Chief of Staff

Overview

The Chief of Staff is a strategy and execution partner to a senior business leader of a power company, with direct accountability for driving operating cadence, cross-functional alignment, and delivery of key initiatives. This is a hands‑on, execution role that blends strategic thinking with day‑to‑day program management, requiring ownership of deliverables, tracking mechanisms, and executive‑level communications. The role ensures that priorities are translated into actionable plans, decisions are clearly documented, and initiatives progress with discipline and accountability across teams.

This is a 3‑6 month contract consulting role with the potential to be temp‑hire for the right candidate. This role will start as a 1099 consultant. This is a remote role and candidates may travel once a month. All qualified candidates must live and be authorized to work in the United States without requiring any visa sponsorship or transfer.

• Drive annual and quarterly planning process, translating leadership priorities into clear initiatives, objectives, and execution plans

• Drive cross‑functional initiatives spanning development, engineering, operations, and commercial teams
• Build and maintain integrated initiative trackers (milestones, dependencies, risks, decisions, owners)
• Proactively identify bottlenecks and drive resolution plans with accountable owners and timelines

• Partner with functional leaders to define and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and performance tracking tools
• Produce weekly and monthly executive updates, business reviews, and leadership/board‑ready materials
• Conduct targeted analysis (portfolio prioritization, resource planning, scenario modeling) and translate findings into clear recommendations and decision frameworks

• Serve as a central liaison across teams to align priorities, timelines, and deliverables
• Coordinate cross‑functional communications, ensuring consistent messaging and timely escalation of issues
• Represent senior leadership in meetings as needed, capturing outcomes and clear execution of next steps
• Develop executive‑level communications, presentations, and briefing materials for internal and external stakeholders

• Maintain decision logs, risk/issue registers, and action trackers with clear ownership and due dates
• Ensure materials are complete, accurate, and decision‑ready for leadership review

• Support organizational scaling through operating model clarity, role definition, and onboarding coordination
• Drive process improvement initiatives, including standardisation of reporting, meeting governance, and documentation practices

• Bachelor’s degree required, MBA preferred
• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in leadership roles in the power, energy, or related infrastructure industries in a project/program management, strategic advising or consulting role
• Experience supporting senior executives and driving cross‑functional initiatives in a matrixed environment is required

• Strong understanding of energy, power, or infrastructure business models and lifecycle (development through operations)
• Proven ability to drive execution across cross‑functional teams and manage complex, multi‑threaded initiatives
• Strong program management capability, including building trackers, dashboards, and structured reporting outputs
• Strategic and analytical ability to synthesize complex inputs into clear recommendations and executive‑ready materials
• Financial and commercial acumen to support business cases, prioritization, and trade‑off decisions
• Exceptional communication skills, including drafting executive communications and facilitating senior‑level discussions
• Must be comfortable with both strategic and tactical role driving daily execution of business deliverables
• Must be able to juggle competing priorities and adapt as necessary
• Strong MS PowerPoint deck building and presentation skills
• Proven knowledge of MS Excel and the ability to produce executive level reporting as needed