Sr Business Strategy Manager

RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent

Functional area: Corporate Development / Strategy
Remuneration: Exempt

The Sr Manager, Business Strategy within the Business Strategy team, part of the broader Strategy department, plays a critical role in shaping the direction and growth of the company. This team leads and consolidates the annual strategy review, coordinates the implementation of strategic initiatives in collaboration with the business, and leads special initiatives on behalf of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). Moreover, the team defines, prioritizes, and drives broader transformation efforts that tangibly help to improve profitability, risk, and execution.

Role Responsibilities:

• Drive key workstreams in the Strategy Review process, developing solid analyses and actionable recommendations on business models, market prioritization, pipeline gaps, growth modes, capabilities & competitive positioning, business cases, etc
• Coordinate and drive strategy implementation projects, working closely with business units to ensure alignment and execution
• Support, project manage, or lead ad-hoc strategic initiatives on behalf of the ELT, e.g. culture activation efforts, scouting of corporate acquisition/JV targets in alignment with the strategy, etc
• Define, prioritize, and lead transformation initiatives, in close collaboration with relevant business units, including assessing related business cases and supporting change management
• Track company KPIs and prepare quarterly strategic performance reports for top management
• Identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging trends and innovations (including AI) providing recommendations for integration into business strategies
• Foster and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to support strategic initiatives
• Coordinate and support executive-level internal and external meetings (e.g., with board, investors, …)

Job Requirements and Experiences:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in STEM, business, or other relevant fields
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in the power industry, across strategy, management consulting or relevant business roles. Depending on relevance, advanced education in a related field may be considered towards experience requirements
• Strong knowledge in key areas, including corporate strategy, clean energy and utility industry, US power markets / transmission grid, renewable project development / commercialization, clean energy technologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, and business acumen
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively engage and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong organization and project management skills; highly independent
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including influencing without formal authority
• High standards for quality and excellence, while being pragmatic
• Demonstrates strong impact-orientation across activities
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational or operational transformation efforts, including workflow redesign, business case development, and change management support, with a track record of driving adoption and delivering measurable outcomes
• Productively challenges the status quo, identifying and sharing new ideas
• Motivated and effective self-starter, reliable, collaborative, team-oriented, adaptable, high-integrity, self-reflective, able to learn and act on feedback
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pay range: The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $160,000 - $200,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate’s education & work experience, train