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.

What You Will Do:

(Job Responsibilities)
Energy Data Ownership & Governance
· Own enterprise definitions, standards, and controls for assigned energy- and power-related data — utility capacity, interconnection milestones, load forecasts, energy costs, contracts, constraints, and risks.
· 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.
· Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need to Be Successful: (Required Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications)
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics or a field related with 8+ years of experience or aMaster’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.

Nice to Have: (Preferred Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications)
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.

Other Key

Skills:

(KSAs)
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).We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals…