About The Position
Leo Berwick is seeking a Senior Leader (Managing Director or Partner) to establish and expand their power, utilities, and renewables practice. This senior, client-facing role requires deep industry expertise in power, utilities, or renewables, combined with technology and/or data proficiency. The individual will lead technology due diligence and data/AI value creation initiatives for PE sponsors and infrastructure funds in the energy and infrastructure sector. The ideal candidate has 10-15+ years of experience from a technology consultancy, boutique advisory firm, or as an industry operator, with a focus on building and selling a practice. This leadership position involves defined responsibilities, a specific focus area, and active participation in the leadership team, contributing to all aspects of business growth beyond their own practice.
Requirements
- Direct, hands-on experience serving clients in renewables, power generation, or utilities.
- Personally assess a target’s architecture, review its OT and IT environments (SCADA, EMS/DMS, AMI, GIS, asset and work management, ERP), interview IT and operations leadership, and write findings.
- Built software or data solutions in a career (applications, data pipelines, analytics models, or integrations) and remain capable of contributing to builds.
- Deep expertise in data and AI, including experience designing and executing AI use cases and conducting AI impact assessments.
- 10–15+ years of relevant experience in a leadership role.
- Demonstrated ability to originate and grow business.
- Experience leading cross-functional, often distributed teams.
- Experience building trust with senior executives and investment professionals.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in technology consulting and M&A.
- Experience assessing cybersecurity and compliance risk, particularly for asset-heavy targets.
- Track record of buy-side, sell-side, carve-out, separation, or integration work in a deal context, as an advisor or as an operator.
- Experience advising private equity firms, infrastructure funds, or corporate acquirers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the build-out of Leo Berwick’s power, utilities and renewables technology advisory practice, defining its point of view, offerings, and go-to-market approach.
- Originate and close new engagements with PE sponsors, infrastructure funds, and corporate acquirers in the power, utilities, and renewables sectors.
- Train and mentor staff on technology diligence specific to the power and utilities sector.
- Lead buy-side and sell-side technology diligence workstreams to evaluate target technology environments, architecture, and organizational readiness.
- Own technology separation planning and execution for carve-out transactions, including TSA scope definition, stranded cost management, and TSA exit strategy.
- Lead post-merger technology integration planning and execution, ensuring synergy realization and business continuity.
- Serve as the primary technology advisor to portfolio company C-suite executives and PE deal teams.
- Own engagement delivery end-to-end, managing cross-functional teams and ensuring quality, timeliness, and client satisfaction.
- Contribute to all aspects of building and growing the business as part of the leadership team.
- Collaborate across practices and service lines, including data, AI, and cyber engagements.
Benefits
- Equity participation aligned to the value you create
- Direct access to leadership and accelerated career growth
- Competitive compensation (base + performance bonus)
- Comprehensive benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, including 2 weeks of disconnected time each year
- Flexible working arrangements – remote and location flexibility
- Attractive medical and dental insurance
- Pension & retirement contributions
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
