location is San Francisco.

COMPENSATION RANGE: $125,000 -  $207,000  based on market location and experience.

Compensation is determined by relevant years of experience and market location