About the job
As a leading cleantech developer, Fervo is dedicated to driving the transformation of the renewable energy industry. We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented first-year MBA or master’s student to join our team as a Strategy Intern. The Strategy Intern will spend the summer assisting with a wide range of strategic initiatives and frontier market investigations crucial to our rapidly growing company. Your contribution will play a critical role in supporting our strategy function, encompassing essential tasks like landscaping diversified offtake markets, engaging with external stakeholders including collaborators, policymakers, and community members, and communicating and educating Fervo team members on key learnings.
In this position, you will have the opportunity to work on diverse projects that require adaptability and a multi-faceted skillset. You’ll support the strategy team in guiding decision-makers through long-term growth opportunities and you will be expected to bring a new perspective with diverse ideas.
Responsibilities
- Perform deep dive analysis on one or more frontier markets to serve as key diversification opportunities for geothermal heat and power
- Create presentations and models to clearly articulate learnings and quantify opportunities
- Build a community of external stakeholders within the specified industry to educate on Fervo’s offerings, establish long-term relationships, and further inform Fervo’s industry perspective
- Identify relevant policy and advocacy opportunities
- Generate new ideas for diversified offtake
- Support strategic initiatives and be willing to adapt as priorities change
Qualifications
- Master’s student actively enrolled in a graduate program; Preferred concentrations: MBA, Finance, or a related field
- Demonstrated ability to understand financial concepts, corporate strategy, and complex technology
- Experience in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data visualization tools is a plus
- Self-starter with a proactive attitude, capable of planning, pivoting, and executing tasks independently
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, along with strong organizational abilities
Duration
Summer internships at Fervo Energy are typically 12 weeks in length, starting at the end of May 2024 to the first week of August 2024.
Relocation
At this time, Fervo cannot offer relocation support for our internship opportunities. While we do offer some hybrid flexibility in our work schedule, we believe you’ll get the most out of your internship by spending time in-office with our team.
About Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy commercializes innovative technologies to develop, operate, and own geothermal assets as the dispatchable foundation to a 100% clean energy future. As a 24/7, reliable clean energy resource, geothermal energy has a major role to play in the future electric grid. Fervo’s innovations include technologies such as advanced computational models, horizontal drilling, and distributed fiber optic sensing that we have developed with partners including Schlumberger, ARPA-E, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Fervo was founded in 2017 and is supported by Cyclotron Road, the Department of Energy, Stanford University, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Capricorn Partners, Helmerich & Payne, and BHP.
Fervo’s culture is fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative. We believe in building things that last, constantly innovating, doing what we say we’re going to do, and stopping to smell the roses.
A link to our website can be found here: https://www.fervoenergy.com/.
Fervo Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender, religion, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.
