NRG Energy

Strategy Program Manager

NRG Energy$90K — $130K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • 3+ years of project management experience
  • Proficient in waterfall project management
  • Experience with technology integration and operations projects
  • Demonstrated presentation skills for executive audiences

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional project delivery ensuring timely, within-scope, and budget-compliant outcomes.
  • Establish project teams, roles, and governance structures.
  • Own integrated project plans from discovery to stabilization while managing dependencies.
  • Drive scope definitions and change control processes effectively.
  • Track and report on project milestones and deliverables for timely execution.
  • Manage project financials including forecasts and cost tracking.
  • Coach and mentor junior project managers and business analysts.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work flexibility in Houston, TX
  • Open office environment that encourages collaboration
  • Opportunities for advancing project management skills
  • Involvement in strategic initiatives impacting customer experiences
  • Potential for overtime during special projects
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

The Project Manager leads cross-functional strategic initiatives that improve customer experience, operational performance, and technology enablement for the Consumer Home Energy Customer Success Organization. This role partners with business leaders, IT, and operational teams to define scope, build business cases, manage delivery, and drive adoption from concept through implementation. Success requires strong program governance, clear executive communication, and the ability to influence outcomes in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of cross-functional initiatives (process, technology, and operations), ensuring outcomes are achieved on time, within scope, and within budget
  • Stand up and coordinate project teams by identifying required capabilities, roles, and responsibilities across business, IT, and vendor/partner stakeholders
  • Establish project governance: define team structure, roles, decision forums, cadence, and stakeholder alignment
  • Own integrated delivery plans across discovery, requirements, design, build/configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization; manage dependencies and critical path
  • Drive scope definition and change control: document requirements, secure approvals, assess impacts, and communicate decisions clearly
  • Define, track and report key milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and critical path items to ensure timely execution
  • Identify, assess, and proactively manage risks, issues, and decisions; escalate with clear options and recommendations to keep delivery on track
  • Develop and manage project financials: build forecasts, track spend, coordinate resourcing, and maintain cost plans from initiation through closeout
  • Partner with business owners to develop business cases (including NPV when applicable) and track value realization throughout the lifecycle
  • Deliver executive-ready updates (dashboards, readouts, and meeting materials) that clearly call out progress, risks, decisions needed, and next steps
  • Improve delivery effectiveness by identifying and implementing standards, templates, playbooks, and lessons learned to reduce cycle time and increase quality
  • Inherit and turn troubled projects around
  • Serve as the primary coordinator across internal teams and external partners to align stakeholders, manage expectations, and remove delivery blockers
    • Internal: Establish strong contact with all business functions and act as central hub
    • External: Coordinate, act as day-to-day project contact with partner teams
  • Coach and mentor junior project managers and business analysts
  • Select and apply the appropriate delivery approach (waterfall, agile, or hybrid) and tailor ceremonies/artifacts to the needs of the initiative
  • Assist with recruiting of PMO personnel
  • Able to manage, develop, and lead direct reports
  • Support business analyst work as needed to support project needs


Working Conditions:

  • Open office environment.
  • Hybrid position located in Houston, TX
  • Some overtime required as special projects arise.
  • Minimal Travel


Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum of 3+ years project management experience managing complex enterprise level projects and multiple projects in dynamic and demanding environments
  • Project/strategic planning and business background with understanding of assigned areas of responsibility
  • Demonstrated experience with waterfall project management
  • Demonstrated presentation and training skills, with experience presenting complex findings to executive leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Experience working on technology integration and operations projects


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Accounting, Engineering, or Computer Science
  • 5+ years of project management experience delivering multiple complex initiatives in parallel
  • PMP certified
  • Demonstrated experience with Agile project management
  • Knowledge of the utility and/or the deregulated energy industry
  • Demonstrated advanced analytical skills, including data interpretation and actionable insights development


Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

  • Clear, concise communication for executive and frontline audiences (written and verbal)
  • Strong planning and prioritization skills; able to manage multiple projects and shifting priorities
  • Analytical, structured problem-solver with strong root-cause analysis skills
  • High attention to detail with strong follow-through and documentation discipline
  • Ability to recognize the need to be hands-on and ready to roll up sleeves and dive deep when needed
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to identify risks/issues early, recommending and implementing practical solutions
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project); comfort learning new tools quickly
  • Strong collaboration skills; able to influence without authority and work effectively across teams
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and change; proactively adapts plans as priorities evolve
  • Lead through change by championing new ways of working, building stakeholder buy-in, and helping teams adopt change effectively
  • Able to navigate difficult conversations and drive decisions to closure
  • Ability to work effectively both independently and with teams

About NRG Energy

NRG is at the forefront of changing how people think about and use energy. Whether as the largest solar power developer in the country or by giving customers the latest tools to better manage their energy use, NRG is a pioneer in developing smarter energy choices. Our diverse power generating facilities have a capacity of about 52,000 megawatts, capable of supporting almost 42 million homes. Our retail electricity providers — Reliant and Energy Plus — and thermal energy division serve nearly 3 million residential, business, commercial and industrial customers. A Fortune 250 company, NRG supports clean energy resources and technologies critical to our transition to a sustainable, low carbon society. We built the nation's first privately-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure and continue to create new, clean energy solutions for our customers. In addition to our environmental efforts, we actively contribute to the local communities where NRG employees live and work. Since 2004, our Global Giving program has provided millions of dollars to organizations and charities that have a direct impact on the lives of the people in our communities, including food banks and those that foster self-sufficiency, improve housing and provide supplemental education to people in need. NRG has also organized special responses for victims of extreme catastrophe, such as the Haitian earthquake and the Japanese tsunami in 2010. Employee donations were tripled to maximize the contributions. NRG has won numerous awards for industry leadership and many of its nationwide econrg initiatives, which are targeted toward meeting the challenges of climate change, clean air and natural resources protection.

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Our company culture celebrates diversity, encourages innovation, and fosters a collaborative environment. At NRG Energy, you’ll work alongside a diverse team of experts, each bringing unique perspectives that drive our success. We believe that inclusive teamwork and innovative thinking are the keys to our continued growth and leadership in the energy sector.

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Size
6,635 employees
Market Cap
$7.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$510 million
Founded
1989
5 Year Trend
+24.8%
Revenue
$9 billion
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