Manager, Power & Utilities - United States

*This role can be based anywhere in the US

Allow us to introduce ourselves

dss+ is a leading operations management consulting firm offering a range of advisory and implementation transformational services in Operational Risk, Operational Excellence, and Sustainability, enabled by Learning & Development and Digital Technologies.

dss+ has employees across the globe offering services primarily in the Metals & Mining, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Financial Services industries.

With our DuPont industrial operations heritage and expertise in operational risk management, operations excellence, learning & development, data analytics & digital technology, our capabilities provide an integrated, transformational solution to enable clients to realize their business goals.

At dss+ we embrace and celebrate diversity. We have established an inclusive culture, where everyone contributes, has the chance to develop and display their talents in solving challenging client problems. We are a team-based culture and, thus, we look for people that operate well in this environment, are intellectually curious and adaptive in ensuring their contribution fits within the evolving themes and dynamics of our projects.

The Role

As a Manager, you will lead and deliver complex client engagements that identify, design, and implement effective solutions to produce a lasting impact for clients. You will be expected to drive the direction of the engagement and effectively manage the team and long-term relationship with clients to deliver high performance or to deliver the scope of work. Beyond client project work, Managers are expected to contribute to the development of new consulting opportunities and provide regional and global thought leadership to innovate offerings and approaches. You must be a self-starter, who is able to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment and must be driven to produce improvement initiatives both internally and with clients.

You will be instrumental in driving revenue and profit growth in the Power & Utilities industry, all while working closely with thought leaders to innovate our approach and deliver exceptional value to our clients.

Responsibilities will include:

Technical Expertise

• Maintaining strong Power & utilities industry knowledge; stay abreast of current trends, pricing and new technology related to industry or technical practice to facilitate and add value in evaluation and recommendation of new processes

• Proactively identifying opportunities and/or risks, potential solutions, and key trends relating in the Power & utilities industry, including development and enhancement of IP

• Developing and publishing thought leadership and new perspectives, including dss+ Points of View, and educating key stakeholders internally and externally

Leadership

• Living and breathing the dss+ Core Values and Mission Critical Behaviors, and coaching others to do the same

• Overseeing project team’s performance and quality of delivery, offering guidance and advice where needed and providing necessary feedback to the team (as an instrumental part of their development) and to management as appropriate

• Offering guidance and support to the team - especially junior resources, regarding best practices in project management, execution of deliverables and interactions with clients

Project Management & Execution

• Effectively manages a large engagement or several smaller engagements simultaneously that deliver value to clients

• Implementing project management practices to ensure the effective execution of the project, including project planning, project governance and risk management

• Supporting execution of an assessment or implementation project to accelerate organizational transformation and results delivery using relevant methodologies and approaches

• Design and conduct assessments and lead development of recommendations resulting from the findings and design and implement solutions

• Structuring problems effectively to develop key insights and sound recommendations that identify and close performance gaps for the client

• Writing and presenting independent analyses and recommendations that influence and persuade clients including difficult audiences to achieve desired outcomes

• Facilitating team / client meetings effectively to drive decisions or alignment or manage change among a diverse group

• Supporting quality control of client deli