Senior Consultant, Energy & Infrastructure

Pioneer Management Consulting; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pioneer Management Consulting is seeking a Senior Consultant to help energy and utilities clients navigate complex transformations. You will lead project teams, develop roadmaps, and drive execution from strategy through delivery to achieve measurable results.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of PM/consulting experience, strong analytical skills, and the ability to communicate complex ideas to executives. This role emphasizes independent work and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project/program management experience with proven success managing large transformations using various methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, CI/CD, etc.).
• 3+ years of internal or external consulting experience required.
• 3+ years of energy industry experience.
• Experience leading project team members, managing the client relationship, collaborating with peers, identifying project needs, driving resolution, and holding team members accountable for results.

Responsibilities

• Gains a deep understanding of the business, industry, and relevant problems to deliver solutions.
• Sets strategies related to project pre-execution and execution activities.
• Develops and implements governance & operating models.
• Implements risk management frameworks and mitigation plans.
• Designs and implements effective cost & schedule management strategies.
• Supports the creation and execution of effective sourcing strategies.
• Plan and direct work activities for self and project team members, including stakeholder management, budget tracking, and vendor management.
• Conducts RFP analysis and contract management.
• Maintains a pulse on major market and regulatory trends.
• Proficient at diagnosing client problems and proposing solutions.
• Identify and define KPIs, scorecard reporting & dashboards to achieve a target ROI.
• Accountable for driving and facilitating the expansion of client accounts.
• Proactively cultivate and expand your professional network.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Job description

Grow with us. Lead with us. At Pioneer, you'll work directly with executive teams, solving complex problems and shaping strategies that reset what's possible. Sometimes the work is headline-worthy. Sometimes it's foundational. But every project earns trust – and earns us the right to take on more. You'll get the kind of access, challenge, and growth found at big firms – while helping build a company that’s scaling fast and guided by what we value. If you're looking for meaning, momentum, and a seat at the table, you're in the right place.

As a Senior Consultant you will be a part of a growing team working in a fast-paced environment to help clients solve complex issues and deliver exceptional results. You are a self-driven management consultant who excels at guiding organizations to accomplish their strategic objectives through execution excellence. You have the proven ability to execute transformation programs of moderate complexity, structure to solve ambiguous problems, and build long term relationships with clients. Our consultants thrive when they can roll up their sleeves and dig in to understand our client's vision and objectives, develop a roadmap, and follow through on the execution to achieve a desired outcome.

This role will primarily work with our energy and utilities clients across a portfolio of major generation, transmission, and distribution capital projects. Senior Consultants should have the ability to assume the responsibilities of project management for projects of moderate complexity while at the same time being a part of and leading a team.

Responsibilities Include

• Gains a deep understanding of the business, industry, and relevant problems to deliver solutions.
• Sets strategies related to project pre-execution and execution activities.
• Develops and implements governance & operating models.
• Implements risk management frameworks and mitigation plans.
• Designs and implements effective cost & schedule management strategies.
• Supports the creation and execution of effective sourcing strategies.
• Plan and direct work activities for self and project team members, including stakeholder management, budget tracking, and vendor management.
• Conducts RFP analysis and contract management.
• Maintains a pulse on major market and regulatory trends.
• Proficient at diagnosing client problems and proposing solutions.
• Identify and define KPIs, scorecard reporting & dashboards to achieve a target ROI.
• Accountable for driving and facilitating the expansion of client accounts.
• Proactively cultivate and expand your professional network.

Requirements

• 5+ years of project/program management experience with proven success managing large transformations using various methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, CI/CD, etc.).
• 3+ years of internal or external consulting experience required.
• 3+ years of energy industry experience.
• 3+ years of experience working on process improvement projects; Lean Six Sigma certification preferred.
• Experience leading project team members, managing the client relationship, collaborating with peers, identifying project needs, driving resolution, and holding team members accountable for results.
• Strong analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively to executives (verbal and written).
• Proven ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment.
• Comfort handling ambiguity and managing multiple assignments.
• Successfully contributes to business development activities by assessing the needs of clients and designing innovative solutions to meet those needs.
• Track record of successfully fostering client account growth and development.
• Proven skills in the identification of client challenges and proposing solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to expand professional networks through relationship building and engagement.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required. Advanced degree preferred (not required).