GTM Strategic Insights Lead

Socket.dev

Houston (TX)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 150,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Job summary

NRG Energy is seeking a Strategic Insights Manager to partner with Go to Market leadership and translate customer, operational, and financial data into actionable recommendations. You will frame business questions, identify root causes, size opportunities, build business cases, and communicate findings to senior leaders.

The role requires strong analytical thinking, business judgment, and the ability to influence without direct authority.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, strategic analytics, business insights, or a related discipline.
Proven ability to analyze complex customer, operational, or financial data and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
Advanced structured problem-solving skills, including hypothesis development, root cause analysis, opportunity sizing, business case development, and impact assessment.
Advanced proficiency with Power BI or Tableau, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint.
Experience developing and presenting concise executive-level insights and recommendations.
Ability to influence across functions and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

Lead analyses of customer, operational, and financial performance to identify trends, root causes, risks, and opportunities.
Frame ambiguous business challenges as structured questions and testable hypotheses, defining the data and analyses required.
Integrate findings across data sources and translate analytical outputs into clear implications and recommended actions.
Partner with Data Analytics to define requirements, provide business context, interpret outputs, validate findings, and communicate assumptions or limitations.
Lead strategic studies, including root cause investigations, customer journey analyses, executive deep dives, opportunity assessments, and business cases.
Develop fact-based recommendations that improve retention, customer experience, operational effectiveness, or financial outcomes.
Evaluate options and quantify value, cost, risk, feasibility, strategic alignment, and resource requirements.
Translate insights into practical priorities and actions, constructively challenging assumptions when evidence supports a different direction.
Develop business cases that define the opportunity, benefits, investment, assumptions, risks, feasibility, and success measures.
Define baselines, key performance indicators, and measurement plans with initiative owners.
Evaluate post-implementation results, capture lessons learned, and recommend adjustments.
Develop executive-ready presentations and decision materials that explain what the data shows, why it matters, recommended actions, and decisions required.
Present findings to senior leaders, anticipating questions and supporting recommendations with evidence, sound logic, and transparent assumptions.
Facilitate discussions that align stakeholders on implications, priorities, decisions, owners, and next steps.
Partner with initiative leads to convert recommendations into actions, accountable owners, and measurable outcomes.
Promote structured problem-solving and data-informed decision-making across the organization.