WGL - Sr. Director, Strategic Operations

AltaGas Ltd. • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Senior Director, Strategic Operations is a critical leadership role within the Utilities Chief of Staff Office, serving as an extension of the President, Utilities, and a key partner to the Chief of Staff. This role is responsible for maximizing executive effectiveness, driving enterprise-wide alignment, and ensuring the President’s strategic priorities translate into disciplined execution and sustained value creation. This leader drives execution across high-impact initiatives, orchestrates leadership processes and decision flow, supports strategic planning, and strengthens operating discipline across the Utilities organization.

Requirements

• Strong strategic, financial, and analytical acumen with the ability to link growth strategies to enterprise outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and operate effectively in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Comfort with ambiguity; brings structure, prioritization, and momentum to complex growth and transformation efforts.
• Proven change leadership and disciplined execution across competing priorities.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• High integrity, discretion, and professional maturity.
• Sound judgment under pressure, strong organizational intuition, and the ability to challenge respectfully while maintaining trust.
• Ability to operate effectively through influence rather than formal authority.
• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, operations, corporate development, or enterprise leadership roles.
• Track record of leading strategic growth, transformation, or investment-driven initiatives with measurable business impact.
• Strong executive presence, high EQ, and ability to build trust quickly across levels.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Demonstrated success operating in close partnership with C-suite leaders on enterprise-wide priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s preferred

Responsibilities

• Act as a thought partner and trusted proxy for the President, Utilities, helping prioritize issues, frame decisions, and ensure effective follow-through across the leadership team.
• Shape agendas, materials, and decision frameworks for senior leadership forums, ensuring clarity of purpose, ownership, and outcomes.
• Identify emerging risks, leadership misalignment, and organizational friction points; proactively surface and resolve sensitive or high-stakes issues requiring judgment and discretion.
• Support the Chief of Staff in driving coherence across enterprise priorities, managing competing demands, and maintaining focus on what matters most.
• Support enterprise and multi-year strategic planning efforts; translate growth strategies into executable initiatives and measurable outcomes.
• Evaluate growth opportunities through financial, operational, and strategic lenses; develop insights and recommendations to inform executive decision-making.
• Monitor performance against growth objectives, identifying risks, tradeoffs, and optimization opportunities.
• Surface enterprise-level implications, interdependencies, and second-order effects to improve decision quality and long-term outcomes.
• Translate strategic priorities into actionable roadmaps; track progress, dependencies, and barriers to execution.
• Partner with executive and senior leaders to ensure alignment, accountability, and timely delivery of outcomes.
• Shape and support leadership operating rhythm, including preparation and follow-up for leadership meetings, offsites, and strategic reviews.
• Hold leaders accountable for commitments, elevating tradeoffs, risks, and escalation points as needed.
• Develop executive-level materials, analyses, and narratives related to growth initiatives, strategic performance, and operational results.
• Identify performance gaps; proactively engage leaders to course-correct and improve results.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Chief of Staff and President, Utilities, providing objective insight and sound judgment.
• Synthesize complex issues into concise, decision-ready recommendations for executive and Board-level audiences.
• Drive continuous improvement in executive processes, decision-making frameworks, and cross-functional ways of working.
• Promote collaboration, integration, and disciplined execution across the Utilities organization.
• Strengthen leadership effectiveness and organizational health by improving clarity of priorities, decision flow, and accountability norms.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $214,000-$300,000 per year
• Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off
• Holiday pay
• 401K matching
• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid time off (PTO)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees