Energy Strategy Operations Manager

Energy Strategy Operations Manager

The Energy Strategy Operations Manager acts as a senior extension to the Director, Energy Strategy & Operations, helping operationalize QTS' energy strategy and maintain a single, trusted, forward-looking view of power availability, interconnection status, load growth, infrastructure readiness, costs, risks, and constraints. Reporting to the Director, this role owns and governs assigned energy datasets, leads cross-functional validation of energy inputs, and produces the executive-, board-, and Blackstone-ready reporting and scenario analysis that inform growth, development sequencing, customer commitments, and capital allocation in a rapidly scaling environment.

• Energy Data Ownership & Governance
• Help maintain the single source of truth for energy metrics used in executive, board, and Blackstone reporting.
• Cross-Functional Energy Operations Review
• Review and validate energy inputs from Energy, Development, Operations, and Finance, ensuring site-level realities align with enterprise planning assumptions.
• Surface delivery risks, timing mismatches, and tradeoffs early to the Director.
• Energy Strategy Execution & Reporting
• Operationalize the strategy through clear metrics, dashboards, and reporting that track power availability versus demand, development sequencing, and execution risk.
• Produce and own assigned energy-related executive, board, and Blackstone materials.
• Forward-Looking Scenario & Capacity Planning
• Drive scenario analysis around load growth, market expansion, utility timelines, alternative energy solutions, and policy changes.
• Provide leadership with decision-ready tradeoffs and risk assessments that inform development sequencing, customer commitments, and capital allocation.
• Governance & Capability Building
• Establish and improve repeatable governance and review processes that reduce late-stage surprises and ad hoc data reconciliation; guide analysts and raise the quality bar.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics or a field related with 8+ years of experience or a Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) with 5+ years of relevant experience in energy/utilities, strategy, analytics, or business operations.
• Hands-on experience owning datasets, dashboards, and executive / investor reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with strong analytical and modeling skills.
• Proven ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional stakeholders and produce executive-ready materials.

• Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) is preferred.
• Working knowledge of power markets, utility interconnection, load forecasting, energy costs, or generation / infrastructure technologies.
• Power BI or similar BI / visualization tools; experience with structured data governance and management.
• Program/portfolio management or data-governance experience.
• Experience in energy, utilities, power, infrastructure, or large-scale data center / service-provider environments; strategy & operations or chief-of-staff exposure.

• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• Strong ability to translate energy data and strategy into structured, decision-ready insights.
• Working command of data governance, dashboards, scenario analysis, and executive / investor reporting.
• Ability to coordinate and influence across a matrixed, cross-functional organization.
• Comfort operating in a fast-growing, dynamic, and often ambiguous environment.
• Unwavering commitment to customer service and QTS core values (Integrity, Character, Trust; Action, Innovation, Accountability; Team).