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RWE Americas, LLC
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Functional area: Corporate Development / Strategy
Remuneration: Exempt

The AI Transformation team, part of the broader Strategy department, leads the company's AI agenda from ambition setting through blueprinting (designing AI-enabled workflows) and execution. The team partners with the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) to define AI priorities and works closely with IT and business functions to deliver against the strategy. It also monitors the evolving AI landscape, translating emerging trends into actionable opportunities in collaboration with relevant business units.

Role Responsibilities: 

• Lead and coordinate blueprinting sprints across AI initiatives - a structured process where squads work directly with business departments to identify high-value AI opportunities, build defensible business cases, and produce concrete execution plans - facilitating workshops with business stakeholders, ensuring consistent application of the blueprint playbook, and translating learnings across initiatives into methodology updates that improve efficiency and scalability over time
• Support portfolio-level AI use-case prioritization and investment decisions, synthesizing value, feasibility, and data readiness assessments across initiatives to inform steering committee approvals
• Project manage key AI program initiatives end-to-end, from scoping and vendor selection through deployment and adoption, coordinating across business, IT, and vendor stakeholders to ensure timely delivery, and supporting RFP processes to drive well-structured, aligned decisions
• Develop and coordinate enterprise change management frameworks across departments, driving adoption of AI-enabled ways of working through targeted interventions including training, communications, and engagement programs, and tracking impact and cost metrics
• Support program-level resource management and portfolio ROI optimization, maintaining visibility into cross-functional capacity, monitoring cost-to-serve and value delivery, and surfacing recommendations to program leadership
• Own portfolio analytics and KPI tracking across the AI transformation program, converting performance data - including adoption metrics, value delivery, and cost-to-serve - into actionable insights that inform governance and executive decision-making, ensuring alignment of value and cost tracking with broader RWE Americas processes and timelines
• Coordinate program governance and core process rhythms (e.g., steercos, stage-gate reviews), ensuring cross-workstream reporting is consistent, timely, and aligned with program objectives and RWEA processes

Job Requirements and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business, STEM, or related field preferred
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience in management consulting, transformation program management, digital transformation, or related roles, with demonstrated experience independently driving large-scale, cross-functional AI or technology transformation programs
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to structure and track complex, concurrent initiatives across the full program portfolio
• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational or operational transformation efforts, including workflow redesign, business case development, and change management support, with a track record of driving adoption and delivering measurable outcomes
• Solid project management discipline, managing own workstreams with minimal oversight and ensuring execution rigor across phases
• Designing and operationalizing program-level value tracking infrastructure, including dashboards and metrics frameworks for program performance measurement
• Hands-on change management capability, developing and operationalizing portfolio-level change plans into practical adoption collateral, training materials, and launch-ready execution plans
• Working knowledge of AI concepts, generative AI, and digital product development sufficient to engage credibly with technical teams and contextualize business requirements
• Effective stakeholder management, building trust with cross-functional partners across departments, product, IT, and finance to drive alignment and accountability without formal authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing materials for steering committees and senior leadership
• Proactive and impact-oriented, with high standards and the ability to iterate based on feedback to deliver quality output
• Motivated and effective self-starter, with strong ownership, follow-through, and the confidence to drive progress across multiple concurrent workstreams in ambiguous environments
• Experience in the power, utilities, or clean energy sector, including knowledge of U.S. power markets, renewable project development, and clean energy technologies preferred
• Proficiency in standard productivity tools (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) and program/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Miro, or equivalent)
• This position is an office-based role with some travel and visits to other RWE Americas offices and field locations
• Must be able to sit, walk, or stand for long durations of time

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. RWE Americas is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time.

Pay range: The annual base salary range for this position in Illinois is $160,000 - $200,000. The listed salary range represents our good faith estimate for this position and represents the range for new hire salaries across all U.S locations. Please note that the salary information is a general guideline only. RWE considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's education & work experience, training & certifications, and key skills as well as market and business considerations at the time of the offer.

Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Education Assistance, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays. Eligible employees also participate in short-term incentives, in addition to salary.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
RWE Americas, a subsidiary of RWE, is a US-based energy company that is helping to meet the growing demand for energy across the United States. Backed by RWE's 125-year global legacy of managing diverse power assets, RWE Americas operates approximately 13 GW of power projects across 27 states.With a talented workforce of 2,000 employees, RWE Americas develops, constructs and operateswind, solar and battery storage projects, along with natural gas-powered generation, that safely deliver affordable, reliable electricity to our customers. Committed to responsible development, RWE Americas invests in local and rural communities, creating jobs and partnering with stakeholders to support and strengthen the places where we live and work. This is complemented by RWE's energy trading business. RWE is also a major offtaker of American liquified natural gas (LNG). Learn more about how RWE Americas is generating impact at americas.rwe.com.

At RWE Americas, we foster a culture defined by our Essential Behaviors - Have Courage, Create Impact and Actively Collaborate. We encourage bold thinking and continuous learning, and we value ownership, resilience and inclusion in everything we do. When you join us, you become part of a team that supports your development, respects your contributions and celebrates shared success. This is a place where you can grow your career and make a meaningful difference.