Lead, Strategic Initiatives

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals.

About the role

NextEra is seeking a highly motivated and results-oriented Lead, Strategic Initiatives for the Engineering, Construction & Supply Chain (ECSC) organization. The Lead, Strategic Initiatives, serves as a strategic operator responsible for executing some of the organization's most critical initiatives. This role blends strategy, program management, and operational execution. The successful candidate will own implementation plans, coordinate stakeholders, establish governance structures, track progress against milestones, resolve execution challenges, and ensure sustainable adoption of solutions.

Employees in this role lead the planning, execution, and implementation of complex strategic initiatives that support organizational objectives. Individuals are responsible for managing project timelines, coordinating cross-functional teams, conducting financial and operational analyses, developing executive-level communications, and driving continuous improvement efforts. This role requires strong business acumen, executive presence, problem-solving skills, and the ability to operate effectively across multiple levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the execution leader for strategic initiatives by converting high-level objectives into actionable workplans and establishing accountability across stakeholders.
• Establish governance processes, operating cadences, KPI dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to monitor initiative performance.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify opportunities for and drive decisions around cost reduction, productivity improvement, inventory optimization, and process enhancement.
• Develop executive-level presentations, business cases, recommendations, and status updates for senior leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive accountability and identify risks, dependencies, resource needs, and mitigation plans.
• Help identify and implement technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Facilitate workshops, working sessions, and stakeholder reviews to align priorities, accelerate decision-making, and drive change management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, strategic initiatives, project management, business transformation, operations, engineering, construction, supply chain, or related disciplines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience developing business cases and executive recommendations.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, execution, risk management, and measurable business impact.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including executive presentation development.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive results in a matrixed organizational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Master's degree, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering Management, Supply Chain Management, or a similar discipline.
• Experience within energy, utilities, engineering, construction, manufacturing, logistics, or industrial operations environments.
• Experience supporting inventory management, supply chain optimization, sourcing, logistics, or asset management programs.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or related professional certification.
• Experience developing KPI dashboards, executive reporting, or project governance routines using tools such as Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar platforms.

Additional responsibilities

Employees in this position will be responsible for supporting the management of the day-to-day Financial Planning and Analysis activities of the Business Unit with a primary focus on the budgeting, forecasting and reporting activities required for the various functional areas within the business unit, with a key concentration on driving innovation, process improvement and refinement and other cost-based financial and operational analyses. In addition to driving business value, this position will support and serve as the key stakeholder for other strategic corporate initiatives.

• Provides direct oversight to team of analysts responsible for budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting of financial and operational results.
• Prioritizes daily workload, special projects and ad-hoc financial requests.
• Ensures forecasts are both accurate and delivered in a timely manner to comply with firm deadlines.
• Oversees all Accounting-related processes for the Business Unit/ Division.
• Collaborates and coordinates with both internal and external stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Documents, refines and streamlines existing financial analyses and processes.
• Develops strong working relationships with cross-functional departments within the Business Unit.
• Seeks, attracts, hires, and retains top talent throughout the team and organization.
• Develops, mentors and coaches employees and provides on-going performance management.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business.
• 6+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).