Associate Director - Energy Providers North Market

What You Will Do The Guidehouse Communities Energy and Infrastructure segment serves as trusted advisors to utilities, energy companies, large corporations, investors, NGOs, and the public sector. As an Associate Director on the Energy Providers North Market Team, you will serve as a trusted advisor and engagement leader, responsible for delivering high‑quality outcomes, managing client relationships, leading teams, and driving growth across strategic accounts. Key Responsibilities Lead complex client engagements and workstreams, ensuring high‑quality delivery, strong client satisfaction, and effective management of scope, schedule, staffing, budget, and risk. Manage and mentor teams responsible for fact finding, research, technical and economic analysis, and development of client deliverables across energy‑related engagements. Own and expand client relationships and workstreams by serving as a trusted advisor, identifying emerging client needs, and supporting account growth. Develop and present research findings and recommended plans of action directly to clients through reports, presentations, workshops, and working sessions. Assess emerging energy efficiency, renewable energy, and utility technologies and evaluate implications for utility strategy, operations, and customer programs. Lead or oversee activities such as building energy modeling, field performance measurement, primary research efforts (surveys, interviews, focus groups), and customer engagement strategy development, depending on project needs. Facilitate workshops and working sessions between client departments and third‑party organizations; review and approve meeting content and drive discussion toward consensus. Collaborate across Guidehouse teams, solution areas, and markets to deliver integrated client solutions and support firm growth initiatives. Contribute to business development activities, including opportunity identification, capture strategy, proposal development, client presentations, and pursuit execution to generate new or expanded work. Monitor engagement financial performance, including forecasting, invoicing, and margin management. Serve as a people manager for direct reports, coaching team throughout the year and guiding them through the performance enablement process. What You Will Need Must be a U.S. Permanent Resident or U.S. Citizen. Bachelor’s degree and 7+ relevant industry or consulting experience (excluding internships, co‑ops, fellowships, and academic research). Demonstrated experience identifying new business opportunities and successful client sales. History of successful team leadership to deliver exceptional client results. Attention to detail demonstrated in precede professional work. Outstanding analytical and problem‑solving skills. Proficiency with data analytics. Ability to assume ownership of significant portions of tasks while collaborating with a close‑knit team. Strong interest in the energy industry and utility customer programs, grid modernization, utility OT/IT, business and regulatory strategy, and/or program management. Inquisitive nature and desire for continuous improvement. Superior interpersonal skills. Ability to collaborate as part of a team, as well as work independently. Ability to manage several tasks simultaneously, prioritize and plan work activities while meeting respective deadlines. Strong budget, task, scope, organizational and management skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to travel as needed. Ability to work on‑site in a Guidehouse Office or Client Office location. Nice to Have Advanced degree (Master’s, MBA, Ph.D.) in engineering, business, economics, environmental science or related discipline. Experience serving as a people manager and/or mentor for junior staff. PMP certification. Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; experience creating models in Excel and/or programming languages such as R or Python. Relevant energy industry, utility, and/or consulting experience, including specific Energy Provider accounts. Experience with industry topics: customer programs (energy efficiency, heat electrification, demand response), renewable energy, electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, natural gas systems, wholesale electric markets. Understanding of business, project, and program management fundamentals. Experience developing and delivering executive‑level presentations. Ability to visualize data, synthesize insights, and tell stories with data. History of creative problem‑solving. Excitement to explore underlying causes of observations/results. Locations Boston, MA Burlington, MA New York City, NY Detroit, MI Arlington, VA Chicago, IL Salary and Benefits Annual salary range: $135,000.00 – $225,000.00. Travel required: up to 25%. Travel and relocation support: Mobility stipend. Benefits include: Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision insurance; Personal and Family Sick Time; Company Paid Holidays; Discretionary variable incentive bonus; Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance; 401(k) Retirement Plan; Basic Life & Supplemental Life; Health Savings Account; Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability; Student Loan PayDown; Tuition Reimbursement; Personal Development & Learning Opportunities; Skills Development & Certifications; Employee Referral Program; Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach; Emergency Back‑Up Childcare Program. Equal Opportunity Employer Statement Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation. #J-18808-Ljbffr