Salary: $131,248.00 - $184,808.00 Annually
Location : Tacoma, WA
Job Type: Non-Classified
Job Number: P1000-26C
Department: Power
Division: Power - Rates, Planning & Analysis
Opening Date: 09/01/2026
Closing Date: 9/23/2026 5:00 PM Pacific

Position Description
Tacoma Power's Rates, Planning & Analysis division is looking for a Power Strategy & Performance Manager to manage Tacoma Power's Strategy and Performance Management group. This role serves as a key partner to senior leadership in translating Tacoma Power's strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes.

Tacoma Power's Strategy Manager role combines deep electric-industry expertise, utility-wide strategy, performance management, and executive decision support to advance cross-functional initiatives that support Tacoma Power's long-term success in a rapidly evolving electric utility industry. This is a highly visible role requiring broad and deep electric utility experience, along with strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder-management skills. The successful candidate will be able to move seamlessly between advising senior leaders on utility-wide strategy and performance and working directly with business-unit leaders and staff to analyze business issues, develop recommendations, and support implementation of strategic priorities.

The individual selected for this position will join the broader Rates, Planning & Analysis (RPA) team. Made up of high-performing critical thinkers, RPA is dedicated to high quality work, ingenuity, and cross-functional collaboration while building and maintaining trust. The team uses these strengths to best serve Tacoma Power and its customers as trusted financial leaders, delivering objective, quality, and data-driven analysis to sustain Tacoma Power's financial strength and affordability. The culture of our team is very collaborative and supportive. We are highly skilled, self-motivated individuals who enjoy working together and believe in the work that we do.

This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement upon the completion and approval of a telework request.
Responsibilities Include:

• Lead and support the development, refresh, and execution of the power utility's strategy and multi-year strategic plan.
• Translate corporate strategy into clear objectives, initiatives, milestones, and performance measures.
• Manage the portfolio of Tacoma Power Strategic Initiatives. Support execution of corporate and business unit strategies, including performance reporting, business case analysis and review, allocation of resources and alignment with the vision of Tacoma Power's Senior Leadership Team.
• Assess developments affecting the electric utility sector, including load growth, electrification, distributed energy resources, grid modernization, reliability, resilience, decarbonization, energy markets, and emerging technologies.
• Conduct market, industry, regulatory, financial analysis to identify emerging risks and opportunities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leaders and facilitate strategic planning workshops across Tacoma Power.
• Build alignment across stakeholders and cross-functional teams with competing priorities and perspectives.
• Oversee the development and implementation of utility-wide performance management framework aligned with strategic and operational priorities.
• Oversee the establishment and maintenance of KPI's, targets, dashboards, and performance reporting for executive leadership.
• Facilitate and coordinate organizational efficiency improvement processes throughout Tacoma Power.
• Manage, coordinate, and monitor budget development for the Strategy and Performance Management group, including expenditures and managing consultants.

Qualifications

Minimum Education*
Bachelor's degree in public or business administration or directly related field

Minimum Experience*
5 years of progressively responsible analytical and/or program coordination/management work in area related to assignment including 1 year prior at senior, lead and/or supervisory level

*Equivalency: 1 year of experience = 1 year of education
Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working in the electric utility, energy, or broader regulated utility industry.

• Understanding of electric utility business models, operations, regulatory environments, and industry trends.

• Experience in strategy management, strategic planning, and/or enterprise performance management within an electric utility environment.

• Experience working with utility performance metrics such as reliability, safety, affordability, financial performance, capital execution, and operational efficiency.

• Experience using data analytics, business intelligence, or visualization tools to support operational and strategic decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex information, identify key insights, and develop actionable recommendations.
• Strong project management, communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries and influence without direct authority.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data visualization and business intelligence tools preferred.

Knowledge & Skills
Core Competencies

Strategic mindset • Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies

Plans and aligns • Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals

Communicates effectively • Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

Drives results • Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances

Business insight • Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization's goals

Collaborates • Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

Organizational Savvy • Maneuvering comfortably through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics

Selection Process & Supplemental Information
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Compensation & Benefits

Pay Details:

Annual Salary: $131,248.00 - $184,808.00

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Do you have a Bachelor's degree public or business administration or directly related field?*Equivalency: 1 year of experience = 1 year of education

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• No

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Do you have 5 years of progressively responsible and/or program coordination/management and/or analytical work in area related to assignment including 1 year prior at senior, lead and/or supervisory level?

• Yes
• No

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What is strategic planning, from your perspective?
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One of the City's Principles that guides us is Equity. Describe what equity means to you and describe an experience you have working with diverse groups of people.
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