Associate Director, Practice Builder

Ulteig•Billings, MT

4d•$160,200 - $216,600

About The Position

Ulteig is seeking an experienced people and business leader to serve as Associate Director, Practice Builder within its Power business. The role leads operational integration, capability development, and performance across a growing portfolio serving emerging utility, EPC, and other priority Power clients. It translates approved business and market strategies into an actionable annual portfolio plan, leads multiple teams and designated portfolio leaders, establishes priorities and operating rhythms, allocates resources within approved plans, and holds leaders accountable for safe, high-quality, financially responsible delivery. Working with the Power Market team, Power Associate Directors, and leaders across the business, the Associate Director strengthens client relationships, converts opportunities into repeatable work, and develops scalable delivery capabilities. The role contributes analysis and recommendations to longer-term growth, investment, partnership, and market decisions led by senior Power leadership. Initially, the leader draws on existing Power teams to pursue and deliver work while establishing repeatable approaches, developing leaders, and building dedicated capacity as the portfolio matures. The position is accountable for turning strategy into coordinated multi-team execution, improving the employee experience, and strengthening portfolio results. Responsibilities span people and multi-team leadership, portfolio operations and delivery, business development and client growth, and portfolio integration and capability development. The role requires national travel as needed and permanent U.S. work authorization. Ulteig describes a flexible workplace, employee ownership, competitive pay, a comprehensive benefits package, a collaborative environment, and an innovative culture. The target base compensation range is $160,200–$216,600; actual salary may depend on job-specific skills, education, training, location, relevant experience, and comparison with employees in the role.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
15 or more years of progressive experience in engineering consulting, electric utility infrastructure, EPC delivery, or a related industry.
Demonstrated experience leading managers, multidisciplinary teams, or multiple interdependent teams, including approximately four or more years of prior people leadership.
Demonstrated success establishing client relationships, converting opportunities into delivered work, and growing a portfolio over time.
Strong understanding of substations, utility and EPC client operating environments, and standards and behaviors associated with high-quality consulting engineering.
Experience translating business and market strategy into annual operating plans, priorities, resource decisions, and measurable team results.
Previous accountability for budgets, workforce planning, capacity management, resource allocation, project or portfolio performance, and team outcomes.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and resolving delivery, quality, financial, risk, client, or team-performance issues.
Ability to lead across organizational boundaries and build shared accountability while maintaining clear ownership for portfolio results.
Strong business and financial acumen, including ability to balance client growth, delivery, talent, profitability, capacity, investment, and risk.
Ability to travel nationally as required.
Openness to innovation, including embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement.
Authorization to work permanently in the U.S.
Develops managers and emerging leaders and creates a strong leadership bench.
Uses sound judgment and data to resolve ambiguity and recommend practical paths forward.
Leads change with discipline and supports adoption of scalable workflows, technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Demonstrates an entrepreneurial mindset while operating within approved strategy, governance, contract, and investment parameters.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple teams and designated portfolio leaders, setting priorities, performance expectations, decision rights, and accountability for integrated portfolio results.
Coach managers, technical leaders, project managers, and emerging leaders; strengthen succession readiness and address performance, capability, and organizational gaps.
Maintain an annual workforce plan covering capacity, skills, locations, hiring needs, and leadership requirements aligned with the approved client pipeline and portfolio plan.
Determine when to leverage existing Power teams, recruit talent, or establish dedicated capacity within approved workforce and investment plans.
Establish cross-department operating rhythms that improve coordination, information flow, decision-making, accountability, knowledge sharing, and client outcomes.
Build a scalable organization through hiring, onboarding, role clarity, performance management, development, retention, and employee-experience practices; implement an approved organization plan as demand, revenue, and leadership capacity mature.
Translate approved Power business and market strategies into an annual portfolio operating plan with priorities, milestones, resource requirements, ownership, and success measures.
Lead portfolio-level delivery performance across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring accountability for safety, quality, scope, schedule, financial performance, risk management, and client outcomes.
Manage the approved portfolio budget and workforce plan; monitor revenue, margin, utilization, backlog, capacity, operating expenses, and investment performance, and recommend adjustments to Power leadership.
Allocate approved resources across clients, projects, and initiatives based on commitments, priorities, capabilities, profitability, and delivery risk.
Resolve or escalate significant delivery, performance, quality, resource, and client issues.
Establish and improve portfolio governance, workflows, delivery standards, performance measures, and operating processes to increase consistency, predictability, and scalability.
Coordinate execution of the approved portfolio growth plan with the Power Market team, aligning priority clients, market segments, pursuits, investments, delivery capacity, and expected financial outcomes.
Strengthen executive and senior client relationships and position Ulteig as a trusted consulting-engineering advisor and delivery partner for utilities, EPCs, and other priority Power clients.
Partner with Market Directors, Client Team Leaders, Account Managers, and business development professionals to execute coordinated account strategies and clarify client ownership.
Convert initial engagements into durable, diversified client portfolios with a qualified pipeline of repeat work.
Translate recurring client needs, delivery lessons, and market trends into recommendations for service development, adjacent offerings, and portfolio capabilities.
Guide differentiated solutions, proposals, interviews, teaming approaches, and contract discussions within delegated authority to improve pursuit success and commercial outcomes.
Develop business cases and recommendations for new capabilities, partnerships, client segments, and market opportunities for senior leadership review and approval.
Integrate capabilities across Power LLS and related business areas to create consistent, scalable solutions that increase client value and delivery credibility.
Collaborate with the broader Power Associate Director group to implement approved priorities that strengthen Power performance, organizational capability, and employee experience.
Standardize and scale workflows, delivery practices, governance, and operating rhythms across participating teams.
Lead implementation of approved technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve delivery efficiency, quality, capacity, client outcomes, and employee experience.
Lead change management, adoption, training, and performance measurement for new portfolio capabilities and operating methods.
Use portfolio, financial, delivery, employee, and client insights to identify improvement opportunities and recommend priorities to Power leadership.
Embed continuous improvement practices that produce measurable gains in operational efficiency, delivery consistency, quality, financial performance, and client experience.