Strategy Manager- Enterprise Strategy

Black & Veatch; Overland Park (KS); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company matched 401k

ESOP ownership

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Black & Veatch is seeking a Manager of Corporate Strategy to guide high-impact strategy workstreams and advise senior leaders on enterprise growth, portfolio priorities, capital allocation, and strategic investments.

This role suits a top-tier strategy consultant or corporate strategist seeking greater ownership and executive exposure, from insight through decision and implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, finance, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 7+ years in industry or 1–3 years in M&A or top-tier consulting.
• Demonstrated experience leading strategy workstreams and delivering recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined corporate and market-sector strategy workstreams from problem definition through executive recommendation.
• Generate market and competitive insight to translate research into growth recommendations for Black & Veatch.
• Build market-sizing, scenario, financial, investment, and strategic analyses to compare options and value.
• Partner with corporate development, Finance, market leaders, and functional experts to support due diligence and synergy assessment.

Skills

Strategy leadership

Analytical thinking

Project leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA

Job description

Date: Oct 19, 2026

Location: Overland Park, KS, US

Company: Black & Veatch Family of Companies

Together, we own our company, our future, and our shared success.

As an employee-owned company, our people are Black & Veatch. We put them at the center of everything we do and empower them to grow, explore new possibilities and use their diverse talents and perspectives to solve humanity's biggest challenges in an ever-evolving world. With over 100 years of innovation in sustainable infrastructure and our expertise in engineering, procurement, consulting and construction, together we are building a world of difference.

Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 117659

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : Yes

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black & Veatch?

At Black & Veatch, you’ll be part of work that matters—designing, creating, and building the infrastructure communities rely on every day, from concept through execution.

We care about how the work gets done as much as what we build. Safety is built into every decision, and people look out for each other—speaking up, collaborating, and doing the right thing because it affects real lives.

You’ll work alongside teams solving complex challenges and turning ideas into solutions that perform in the real world—gaining hands‑on experience across projects, technologies, and disciplines.

Ownership shows up in how we work. We take responsibility for outcomes, follow through on commitments, and take pride in what we deliver. As a 100% employee‑owned company, employees share in the long‑term success we build together.

With flexible ways of working and meaningful development opportunities, you’ll build a career you can be proud to stand behind.

The Opportunity

Black & Veatch is seeking a Manager of Corporate Strategy to lead high-impact strategy workstreams and help senior leaders address some of the most consequential opportunities facing global infrastructure markets. Reporting to the Director of Corporate Strategy, the Manager will combine rigorous analysis, structured problem‑solving, and executive communication to develop recommendations involving enterprise growth, portfolio priorities, capital allocation, market entry, and strategic investments.

This role is particularly well suited for a high‑performing strategy consultant or corporate strategist seeking greater ownership, sustained executive exposure, and the opportunity to remain involved from initial insight through decision and implementation.

The Team

Black & Veatch’s Enterprise Evolution consists of critical functions focused on identifying market opportunities and bringing together our client facing and growth efforts. Functions include Enterprise Marketing & Communications, Enterprise Sales, Enterprise Strategy, Innovation, Mergers and Acquisitions and Sustainability

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Strategy Workstreams: Own defined corporate and market‑sector strategy workstreams from problem definition through executive recommendation. Establish the analytical approach, coordinate contributors, manage timelines, and ensure that conclusions are supported by clear evidence.
• Generate market and competitive insight:Analyze infrastructure demand, customer priorities, policy and regulatory developments, technology shifts, geographic opportunities, and competitor activity. Translate research into implications and actionable growth recommendations for Black & Veatch.
• Build decision‑oriented analysis: Develop market‑sizing, scenario, financial, investment, and strategic analyses that enable leaders to compare options and understand potential value, risk, resource requirements, and implementation implications.
• Strategic Analysis using advanced toolkit:Interpret strategic needs at a business unit level and identify solution recommendations for complex problems. Mastery over core strategic frameworks such as advanced behavioral market segmentation, Porters Five Forces, value chain analysis, industry structure, and value proposition.
• M&A and Partnerships: Partner with corporate development, Finance, market leaders, and functional experts to support strategic diligence, investment‑thesis development, synergy assessment, partnership evaluation, and integration planning.
• Projectand InitiativeLeadership:Able tolead teams of juniorstrategists to guide the development and communication of transformative strategic insight. Able to persuade and influencebusiness unit leaderswithout authority to achieve deliverableobjectivesusing logicaland data driven insight.
• Advanced Analytics: Directs rigorous quantitative analysis and financial modeling to formulate defensible, data‑driven viewpoints on emerging market dynamics and structure advantages toidentifydeep patterns and trends in large infrastructure datasets
• Executive Communication and Influence: Leverages structured executive communication (e.g. Minto Pyramid Principle) to guide C‑suite decision‑making on complex resource allocation and global infrastructure investments
• Team Leadership and Mentoring: Guide and coach analysts and other team members in research, quantitative analysis, hypothesis‑driven problem‑solving, synthesis, and executive communication.
• Strategic Toolkits and Modeling: Advanced proficiency in dynamic financial modeling, scenario planning, and complex go‑to‑market frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record advising Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) clients on corporate strategy, energy transition, or megaproject commercialization

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:Bachelor’s degreerequired(Business, engineering, finance, or other related major); MBA or specializedMaster’spreferred.
• Experience: 7+ years in industry or 1-3 years in M&A, or top‑tier consulting, or equivalent ideally within the industrial or infrastructure sectors
• Demonstrated experience leading strategy workstreams and developing recommendations for complex, ambiguous business questions
• All applicants must be able to complete pre‑employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Hybrid or flexible work options may be offered after the first 90 days of employment based upon manager discretion, job performance and work assignments.

Salary Plan

ADM: Administrative/Business

Job Grade

018

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work‑life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time, and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company‑matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, tuition reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre‑taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance‑based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP‑owned company. As employee‑owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long‑term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

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