Manager - Strategy & Special Projects - RFP

 DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.
 

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities.  When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing.  Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.
 

Testing Required:

Hybrid Role: Must be able to come on-site periodically and reside a commutable distance from the assigned work location.

Emergency Response: Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

• A blend of strategic planning and project management responsible for the planning, management and execution of multiple projects that may encompass multiple disciplines in support of business unit (BU) strategic priorities*. Develops a high-level BU's strategic plan(s), ensuring their successful implementation and ongoing execution; may investigate and evaluate initiatives consistent with the BU's long-range goals. Manages and provides leadership for professional-level staff and significant, complex technical project or business support & production team(s), and is accountable for their performance and results. Span of control: typically < 10 FTEs (direct, second-level, etc.), plus multi- discipline project team leadership. *This is a strategic planning and project management generalist function, focusing on a single or combination of disciplines; may encompass projects that include engineering-based disciplines, but is separate from exclusively nuclear, electric, gas or similar power plant- specific engineering project leadership roles.

Key Accountabilities

• Performs or guides & ensures the accomplishment of the following core management functions for a given BU (or group within that BU): planning, organizing, directing, staffing / employee selection & performance management, coordinating, reporting & budgeting.
• Leads continuous improvement (CI) commitment and systematic CI efforts for a given group(s).
• Provides support to senior management in the formulation and implementation of long-term business strategy.
• Represents the organization's senior management at Corporate and business unit meetings/committees for strategic, financial, technological, legislative, or regulatory issues
• Develops and participates in presentations for senior management and other communications as directed by senior Corporate management .
• Facilities the integration and reporting of key organization performance measures for senior management of the organization and other senior Corporate leaders.
• Seeks data and input from throughout the organization on issues deemed critical by senior management; conducts associated analyses and develops consolidated status reports. Recommends next steps and ensures their implementation.
• Keeps abreast of industry developments and competitor strategies that may impact the organization

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 5 years of job-relevant experience.

Other Qualifications

Preferred

• Master’s degree in engineering, environmental or business
• Please describe your experience leading various stages of wind, solar, or clean energy project development
• Please describe your experience in leading a complete request for proposal (RFP) process for renewable energy and energy storage technologies
• Please describe your Experience in developing testimony and serving as lead witness for regulatory cases

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel and report for work at different locations (typically within the Corporation's service area); incumbents are responsible for their own transportation.
• Ability to build productive relationships and obtain results through the efforts of other individuals and teams.
• Analytical and problemsolving skills consistent with the ability to identify key issues from a broad ra