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Date: Aug 11, 2026

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID: 96251

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!

Position Specific Description

NextEra Energy is one of America's largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. NextEra is seeking a highly motivated and results-oriented Lead, Strategic Initiatives for the Engineering, Construction & Supply Chain (ECSC) organization.

Position Specific Description
The Lead, Strategic Initiatives, serves as a strategic operator responsible for executing some of the organization's most critical initiatives.
This role is intentionally designed as a blend of strategy, program management, and operational execution. The successful candidate will not simply develop recommendations—they will own implementation plans, coordinate stakeholders, establish governance structures, track progress against milestones, resolve execution challenges, and ensure sustainable adoption of solutions.
The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, is comfortable influencing without authority, and possesses a bias toward action. Success in this role requires the ability to move seamlessly between executive-level strategic discussions and day-to-day execution within cross-functional teams.

Job Overview
Employees in this role lead the planning, execution, and implementation of complex strategic initiatives that support organizational objectives. Individuals are responsible for managing project timelines, coordinating cross-functional teams, conducting financial and operational analyses, developing executive-level communications, and driving continuous improvement efforts.
This role requires strong business acumen, executive presence, problem-solving skills, and the ability to operate effectively across multiple levels of the organization.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Serve as the execution leader for strategic initiatives by converting high-level objectives into actionable workplans, establishing accountability across stakeholders.
• Establish governance processes, operating cadences, KPI dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to monitor initiative performance.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to identify opportunities for and drive decisions around cost reduction, productivity improvement, inventory optimization, and process enhancement.
• Develop executive-level presentations, business cases, recommendations, and status updates for senior leadership.
• Partner with stakeholders to drive accountability and identify risks, dependencies, resource needs, and mitigation plans.
• Help identify and implement technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve organizational effectiveness.
• Facilitate workshops, working sessions, and stakeholder reviews to align priorities, accelerate decision-making, and drive change management.

Ideal Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, strategic initiatives, project management, business transformation, operations, engineering, construction, supply chain, or related disciplines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with experience developing business cases and executive recommendations.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including planning, execution, risk management, and measurable business impact.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and drive results in a matrixed organizational environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Master's degree, preferably in Business Administration, Engineering Management, Supply Chain Management, or a similar discipline.
• Experience within energy, utilities, engineering, construction, manufacturing, logistics, or industrial operations environments.
• Experience supporting inventory management, supply chain optimization, sourcing, logistics, or asset management programs.
• PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or related professional certification.
• Experience developing KPI dashboards, executive reporting, or project governance routines using tools such as Power BI, Excel, PowerPoint, or similar platforms

• Provides direct oversight to team of analysts responsible for budgeting, forecasting, analysis and reporting of financial and operational results
• Prioritizes daily workload, special projects and ad-hoc financial requests
• Ensures forecasts are both accurate and delivered in a timely manner to comply with firm deadlines
• Oversees all Accounting-related processes for the Business Unit/ DivisionCollaborates and coordinates with both internal and external stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables
• Documents, refines and streamlines existing financial analyses and processes
• Develops strong working relationships with cross-functional departments within the Business Unit
• Seeks, attracts, hires, and retains top talent throughout the team and organization
• Develops, mentors and coaches employees and provides on-going performance management
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

• Bachelor's - Accounting / Finance/ Business
• Experience: 6+ years

• Master's - Accounting / Finance
• Bachelor's - Business Administration
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

NextEra Energy and provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e‑mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.

NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.

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