Strategy Manager, Transmission Projects

Key Responsibilities

• Lead periodic enterprise strategy refreshes, including market sizing, competitive positioning, and thesis-driven growth narratives for NEET’s North American footprint.
• Develop clear perspectives on macro trends (e.g., load growth, reliability, policy, technology, and interconnection dynamics) and implications for transmission investment.
• Build decision frameworks and business cases that translate insights into actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Partner with Finance and functional leaders to inform capital allocation strategy and long-range planning.
• Identify, scope, and lead cross-functional transformational initiatives that improve how NEET originates, evaluates, and advances opportunities (from ideation through implementation).
• Translate ambiguous problems into structured workplans, hypotheses, and measurable success criteria; drive delivery against timelines and stakeholder expectations.
• Design and implement scalable processes, governance, and reporting to increase speed, clarity, and accountability across the commercial lifecycle.
• Leverage and manage AI agents to accelerate research, drafting, synthesis, and routine analytics; establish quality controls and human-in-the-loop review to ensure accuracy and business relevance.
• Develop change management plans and executive-ready communications to support adoption and sustained performance.

Key Success Metrics

• Clear, decision-ready enterprise strategy and market perspectives delivered on cadence (and ahead of key investment / planning cycles).
• A well-defined, actively managed commercial pipeline with transparent stage gates, ownership, and up-to-date prioritization aligned to NEET’s growth objectives.
• Transformational initiatives executed with measurable impact (e.g., cycle-time reduction, improved capital efficiency, increased win rate, enhanced cross-functional alignment).
• High-confidence recommendations supported by rigorous analysis, sound judgment, and concise executive communication.

The Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Comfort sharing preliminary analyses, soliciting early input, and iterating quickly based on ambiguous or evolving feedback.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, utilities, or adjacent capital-intensive industries preferred; liner infrastructure and transmission development experience is a strong plus.
• Comfort with data-driven analysis and building executive-ready deliverables (models, dashboards, briefs, and narratives).
• Leadership Attributes & Core Competencies:
  • Exceptional creative and critical thinking: frames problems well, tests assumptions, and synthesizes insights into clear actions.
  • Innovation mindset with a bias for improvement: consistently identifies better ways to operate and helps teams adopt them.
  • Strong business and financial acumen; comfort with portfolio trade-offs and risk/return thinking in capital-intensive environments.
  • Executive-ready communication: concise writing, clear storytelling, and ability to present complex topics to senior leaders.
  • Stakeholder management and influence: builds trust across diverse teams and drives alignment without formal authority.
  • Digital fluency: proficiency with modern analytics and productivity tools; experience building with and using AI (including AI agents) is a plus, not required.

Required Qualifications

• High School Grad/GED
• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience
• 3+ years of experience