Executive MD, Energy & Infrastructure

Grow with us. Lead with us. At Pioneer, you’ll work directly with executive teams, solving complex problems and shaping strategies that reset what’s possible. Sometimes the work is headline-worthy. Sometimes it’s foundational. But every project earns trust – and earns us the right to take on more. You’ll get the kind of access, challenge, and growth found at big firms – while helping build a company that’s scaling fast and guided by what we value.

If you're looking for meaning, momentum, and a seat at the table, you're in the right place.

At Pioneer, you’ll work directly with executive teams, solving complex problems and shaping strategies that reset what’s possible. Sometimes the work is headline-worthy. Sometimes it’s foundational. But every project earns trust – and earns us the right to take on more. You’ll get the kind of access, challenge, and growth found at big firms – while helping build a company that’s scaling fast and guided by what we value.

If you’re looking for meaning, momentum, and a seat at the table, you’re in the right place.

The Managing Director (MD) is the senior leader accountable for the performance, growth, and overall health of Pioneer’s Minneapolis business. You are a force multiplier—elevating leaders, strengthening client relationships, driving disciplined growth, and ensuring delivery excellence at scale.

You operate at the intersection of:

- Talent & Leadership
- Delivery & Client Success
- Financial Growth & Pipeline
- Market Operations & Performance

As an MD, you lead leaders, run your portfolio like a business, and shape the future of the market while connecting local execution to firmwide strategy and innovation. You see around corners, create clarity in ambiguity, and drive results with pace, precision, and accountability.

This role requires deep experience in the Energy & Infrastructure sector, with particular strength in electric and gas utilities. The Managing Director brings credibility with utility executives, understands regulated operating environments, and translates complex capital, operational, and transformation challenges into practical, executable outcomes.

Core Accountabilities

The Managing Director owns market outcomes across revenue, margin, client satisfaction, team engagement, and leadership depth.

Responsibilities

Lead Talent & Build High-Performing Teams - You build and sustain a market of elite talent and strong leaders.

• Recruit, develop, and retain top-tier consulting talent across all levels
• Coach, mentor, and hold accountable Directors, Principals, and emerging leaders
• Set clear expectations for performance, growth, and leadership readiness
• Own succession planning, bench strength, and future capability needs
• Drive performance management, promotion calibration, and compensation inputs
• Champion a culture of Humble, Hungry, Connected (HHC), belonging, and high accountability
• Ensure engagement, retention, and leadership depth scale with market growth
• Provide executive oversight on large-scale utility and infrastructure engagements, including capital programs, grid modernization, generation, transmission, and operational transformation initiatives
• Navigate regulated environments, public utility commissions, and multi-stakeholder delivery models with confidence and credibility
• Ensure delivery teams understand utility operating models, capital governance, and regulatory constraints

• Provide executive oversight on complex, high-risk, or high-visibility engagements
• Diagnose delivery risk early and intervene with clarity, calm, and action
• Own utilization strategy, bench planning, and resource forecasting
• Ensure KPIs are consistently met or exceeded,…