Manager Strategic Initiatives, Development Strategy

Requisition ID:  84829 

 

NextEra Energy Resources is the world's largest producer of renewable energy from wind and solar, and a global leader in battery storage. We offer energy solutions that drive economic growth, protect the environment, support communities, and help customers meet their energy needs. Ready to make a lasting impact and create a cleaner future? Join our innovative, world-class team today!

 

Position Specific Description

The Manager Strategic Initiatives, Development Strategy will lead internal strategy projects and strategy development for NextEra Energy’s Development organization. The position is on-site and sits within NextEra’s Development group, reporting to the Executive Director Development, Strategy.

 

This highly visible role involves supporting the creation and development of the annual corporate strategy presentations for the Development team and participating in a variety of key development-specific strategic initiatives. Working closely with the Executive Director, the Manager will support design and build out of the overall strategy for the development organization at NextEra, which involves:
•    Supporting the setting of the agenda for annual development strategy session. 
•    Working closely with the senior leadership team in Development to develop the business strategy and assist in crafting the narrative on the future direction of the Development organization.
•    Conducting detailed market assessment to understand expected future demand and market drivers by region, technology and customer type.
•    Identifying the strategic opportunities that will drive growth, generate the highest value, and create future competitive advantage for NextEra Energy Resources.
•    Understanding current value/ profit pools, and how are they likely to evolve in the future to outline where to play – by regions and customers – to maximize value creation and define market share targets.
•    Assessing current development pipeline and matching it against targets to understand gaps and develop our greenfield and M&A strategy to address the gaps.
•    Collaborating with the regional development leaders to identify business issues critical to their strategic and operational success.
•    Partnering cross-functionally with other business units to drive analysis on cross-functional topics and understand implications of their strategy on the Development organization.
•    Developing tactical execution next steps, resourcing requirements and operational enablers needed to address critical issues and execute on the outlined strategy.
•    Presenting progress on solutions to leadership, including relevant analysis, findings, and recommendations.

 

Additionally, the Manager also plays a pivotal role in developing and refining the process to maximize value from our development portfolio, which involves:
•    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 renewable energy projects across the development portfolio (wind, solar, and battery). 
•    Constructing the analytical framework and work steps for identified issues, and leading the problem-solving process associated. 
•    Developing relationships with business leaders and operators 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).
•    Performs other job-related duties as assigned. 
 
The Manager Strategic Initiatives is tasked with leveraging management consulting skills to collaborate with internal NextEra leaders throughout all stages of strategy development and strategic initiatives. This collaboration is aimed at providing thought leadership, driving execution, and supporting the realization of organization’s strategic objectives.The most valuable skills for success in this role will be:
•    Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems with deeply thought-out solutions
•    Excellent analytical and decision making skills
•    Strong financial acumen 
•    Effective communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities
•    Proven leader that builds trust and takes responsibilities for project outcomes
•    High level of comfort with fast-paced and constantly evolv