Chief Strategy Officer

Hunt Electric; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 325,000 - 384,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium health insurance

401(k) & ESOP

Annual bonus

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Hunt Electric is seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to build the enterprise growth engine as the company transitions to a holding structure. You will lead growth functions, set market direction, guide business development, estimating, and marketing, and craft a long-term backlog that matches capabilities and goals.

Sitting on the executive team, you will partner with the CEO and President to pursue the right work, develop leaders, and shape organizational capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or related field.
• Executive leadership experience in strategy, growth, or marketing.
• Construction or adjacent industry experience; ability to understand delivery constraints and labor realities.

Responsibilities

• Define target markets, geographies, and customer profiles aligned with Hunt's long-term direction and capabilities.
• Lead growth functions including business development, estimating, marketing, and market intelligence.
• Develop and maintain Hunt’s strategic business plan for growth functions and align with the President.
• Build and maintain strategic account plans for priority customers and sectors with executive relationships.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategy development

Business development

Marketing alignment

Education

Bachelor's degree in business/engineering/finance/marketing or related field

Job description

Join Hunt Electric at one of the most significant moments in our company's history. As we continue our transition to a holding company structure, expand our manufacturing capabilities, pursue strategic acquisitions, and deepen our presence in several construction markets, we are seeking a Chief Strategy Officer to build the enterprise growth engine that will shape Hunt's next generation.

As the Chief Strategy Officer of Hunt Electric, you will lead the growth functions that build Hunt’s future. You will set market and customer direction, guide business development, estimating, marketing, strategic planning, and build a healthy future backlog that matches Hunt’s capabilities and long-term objectives.

The CSO works in close partnership with the President to ensure every growth decision reflects Hunt's operational capacity, leadership capability, and long-term strategic direction. Together, these roles balance future opportunities with execution excellence. Working closely with the CEO, President, and operating leaders, you will help Hunt pursue the right work, build the next generation of leaders, and create lasting opportunity for employee-owners.

This role sits on Hunt's executive leadership team and is expected to contribute well beyond growth strategy by helping shape enterprise direction, leadership development, and long-term organizational capability.

We are looking for someone with experience leading growth strategy within construction, industrial services, engineering, manufacturing, mission-critical infrastructure, or similarly complex B2B organizations where execution capability is central to business success.

At Hunt, how we lead matters as much as what we accomplish. Every executive is expected to model our leadership competencies by developing others, communicating with clarity, delivering results, empowering teams, and leading with integrity.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead Hunt’s growth strategy by defining target markets, geographies, customer profiles, and vertical priorities that align with Hunt’s long-term direction, capabilities, and culture.
• Lead the business development, estimating, marketing, strategic pursuits, and market intelligence functions.
• Develop and maintain Hunt’s strategic business plan for growth functions, including the annual operating plan, multi-year growth plan, quarterly updates, measurable priorities, and accountable deliverables. This requires close work with the President to develop this plan.
• Build and maintain strategic account plans for priority customers and sectors, including executive relationships, relationship maps, planned touchpoints, and future opportunities.
• Own the market and customer strategy that guides what work Hunt pursues, who Hunt serves, where Hunt chooses not to compete, and new potential markets to consider.
• Set and maintain pursuit qualification standards, market selection discipline, and go/no-go expectations so Hunt pursues work it can execute at a high level.
• Work in a standing operating cadence with the President to review capacity, labor availability, leadership bandwidth, delivery risk, backlog quality, and pursuit priorities before Hunt makes commitments.
• Escalate unresolved conflicts between growth priorities and delivery capacity to the CEO with clear options, tradeoffs, and recommendations.
• Lead estimating standards, bid review discipline, scope clarity, assumption control, win/loss learning, and estimate accuracy improvement.
• Lead marketing and positioning priorities that support strategic pursuits, recruiting visibility, customer trust, and protection of the Hunt reputation.
• Maintain current market intelligence on customers, competitors, industry conditions, emerging opportunities, and risks that may affect Hunt’s future work.
• Maintain Hunt’s “How Hunt Wins” market doctrine with the CEO and President, including target markets, target customer profiles, no-chase conditions, delivery posture, and priority growth opportunities.
• Help manage a balanced backlog by monitoring customer concentration, market mix, delivery complexity, commercial risk, capacity fit, and margin quality.
• Maintain working relationships with ECSI and EH Manufacturing when integrated solutions, modularization, or prefabrication improve the outcome for Hunt customers.
• Lead clean handoff of awarded work from the growth functions to project delivery and operations. Confirm that key pursuit assumptions, risks, capacity requirements, and customer commitments are documented and understood.
• Develop the leaders within business development, estimating, and marketing. Identify next-generation talent, create development opportunities, and build succession depth across the growth organization.
• Model Hunt’s Core Purpose, Connecting People with Opportunity, and Core Values: Honor Commitments, Set the Pace, Find a Way, and Better Together.
• Make decisions with a long-term employee-owner mindset. Pursue growth that strengthens Hunt, creates meaningful opportunity, and protects the ESOP for future generations.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, construction management, engineering, finance, marketing, or a related field; equivalent executive leadership experience will be considered.
• Executive leadership experience in strategy, business development, estimating, growth, marketing, or a related commercial leadership function.
• Construction or adjacent industry experience; ability to understand delivery constraints and labor realities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop market strategy, customer strategy, growth plans, and disciplined pursuit processes.

Physical Requirements

• This position operates in a professional construction office environment and may periodically operate at industrial job sites. Job-site conditions may include moving mechanical parts, vibration, noise, and the use of personal protective equipment, including closed-toe shoes, a hard hat, and eye protection.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, filing cabinets, and photocopiers.
• This position is generally sedentary. Employees are frequently required to sit, and occasionally required to kneel, reach, stoop, crouch or crawl.
• This position requires the ability to lift files, open file cabinets, and bend or stand as necessary.
• This position may occasionally lift up to 25 pounds.
• Operates in a demanding, fast-paced, people-oriented construction environment with frequent changes and interruptions, and multiple project assignments.

Why Hunt Electric?

Hunt Electric is a 100% employee-owned company with over 60 years of stability, momentum, and exciting growth ahead—our future is bright! We’re proud of our people-first culture, where every decision starts with, “How will this impact our people?” We put safety first, believe we’re better together, and bring the energy of a growing company with the foundation of a business that’s been trusted for decades.

• 100% Paid Premiums: Medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums are 100% employer-paid for you and your family. Plus, a cash benefit if you opt out.
• Three Pillars of Retirement: We are proud to offer three modes of retirement to ensure you are well-positioned for the future: a 401(k) match, profit sharing, and an ESOP that makes you an employee-owner.
• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Employees enjoy an annual discretionary bonus based on company performance and individual contributions.
• Work-Life Balance: 3+ weeks PTO to start, paid holidays, sick time, and flexible hybrid schedules for many positions.
• Growth & Community: Internal learning and development, multiple Employee Resource Groups, family-friendly work events, and a deep commitment to community volunteering.

Learn more about our benefits and culture: https://www.huntelec.com/employment/.

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Pay Range:

$325,000.00 - $384,000.00

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only. In addition to base compensation, Hunt Electric offers a robust benefits plan. See below for additional details or visit our website at Hunt Electric Careers.

Hunt Electric Corporation and affiliates are equal opportunity employers and afford equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for consideration in all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

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