Consulting Manager, with Solar Technology exp.

Company: Cognizant
Location: Des Moines
Posted on: February 21, 2025

Job Description:

Title: Consulting Manager w/ Solar experience(Utilities Consulting Practice)Level: Manager(Hybrid-Des Moines, IA)ABOUT USCognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant, a member of the NASDAQ-100, is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at .COGNIZANT CONSULTINGWithin Cognizant is Cognizant Consulting, a global consulting organization delivering strategic and domain consulting through industry and technology expertise. With over 6,000 consultants worldwide, Cognizant offers high-value consulting services that improve business performance and operational productivity, lower operational expenses and enhance overall performance. We provide a number of Business/IT Consulting Services including Business Strategy, IT Strategy & Roadmap Development, Process Re-Engineering & Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Technology Selection, and Domain Solutions.The RoleOur Utilities Consulting group is looking for a Senior Consultant to join our journey. We're looking for Senior Consultant who can deliver within Cognizant's Five Pillars of Consulting Excellence, which are: 1) Project Execution, 2) Expertise, 3) Business Development, 4) Practice Development, & 5) People Development. As a Senior Consultant (which is a Manager level position) this means partnering with clients and project stakeholders, colleagues. In addition to enabling consulting excellence through the Five Pillars of Consulting, the specific requirements for this position are below.Responsibilities:Ideal candidate would be someone with over 15+ years of Consulting experience in Energy & Utility industry. The ideal candidate will have proven work experience as Subject Matter Expert (SME) with Regulators and Utilities in Renewables. This role requires experience in Project Management & Delivery, Market Research, Modeling, Commercial Due-diligence, Analytics, Contractual life cycle & management. A degree in Electrical Engineering or MBA with Energy specialization & relevant certifications will be a plus.- Optimize the portfolio performance of Solar plants including vendor management, regulatory approvals, contract negotiations, review and finalization.- Develop electricity procurement strategy, carbon pricing strategy (renewable power obligations) and standardize contract terms.- Develop power sector transformation framework for regulators through zero power shortage and optimized O&M agreements.- Develop risk mitigation strategies due to congestion in transmission for power sector through complex data models.- Understand the regulatory landscape, key stakeholders and engage them for achieving the business objectives.- Develop Project management office (PMO) for power plants - setting up PMO and building framework for review of PPA, EPC contracts for plants.- Enhance existing assets performance through continuous process optimization and take measures to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).- Assessment of leveraging ML on G-suite data for wind and solar plant tracking.- Develop framework to effectively evaluate power purchase, open access and carbon credit contracts (MW-GW scale).- Continuously engage and develop the annual ESG reports, ESG ratings and enterprise data optimization for sustainable growth.Desired Skillset:

• Financial Analysis & Modeling
• Market Research
• Contractual Due diligence
• Project Management
• Data Analytics
• Process OptimizationRequired Education: Bachelor's degree required; MBA or Masters degree strongly preferred.Work Authorization: Must be legally authorized to work in US without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.Salary and Other Compensation:The annual salary for this position is between $81,450.00 - $129,500.00 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program and stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase PlanDisclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
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