Market Specialist - Electric & Gas Utilities

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Company : Black & Veatch Corporation

Req Id : 114582

Opportunity Type : Staff

Relocation eligible : No

Full time/Part time : Full-Time

Project Only Hire : No

Visa Sponsorship Available: No

Why Black & Veatch?

Black & Veatch allows you to lend your talent and perspective to humanity's biggest challenges in a flexible environment where you are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities. We offer competitive compensation, 401k match and benefits that start day one.

Our hybrid environment allows you to balance your work and personal life. At Black & Veatch, you own your career with purpose and meaning. You are empowered to grow and explore new possibilities at every step of your career journey. Bring your big ideas knowing you are safe to be who you are and speak up with concerns or questions and put your diverse talents and perspectives to use.

Why Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is a 100% employee-owned global leader in engineering, procurement, consulting, and construction. With over a century of innovation in sustainable infrastructure, we empower our professionals to solve humanity's biggest challenges. Our Infrastructure Advisory team delivers strategic consulting and operational resiliency services across the full investment-to-operations lifecycle.

The Team

Black & Veatch's Infrastructure Advisory business offers an integrated portfolio of strategic consulting and operation resiliency services that apply across the client's entire investment-to-operations lifecycle commitments.

The Opportunity

As a critical member of the Market team, the Market Specialist for Electric and gas utilities will collaborate closely with Integrated Solution Specialists (ISS) to support the development of integrated solution offerings across the Infrastructure Advisory (IA) and Black & Veatch (BV) sector portfolio. This role with leverage integrated solutions expertise as a critical team member for projects and initiatives. Your insights will directly influence solution development, sales enablement, and client engagement strategies.

Key Responsibilities

Market Strategy & Intelligence

• Support the development of integrated solutions offerings in collaboration with IA solution leaders and market team leads.
• Individually contribute to integrated solution offering development and value creation.
• Research and apply market and subject matter expertise to integrated solution engagement and lead such integrated projects / solutions, where applicable.
• Translate market insights into actionable strategies that inform solution development and positioning.

Go-to-Market Execution

• Support Integrated Solutions Strategists as needed in driving pursuit strategy and solution value proposition and solution development.
• Support client account managers (CAMs) and client account partners (CAPs) to facilitate and orchestrate customer solutions, offerings, and partnerships.

Solution Development Support

• Support the development of a structured approach and process to share external market intelligence among the markets and solutions teams.
• Work closely with solution execution teams to ensure market needs are reflected in solution design and delivery.
• Participate in rapid prototyping and testing of new offerings in collaboration with solutions and technical teams.
• Provide feedback and insights to improve solution relevance and competitiveness.
• Facilitation and orchestration of integrated solutions opportunities.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop trusting working relationships with internal stakeholders including CAMs, CAPs, sales professionals, and solutions leads.
• Build relationships with internal stakeholders across consulting, engineering, and sales teams.
• Support external engagement with clients, industry partners, and ecosystem collaborators.
• Represent the voice of the market in internal forums and planning sessions.

Management Responsibilities

Individual Contributor

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting go-to-market strategy or solution development in a technical services environment.
• Typically 8+ years experience in the electric power or natural gas distribution or utility industry, preferably in management consulting, strategy, or business development role. [MT1]

• Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• Certifications related to the area of expertise, where applicable preferred.

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and manage multiple priorities.
• Travel up to 50%.
• Flexible work schedules and comprehensive benefits starting day one.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or relevant work experience.

7+ years experience in a business/consulting environment.

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Certifications

Certifications related to area of expertise, where applicable preferred.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

BandV Office Environment or Client Site - Travel up to 100%

Competencies

Action oriented
Customer focus
Interpersonal savvy

Salary Plan

CST: Consulting

Job Grade

017

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Black & Veatch is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged, productive, safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers and array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical, dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy work-life balance, we offer flexible work schedules, paid vacation and holiday time, sick time and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals, including a company matched 401k plan, adoption reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performance-based bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOP-owned company. As employee-owners, our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth, but the company's long-term achievements - and they share in the financial rewards of that success through stock ownership.

By valuing diverse voices and perspectives, we cultivate an authentically inclusive environment for professionals and are able to provide innovative and effective solutions for clients.

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In accordance with local law, the following Annual compensation range is applicable for the job and location associated with this requisition: $119,100.00 - $198,900.00