US Group - Strategy Director - Boston

natgridProd • Boston, MA

6d • $212,000 - $249,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Strategy Director role is an opportunity for a passionate and ambitious strategic thinker to shape the overall direction of the company, provide strategic support to our business units and leadership, and contribute to the delivery of society’s ambitious clean energy agenda and economic growth targets. Progression opportunities are available within our function, and Group Strategy also serves as a talent attractor for future leaders at National Grid. We encourage networking and our team has an expansive alumni network spread throughout the company.

Requirements

• A Passion for Energy: experience in the energy sector or similar regulated markets; in-house or strategy consultancy experience is considered beneficial
• Strong Strategy Toolkit & Experience: A demonstrable track record of delivering high priority strategy projects, including: Managing teams to solve strategic challenges and produce quality outputs at pace, Leading and supervising problem structuring, hypothesis development and analysis to get to the ‘so what’
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complexity into clear and compelling narratives in written, slide and verbal form, for Executive and Board stakeholders
• Effective Project Management Toolkit: Strong stakeholder management skills with an ability to lead meetings and build trusted relationships at all levels, including senior leaders
• Excellent People Management and coaching skills to lead others either as direct reports or matrix teams

Responsibilities

• Lead large, high-profile strategy projects and programmes – including scoping, problem structuring, hypothesis development, storyboarding, and resource management
• Build and manage relationships with leadership teams across our business units and corporate functions, providing them with strategic foresight on emerging market developments and strategic counsel on high priority issues
• Drive clarity on issues of strategic importance for the business through leading meetings and facilitate engaging workshops, tailoring the approach to the audience and context
• Coach and develop project teams, direct reports, and contribute to overall team leadership

Benefits

• Career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed