Sr. Manager Strategic Initiatives

Sr. Manager Strategic Initiatives

The Sr. Manager Strategic Initiatives role involves working as a core team member of the corporate strategic projects group. Projects focus on solving complex problems and improving operating performance across a range of business areas, from renewable energy (wind, solar, and battery) to corporate support functions. The strategic projects group works as an internal consulting organization. The team works on high-visibility, high-impact topics across both NextEra Energy Resources, the #1 renewable developer in the US, and Florida Power & Light, one of the nation's best-run vertically integrated utilities. Project timelines typically run 2 - 6 months. We partner with senior executives to identify and solve key business challenges, conduct analysis, define solutions, and help prepare the business to implement. This role will use management consulting skills to work with internal clients and external partners throughout all stages of strategy engagements. The strategic projects group is a key talent pipeline for NextEra Energy as a whole, and high-performing members of the team frequently continue on to key roles in various business units. The core duties of this role involve : quickly understanding business unit operating models and issues, supervising 2 to 3-person project teams, developing hypothesis and solutions grounded in solid data analysis, working collaboratively with business leaders and operators to guide and influence outcomes, and preparing and communicating recommendations through PowerPoint to NextEra executives. The most valuable skills for success in this role will be demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with deeply thought-out solutions, strong financial analysis and executive presentation skills, proven leader that builds trust and takes responsibilities 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, and expertise in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel.