Energy Director

Most weeks in this role move across energy strategy, procurement decisions, infrastructure planning, and the partnerships with utilities, regulators, and energy providers who shape what's possible. You're reviewing the organization's energy portfolio, working through sustainability targets, engaging with executive leadership on capital and operational decisions that touch energy, and representing the organization in industry and policy conversations.

A common surprise is how much of the work is regulatory and political. Many find that utility tariffs, grid interconnection, state and federal policy, and incentive programs are recurring constraints and opportunities that shape strategy more than the internal energy choices do. The pace of the energy transition adds its own pressure: decisions made now have to anticipate technology, policy, and market shifts that may unfold over decades.

People who enjoy operating at the seam of operations, sustainability, and energy strategy tend to thrive. The role often suits those who can hold the technical complexity of energy alongside the political and commercial realities of how energy actually gets bought, sold, and regulated. The cost can be the long timelines, the opacity of energy markets, and the political turbulence that surrounds energy and climate work.