Strategy Planning & Optimization Lead - APAC

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Req Id : 114089

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Contract Hire Only for this Project : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Job Summary

With a focus on utility industries such as Power, Oil & Gas, Data Infrastructure and Water as well as other resource-intensive sectors, Black & Veatch’s Infrastructure Advisory group provides a range of holistic strategic, process, financial and technology solutions. Black & Veatch brings together combined expertise in advanced analytics and practical business experience with extensive organizational, technology and engineering capabilities. Throughout the world, we deliver solutions that work best for the program needs, organization, assets and customers.

Our professionals improve organizational effectiveness, and reduce risks and costs by enabling our clients to adopt and operationalize new technologies and approaches. We help justify and fund major improvements to your utility network and assets. We help you achieve a clear, systematic approach to managing risks. And worldwide, we work with executive leadership teams to identify and design business-case solutions to some of our world’s most transformational initiatives solving energy, water, decarbonization and other finite resource challenges.

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Key Responsibilities

Principal Consultant/Managing Director:

Lead targets and business for Strategy Planning & Optimization Solution (SPO) in the region

Work with the regional and global leadership in expanding SPO solution business in the region

Plan and execute Go to Market strategy including roadshows for the target markets for SPO offerings

Actively engage in thought leadership on relevant subjects

Acting as Project Director of consulting mandates for infrastructure advisory team

Leading solution development with support from project managers

Client management

Quality control on key deliverables for Strategy Planning & Optimization advisory mandates

Guiding Project Manager during project execution

During sales and pre-sales, oversee scoping, effort estimation, pricing, schedule and proposal development

Consulting Capability:

Transfers knowledge, capabilities, and skills to improve others’ knowledge and skill levels

Enhances established working relationships with team members and management from within the client’s organization

Contributes to quality review on own engagement

Ascertains and meets client expectations within scope of engagement role

Develops applicable knowledge bases by using best practices to redefine tools and techniques. Outlines specific performance measures, targets, and goals to articulate the business case for realized efficiencies or added value

Challenges client’s current strategy and direction through persuasive argument. Defines competitive advantage and achievable value to the client through use of the strategic change components and metrics. Formulates issue-based hypotheses and develops analytical plan for testing. Contributes to analysis of impact of strategic changes by defining linkages and interdependencies.

Industry knowledge capability:

Applies appropriate methods or recognized equivalent to identified client needs

Anticipates and resolves technical problems with occasional technical assistance from others

Develops, presents, and defends conclusions, recommendations, and implementation plans

Contributes to quality reviews of assigned engagements

Identifies technical issues impacting an engagement and proposes solutions

Analyzes and applies best practices knowledge of the industry

Management Responsibilities

Preferred Qualifications

15–20 years of overall professional experience, with at least 3 years leading strategic advisory projects in the capacity of Project Director or equivalent

Proven experience in leading a strategic advisory or consulting business at a regional level

Minimum 70% of total experience in the power, energy, and water sectorsDemonstrated leadership in solutioning and delivery of complex advisory engagements, including:

Decarbonization initiatives

Business case development

Market entry studies

Strategic road mapping

Net zero strategy formulation

Policy review and advocacy

Exposure to working across multiple Southeast Asian countries, particularly the Philippines and Indonesia, is an added advantage

Established relationships at leadership level with large energy utilities in Southeast Asia are highly desirable

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required; postgraduate qualification in Business Management is highly desirable

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience. Has successfully managed multiple engagements simultaneously. Contributor or leader to acquire new engagements. 12-15+ years in a business/consulting environment. 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.

Certifications

Certifications related to area of expertise, where applicable preferred.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

BandV Office Environment or Client Site - Travel up to 100%

Competencies

Action oriented

Customer focus

Interpersonal savvy

Salary Plan

CST: Consulting

Job Grade

019

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