Senior Manager

Position Summary What you'll do You will impress us if you have: A proven track record of successfully strategizing and executing projects from start to finish. Extensive expertise in project finance, procurement, and operations. A strong commitment to fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability among diverse teams. Key qualifications: Demonstrated proficiency in project finance and analysis. Exceptional negotiation and communication abilities. Proficiency in utilizing project development platforms and tools. Leads site development processes. Collaborates with a variety of partners, stakeholders, engineers, and consultants during the project development and design stages to ensure successful project completion. Evaluates market strategies and project feasibility. Considers factors such as energy market dynamics, project economics, regulations, potential risks, permitting requirements, and project timelines to ensure project viability and alignment with strategic market goals . Demonstrates a deep understanding of local energy markets, project development, risk management, spend management, commercial negotiations, and problem-solving. Develops energy solutions that meet stakeholder needs. Translates an understanding of energy markets into actionable development strategies. Develops strategies that deliver economic value and/or address heightened needs for energy security and reliability at critical assets. Accelerates the deployment of the energy infrastructure. Builds a systematic method for rapidly identifying high-priority sites, which is crucial for streamlining processes and accelerating project execution. Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects by identifying customer and operational needs; developing and communicating business plans and priorities; removing barriers and obstacles that impact performance; providing resources; identifying performance standards; measuring progress and adjusting performance accordingly; developing contingency plans; and demonstrating adaptability and supporting continuous learning. Provides supervision and development opportunities for associates by selecting and training; mentoring; assigning duties; building a team-based work environment; establishing performance expectations and conducting regular performance evaluations; providing recognition and rewards; coaching for success and improvement; and ensuring diversity awareness. Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity by training and providing direction to others in their use and application; ensuring compliance with them; and utilizing and supporting the Open Door Policy. Ensures business needs are being met by evaluating the ongoing effectiveness of current plans, programs, and initiatives; consulting with business partners, managers, co-workers, or other key stakeholders; soliciting, evaluating, and applying suggestions for improving efficiency and cost effectiveness; and participating in and supporting community outreach events. Live our Values: Culture Champion - Models the Walmart values to foster our culture; holds oneself and others accountable; and supports Walmart's commitment to communities, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability; maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance. Live our Values: Servant Leadership - Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Embrace Change: Curiosity & Courage - Demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Embrace Change: Digital Transformation & Change - Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working. Deliver for the Customer:Customer Focus - Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omnimerchant mindset and the EDLP and EDLC business models to all plans. Deliver for the Customer: Strategic Thinking - Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team's strategy. Focus on our Associates: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Identifies, attracts, and retains diverse and inclusive team members; builds a high-performing team; embraces diversity in all its forms; and actively supports diversity goal programs. Focus on our Associates: Collaboration & Influence - Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action. Focus on our Associates: Talent Management - Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work, empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company, and regularly recognizes others' contributions and accomplishments. Minimum Qualifications Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications. Option 1: Bachelor's degree in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or related area and 3 years' experience in energy project development. Option 2: 5 years' experience in engineering, renewable energy, environmental science, or related area. Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Preferred Qualifications Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications. Distributed energy project development, specifically solar and energy storage, Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Economics, Business Administration, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field (power system emphasis desired)., Project management experience in the solar and/or energy industry Primary Location 2501 Se J Street Ste B, Bentonville, AR , United States of America