The Energy Strategy Operations Manager acts as a senior extension to the Director, Energy Strategy & Operations, helping operationalize QTS' energy strategy and maintain a single, trusted, forward-looking view of power availability, interconnection status, load growth, infrastructure readiness, costs, risks, and constraints. Reporting to the Director, this role owns and governs assigned energy datasets, leads cross-functional validation of energy inputs, and produces the executive-, board-, and Blackstone-ready reporting and scenario analysis that inform growth, development sequencing, customer commitments, and capital allocation in a rapidly scaling environment.
What You Will Do: (Job Responsibilities) Energy Data Ownership & Governance• Own enterprise definitions, standards, and controls for assigned energy- and power-related data - utility capacity, interconnection milestones, load forecasts, energy costs, contracts, constraints, and risks.
• Help maintain the single source of truth for energy metrics used in executive, board, and Blackstone reporting.
Cross-Functional Energy Operations Review• Review and validate energy inputs from Energy, Development, Operations, and Finance, ensuring site-level realities align with enterprise planning assumptions.
• Surface delivery risks, timing mismatches, and tradeoffs early to the Director.
Energy Strategy Execution & Reporting• Operationalize the strategy through clear metrics, dashboards, and reporting that track power availability versus demand, development sequencing, and execution risk.
• Produce and own assigned energy-related executive, board, and Blackstone materials.
Forward-Looking Scenario & Capacity Planning• Drive scenario analysis around load growth, market expansion, utility timelines, alternative energy solutions, and policy changes.
• Provide leadership with decision-ready tradeoffs and risk assessments that inform development sequencing, customer commitments, and capital allocation.
Governance & Capability Building• Establish and improve repeatable governance and review processes that reduce late-stage surprises and ad hoc data reconciliation; guide analysts and raise the quality bar.
• Other duties as assigned.
What You Will Need to Be Successful: (Required Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications) - Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Engineering, Data Analytics or a field related with 8+ years of experience or a
Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) with 5+ years of relevant experience in energy/utilities, strategy, analytics, or business operations. - Hands-on experience owning datasets, dashboards, and executive / investor reporting.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with strong analytical and modeling skills.
- Proven ability to coordinate and influence cross-functional stakeholders and produce executive-ready materials.
Nice to Have: (Preferred Qualifications, Education, Experience, Certifications) - Master's degree (MA/MS/MBA) is preferred.
- Working knowledge of power markets, utility interconnection, load forecasting, energy costs, or generation / infrastructure technologies.
- Power BI or similar BI / visualization tools; experience with structured data governance and management.
- Program/portfolio management or data-governance experience.
- Experience in energy, utilities, power, infrastructure, or large-scale data center / service-provider environments; strategy & operations or chief-of-staff exposure.
Other Key Skills: (KSAs) - Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
- Strong ability to translate energy data and strategy into structured, decision-ready insights.
- Working command of data governance, dashboards, scenario analysis, and executive / investor reporting.
- Ability to coordinate and influence across a matrixed, cross-functional organization.
- Comfort operating in a fast-growing, dynamic, and often ambiguous environment.
- Unwavering commitment to customer service and QTS core values (Integrity, Character, Trust; Action, Innovation, Accountability; Team).
