Sustainability Strategy Lead

1 week ago


Burlington, Vermont, United States Guidehouse Full time

About the Role:

Guidehouse is a go-to partner for leaders creating sustainable, resilient communities and infrastructure. We serve as trusted advisors to utilities and energy companies, large corporations, investors, NGOs, and the public sector.

The North Market Team within our Commercial Energy practices works with utility clients across the energy value chain to guide them through the energy transition. We assist our clients in developing and implementing their decarbonization and resiliency plans, supporting strategy, design, and evaluation of customer-focused programs, and developing and implementing distribution and transmission investments to modernize energy networks.

As a Sustainability Strategy Lead on the North Energy Providers team, you will have responsibility for development of project results and client management on large engagements. You will own the delivery of projects and significant project workstreams, interact regularly with clients to ensure engagement success, and prepare and communicate well-organized reports and presentations to clients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage teams providing detailed fact-finding, research, and analysis on energy-related activities
  • Maintain and strengthen existing client relationships and workstreams
  • Develop and present research findings and recommended plans of action directly to clients
  • Perform, advise, and review technical and economic analyses and other work products of the project team
  • Depending on projects, assess emerging energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies, summarize trends, manage building energy modeling or field performance measurement and data collection, design and manage primary data collection activities, or develop and assess strategies for utility programs aimed at increasing customer engagement and improving customer experience or reliability
  • Lead the facilitation of workshops and working sessions between client departments and third-party organizations; review and approve meeting content, drive discussion towards consensus
  • Communicate solutions and new strategies to clients through reports and presentations
  • Contribute to sales of new work

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering, business, economics, environmental, science, or related discipline
  • 7-10 years of relevant industry or consulting experience excluding internships, co-ops, fellowships, and academic research
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams
  • Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proficiency with data analytics
  • Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close-knit team
  • Strong interest in business strategy, energy efficiency, and sustainability
  • An inquisitive nature and desire for continuous improvement
  • Superior interpersonal skills
  • Ability to collaborate as part of a team, as well as work independently
  • Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously, prioritize, and plan work activities while meeting respective deadlines
  • Strong organizational and management skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to travel as needed
  • Due to client engagements, US Citizenship restrictions may apply
  • Must currently reside in the USA
  • The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in an engineering, business, economics, environmental, science, or related discipline
  • 2+ additional years of relevant industry or consulting experience excluding internships, co-ops, and fellowships
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
  • Advanced level proficiency experience with Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Experience creating models within Excel or experience with R or other programming languages
  • Knowledge and experience in industry topics such as energy efficiency, electric transportation, renewable energy, electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, natural gas systems, wholesale markets
  • Understanding of business, project, and program management fundamentals
  • Tireless attention to detail in all prior experience
  • Experience developing and delivering presentations to executive audiences
  • Excellent at visualizing data, synthesizing insights, and storytelling with data
  • A history of successful, creative problem-solving

About Compensation:

The estimated annual salary range for this position is $183,000.00 - $274,500.00, depending on skill sets, experience, and training.

What Guidehouse Offers:

We offer a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package, reflecting our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits Include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Student Loan PayDown
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
  • Mobility Stipend


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