Are you an inspired changemaker with a passion for sustainability? We’re always looking to connect with the best people.













DOWNTOWN LA
- Location: The LA Cleantech Incubator (LACI), a hub for green business in LA, in the booming Downtown Los Angeles Arts District
- Sustainability: LEED BD+C v3 Platinum and WELL Gold certified, featuring a living wall, bike storage room, bike share, Zipcar, large PV array, Solatubes for ample natural light, and many more green building features
- Walkscore: 88
- Transportation: Metro Gold Line — Little Tokyo/Arts District Station stop (0.7 mi. from office). Metro bike share station and EV charging on site.
- Cafe walks: Blue Bottle, Urth Caffe

PASADENA
- Location: Co-located with Pankow, a leading sustainable builder, beneath the backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains in Pasadena, CA
- Sustainability: Designed to LEED ID+C v3 Silver standards, including recycled materials, occupancy sensors, metered faucets, high-efficiency lighting, alternative transportation access, and ample daylight
- Walkscore: 92
- Transportation: Metro Gold Line — Del Mar Station stop (0.5 mi. from office). Metro bike share station available right outside our office. EV charging stations available on site.
- Cafe walks: Urth Caffe, Starbucks

SAN FRANCISCO
- Location: Co-located with Pankow’s Union Square offices in San Francisco
- Sustainability: An original boutique high-rise reinvented for today, this historic landmark is located in a highly walkable area, with ample access to public transportation. A bike room is also available onsite.
- Walkscore: 100! This location earned the highest walkability rating and is described as a “Walker’s Paradise.”
- Transportation: Directly next to the Montgomery BART station. This intersection is also a stopping point for many local buses and the F train.
- Cafe walks: Philz Coffee, Blue Bottle

SAN DIEGO
- Location: Co-located with SILLMAN Architects offices in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, CA
- Sustainability: Centrally located in a repurposed single-story industrial building. A Photovoltaic system provides energy approaching net-zero, low-flow plumbing fixtures reduce water usage, and high-performance LED lighting creates a vibrant, collaborative open office workspace.
- Transportation: Located in close proximity to multiple bus lines, bike lanes, EV charging, and just 3.8 miles from the San Diego Trolley Green Line “Mission San Diego Station” stop.
- Cafe walks: Starbucks, Einstein Bagels

– 100% company-paid health insurance
– 100% company-paid dental insurance
– 401(k) retirement plan with ESG and sustainable investment options and 3% match, after 1 year of employment
– 100% company-paid term life insurance and AD&D insurance
– Personal Time Off (PTO), with extra vacation days added based on tenure
– 9 paid holidays
– Annual bonus program
– Career pathways program with quarterly meetings to discuss career goals
– Management training program
– Partially paid maternity/paternity leave
– Financial wellness training and volunteering during paid time
– Employee discount & wellness program through Perks At Work
– We’re humans first: culture and policies to promote physical, emotional, and mental wellness. We value all forms of diversity — bring your whole self to work.
– Remote work from your home office with monthly required in-person team meetups; office space available for use as needed
– Flexible schedules
– $100/month pre-tax cell phone benefit
– $50/month pre-tax internet stipend
– $50/month pre-tax transportation stipend
– $750/year continuing education stipend to encourage continuous learning
– 100% company-paid credential exams + renewal fees
– Be a part of something great: a registered Benefit Corporation in the State of California, a certified B Corporation by third party B Lab, and a 1% for the Planet member company, giving 1% of all revenue — not just profit — to environmental nonprofits. We are divested from fossil fuels, tobacco, prisons, and firearms.
– Attend industry events, such as VG’s annual Net Zero Conference
– Fun team activities such as hikes, holiday dinner, Earth Day volunteering, retreats, VG University, café meetups, game days, summer BBQ
HEALTH
- 100% company-paid gold level health insurance
- 100% company-paid dental insurance
- Term life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Personal Time Off (PTO) + 9 paid holidays
- Our offices are all located close to public transit and offer bike storage, enabling employees to use more environmentally friendly ways of getting to work
- We’re humans first: culture and policies to promote physical, emotional, and mental wellness
- Team adventures in the great outdoors!
GROWTH
- 401(k) retirement plan with 3% match after 1 year of employment
- $750/year continuing education stipend to encourage continuous learning
- 100% company-paid credential exams + renewal fees
- Work environment: at this time, remote work from home offices with monthly required in-person team meetups in the regional market you work in
- Career pathways program with quarterly meetings to discuss career goals and personal growth
- Attend events such as VG’s Net Zero Conference
TEAM
- Be a part of something great: a registered Benefit Corporation in the State of California and certified B Corporation by third party B Lab
- A 1% for the Planet member company, giving 1% of all revenue — not just profit — to environmental nonprofits.
- $100/month pre-tax cell phone benefit
- $100/month pre-tax travel stipend to cover any work-related travel expenses
- Team fun: Game Days, Summer BBQ, Holiday Dinner, Earth Day Volunteering, Retreats, VG University, Café Breaks
Immediately Hiring
We are not currently hiring for any positions, but we keep all applications on hand should the positions below become available. We welcome you to review the roles below and apply today.
Additional Positions
Director, Growth & Client Solutions
You're an "intrapreneur" who is excited to oversee business development and revenue generation as the company scales. You bring a large number of industry relationships and a proven track record for growth with you.
DIRECTOR OF COMMISSIONING
You're an experienced CxA looking to act as our Practice Lead and manage all aspects of our Cx projects. You will be responsible for the business development and growth of this business unit.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
You are a green building professional with 5+ years of experience. You are familiar with LEED and other sustainability certifications, as well as people management and sales goals. You have a LEED credential and a degree in a related field.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT)
You're a project manager with 5-7 years of sustainability experience, looking to manage all aspects of our clients’ projects from start to finish, focusing on year-over-year growth. You have a track record of sales experience and industry relationships.
SENIOR ENERGY ENGINEER
You're an experienced energy engineer with 5+ years of project management experience, including experience supervising other team members. You have an educational background in engineering or a related field.
SENIOR COMMISSIONING MANAGER
You're an experienced CxA with 5+ years of experience looking to manage our growing Cx team. You have experience meeting a sales goal annually and managing all aspects of the Cx process.
SENIOR EVENTS
MANAGER
You're an experienced event planner looking to manage all aspects of our events, focusing on year-over-year growth. You have 5 - 7 years of experience and are committed to your sales goals.
Senior Account Manager, Event Sponsorships
You're an experienced event planner with 2-10 years of experience and a proven track record in growing sponsorship sales. You're excited to support internal and client event production.
SENIOR COMMISSIONING ENGINEER
You're an experienced Commissioning Authority who is excited to lead our Cx team and work across all of our Cx projects. You will be responsible for growing our Cx business unit and achieving an annual sales goal.
COMMISSIONING MANAGER
You're an experienced Commissioning Authority looking for a new challenge. You're capable of managing and executing all aspects of commissioning projects.
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
You have 1-3 years of HR experience and feel capable of managing hiring, onboarding, payroll, benefits, and employee performance tracking with little oversight.
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT MANAGER
You're a green building professional with 2+ years of experience with LEED and other sustainability certification systems. You have a LEED credential and a degree in a related field.
PARTNERSHIPS & EVENTS MANAGER
You're an experienced event planner looking to support our Verdical Events team across all events, specializing in project management, vendor coordination, and partnership management.
PROJECT MANAGER & ENERGY ANALYST
You're a skilled energy modeling and daylight modeling professional capable of independently running all aspects of built environment modeling across our project portfolio.
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER AND ENERGY ANALYST
You're a skilled energy modeling and daylight modeling professional capable of independently running all aspects of built environment modeling across our project portfolio.
ASSOCIATE PROJECT MANAGER
You're ready to dive into the sustainability world and support our project management team, helping to ensure our clients meet their goals. You have a degree in sustainability, green building, engineering, or a related field.
OPERATIONS
ASSOCIATE
You enjoy working on day-to-day operations, problem-solving, and implementing new solutions. You have a degree in a related field and excel at prioritization and ownership of multiple tasks.
COMMISSIONING ASSOCIATE
You're entering into the Commissioning field and hoping to make a positive impact. You're ready to support our Commissioning Team using your knowledge of, and potential experience with, Commissioning.
MARKETING
ASSOCIATE
You're a marketing and communications guru with 1 - 3 years of experience in a similar role. You have a degree in Marketing, Communications, or a related field and a passion for sustainability.
MARKETING AND EVENTS ASSOCIATE
You're a strong writer and verbal communicator with fastidious attention to detail and a strong eye for design. You’re excited to use your skills to support our events team as the leading marketing coordinator for our internal and client events.
ENERGY ANALYST
You're an energy modeler with a minimum of 2 years of experience and a passion for transforming data into a communication tool to advocate for sustainable building design. You have an educational background in engineering or a related field.
SUSTAINABILITY PROPOSAL WRITER
You're a strong communicator with excellent strategic thinking, writing, editing, graphic design, project management, analytical, and collaboration skills, who will thrive in a deadline-driven environment.
Partnerships & Events Coordinator
You're an entry-level professional ready to assist our events team with venue, vendor, speaker, and sponsor coordination. You have great verbal, organizational, and writing skills.
Research & Development Intern
You're a data geek who is currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, majoring in Business, Event Planning, Communications, or similar, and have a demonstrated interest in sustainability.
SUSTAINABILITY & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INTERN
You're currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program of study, with a focus on business or marketing. You have a passion for sustainability and want to learn more about the business side of our industry.
SUSTAINABILITY & LEED INTERN
You're an organized and detail-oriented self-starter who is currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program of study and pursuing a major or specialization in sustainability, green building, engineering, or a related field of study. You have excellent communication skills.
ENERGY ANALYST INTERN
You’re looking to start a career in sustainable building design / performance. You have the desire and ability to quickly learn and support a variety of green building services such as energy modeling, daylight modeling, net zero, carbon analysis, and more.
MARKETING & EVENTS INTERN
You're currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, majoring in Event Planning, Communications, or similar, and have a demonstrated interest in sustainability, marketing, and events. You have strong writing skills and attention to detail.
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING INTERN
You're currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, majoring in Marketing, Communications, or similar, and have a demonstrated interest in design, social media, and sustainability.