Commercial Strategy Manager

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.

At National Grid Ventures, we aim to create an environment where everyone is welcomed for who they are and where our differences are celebrated. We utilize the insights of our employees that come from all different cultures, backgrounds, and beliefs to better serve our customers and communities.

National Grid Ventures is hiring a Commercial Strategy Manager for our US Offshore Wind development. The hybrid role can be located in our Brooklyn, NY, Boston, MA or Waltham, MA office.

Job Purpose

National Grid Ventures is hiring a strategic, collaborative leader who will be a driver of success in its fast-growing competitive transmission business. At NGV you will be a part of a dynamic and expanding team where developing critical energy infrastructure solutions, building strong working relationships, and taking a hands-on approach to problem solving and decision making are an integral part of your daily work.

In this mission-critical role you will manage a team working cross-functionally to develop comprehensive bids – competing on cost, technical viability, and development feasibility, among other factors – to secure awards for competitive transmission projects across the US. Your team will work with Business Development teams to design winning bid strategies and orchestrate the project team to successfully deliver bids.

You will apply your commercial and technical expertise and harness the expertise of the project team and global functions. The ideal candidate will have exceptional project management skills, a refined strategy toolkit, a track record of collaborating across functions and borders, strong commercial acumen, and experience communicating with senior executives.

To be a skilled practitioner and subject matter expert in commercial contracts, partnerships and corporate agreements to support projects through development. To deliver strong commercial support to Business projects.

Key Accountabilities

Salary

New England MA $162,000 - $190,000 a year

Downstate NY $173,000 - $203,000 a year

This position has a 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. Candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.