Infrastructure Project Manager

About the role

The Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) of the City of Los Angeles is seeking an Executive Fellow to develop a strategy for incorporating solar-to-battery systems and other alternative energy approaches into BSL's operations and planning. This work aims to improve service reliability, expand access to critical technologies, and strengthen long-term outcomes for communities across Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Conduct a comprehensive discovery phase to understand BSL’s current systems, infrastructure, and priorities.
• Lead a structured listening tour with stakeholders across BSL, including leadership and staff involved in planning, operations, and engineering, as well as key partners such as the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, telecommunications providers, and other relevant agencies.
• Research best practices from comparable cities and emerging models in distributed energy, solar infrastructure, and multi-use public right-of-way systems.
• Develop a strategic framework to guide solar conversion and alternative energy delivery across the City.
• Engage closely with internal stakeholders such as BSL and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, as well as external partners including academic institutions, clean technology incubators, private-sector providers, and peer cities, to validate approaches and identify feasible pathways forward.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen coordination across departments and build relationships with external experts to support ongoing innovation.

Requirements

Qualifications include 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in organizational transformation and change management, from practitioner to enterprise-level leadership. Must be able to synthesize complex information into clear and concise recommendations and action-oriented implementation plans, develop and implement strategic and operational project management plans, generate innovative, data-driven, and result-oriented solutions to complex challenges, respond quickly to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations, trends, strategies, and other processes, communicate effectively verbally and in writing, foster collaboration across multiple constituencies, establish and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, embrace differing viewpoints, and demonstrate confidence and professional diplomacy while effectively interacting with individuals at all levels of various organizations.

Skills

Must have strong analytical skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders. Experience in public sector management, urban planning, or related fields is preferred.

Benefits

The Executive Fellow will receive an annual salary of $95,000 and access to various health, dental, and vision insurance benefits. This amount is not representative of market-rate salaries for the experienced professionals in our program but is intended as compensation for a year of public service.

Pay

$95,000 annually

Schedule

October 26, 2026 – October 22, 2027