Director Strategic Initiatives - Development Strategy

Director Strategic Initiatives - Development Strategy

Director of Development Strategy will lead strategic projects, reporting analytics, and collaboration on NEER Development's annual strategy. This on-site position is within Next Era Energy Resources' Generation & Storage Solutions organization and reports to the Executive Director. This highly visible role involves supporting the collaboration and development of an annual corporate strategy presentation for the organization and participating in various strategic initiatives, including:

• Supporting the design and creation of the overall strategy for Next Era's Development organization, which involves:
• Working closely with senior leadership to develop business strategy and assist in crafting the narrative on the future direction
• Partnering cross-functionally with other business units to drive analysis on key topics and understand the implications of their strategy on future development
• Conducting detailed market assessments to understand expected future demand and market drivers by region, technology, and customer type
• Identifying the strategy opportunities that will drive growth, generate the highest value, and create future competitive advantage
• Assessing the current development pipeline and matching it against targets to understand gaps and develop our greenfield and M&A strategy
• Collaborating with regional development leaders to identify business issues critical to their strategic and operational success
• Presenting progress on solutions to leadership including relevant analysis, findings, and recommendations
• Developing tactical execution steps, resourcing requirements, and operational enablers to execute on the outlined strategy
• Support CEO priorities and analysis on critical issues impacting the development portfolio, which involves:
• Developing analysis and recommendations on macro issues impacting the development portfolio including impact from new legislation, tariffs, permitting changes, etc.
• Collaborating with Development and Origination leaders to identify critical issues, trade-offs, and process checks needed to steer and position projects proactively to maximize value creation
• Providing thought leadership and execution support to craft strategies and initiatives to improve and maximize value for energy projects across the development portfolio
• Developing relationships with business leaders and engaging in continuous dialogue to gather feedback, improve processes, and influence outcomes

Possessing enough quantitative experience to effectively evaluate strategic initiatives, including project valuation, cost-benefit analysis, scenario analysis, NPV (net present value), and IRR (internal rate of return)

The Director of Development Strategy is tasked with leveraging management consulting skills to collaborate with internal Next Era leaders throughout all stages of strategy development and strategic projects. This collaboration is aimed at providing thought leadership, driving execution, and supporting the realization of the organization's objectives. The most valuable skills for success in this role are:

• Effective communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities
• Ability to solve complex problems with deeply thought-out solutions
• Excellent analytical and decision-making skills
• Strong financial acumen
• Proven leader that builds trust and takes responsibility for project outcomes
• High level of comfort with fast-paced and constantly evolving environments
• Intellectually curious individual who can learn new topics fast
• Highly organized and deadline-driven individual
• Expertise in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel

If you are a strategic thinker with a passion for driving organization success, we invite you to apply for the Director of Development Strategy position at Next Era Energy!