Benchmark Labs is a venture-backed start-up working on improving weather forecasts for the agricultural and energy sectors. We are one of the six companies selected by Nextview’s Everyday Economy accelerator, we are part of The Maritime Alliance’s BlueTech Incubator, Plug and Play’s Insurtech Batch 8, and the Southern California Energy Innovation Network (SCEIN).
We work on providing tailored forecasts for specific locations around the globe by using publicly available datasets, information from IoT sensors and novel machine learning techniques. We believe that we need to build-upon traditional weather forecasting approaches that divide the world in grids but are not suited for making asset-specific decisions, as all the points inside of a grid receive the same information.
Our team is committed to helping growers feed the world and to reduce water and energy waste. Our relationships with our customers and team members are governed by integrity, trust, honesty, professionalism, and open communication. We operate in an environment defined by collaboration and continuous improvement.
We are seeking an individual excited about bleeding edge climate technology to scale up our customer success team. You will work directly with the CEO and CSO to onboard new customers and construct playbooks for product deployment and new hires.
Who we areA small core team alongside various contractors and mentors
Upbeat collaborators who move fast while bringing compassion to the table
Climate technologists who are passionate about fighting climate change while building a VC-scale business
Excited about bleeding edge climate technology
Passionate about collaborating on an early-mid stage startup
Able to meet ambiguous problems head on and bring innovative solutions
4+ years of experience in customer success and/or product management
Experience in the agriculture industry (particularly in specialty crops like wine) is a plus!
Experience in SaaS is a plus!
Experience in early stage startups is a plus!
Email [email protected] with your resume, LinkedIn, and a weather-related pun
We offer a competitive salary, 401K, healthcare benefits, and stock options
Not sure if you’re a perfect fit but excited about Benchmark Labs? Please reach out to us. We are filling many positions now and into the future.
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