Lead, Strategic Initiatives

Florida Power & Light; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy Resources is seeking a Lead, Strategic Initiatives for the ECSC organization. The role blends strategy, program management, and execution, owning plans, coordinating stakeholders, and ensuring sustainable adoption of solutions.

The successful candidate thrives in ambiguity, influences without authority, and excels across executive discussions and day-to-day execution in cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, SCM, Operations, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years in management consulting, strategic initiatives, project management, or related disciplines.
• Analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience in business cases and executive recommendations.
• Project management experience: planning, execution, risk management, impact.
• Strong verbal and written communication, including executive presentations.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to influence stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.
• PMP/Lean Six Sigma or related certification.
• Experience building KPI dashboards and executive reporting using Power BI/Excel/PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of strategic initiatives by turning objectives into actionable plans with accountability across stakeholders.
• Establish governance, cadence, KPI dashboards, and reporting to track performance.
• Analyze opportunities for cost reductions, productivity, inventory optimization, and process improvements.
• Develop executive-level business cases, recommendations, and status updates for leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive accountability, identify risks, and plan mitigations.
• Identify and implement tech, automation, and AI-enabled solutions to improve effectiveness.
• Facilitate workshops and reviews to align priorities and drive change.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Executive communication

Stakeholder influence

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Engineering/SCM/Operations/Finance/Economics

Master's degree in Business Admin/Engineering/SCM

CPA (preferred)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy 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. NextEra is seeking a highly motivated and results-oriented Lead, Strategic Initiatives for the Engineering, Construction & Supply Chain (ECSC) organization.

Position Specific Description

The Lead, Strategic Initiatives, serves as a strategic operator responsible for executing some of the organization's most critical initiatives. This role is intentionally designed as a blend of strategy, program management, and operational execution. The successful candidate will not simply develop recommendations—they will own implementation plans, coordinate stakeholders, establish governance structures, track progress against milestones, resolve execution challenges, and ensure sustainable adoption of solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, is comfortable influencing without authority, and possesses a bias toward action. Success in this role requires the ability to move seamlessly between executive-level strategic discussions and day-to-day execution within cross-functional teams.

Job Overview

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.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the execution leader for strategic initiatives by converting high-level objectives into actionable workplans, 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.

Ideal 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

Job Overview

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.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• 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
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance/ Business
• Experience: 6+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's - Accounting / Finance
• Bachelor's - Business Administration
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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