Sr/Lead Generation Strategy Mgr

JOB TITLE: Sr/Lead Generation Strategy Mgr
REQUISITION ID: FOS00MK
DEPARTMENT: Generation Asset Management & Performance Monitoring - Topeka General Office or Kansas City Headquarters
LOCATION: Topeka, KS
Kansas City, MO
PAY RANGE: (Min- Mid)
Sr Generation Strategy Mgr: $94,600 - $126,100
Lead Generation Strategy Mgr: $111,400 - $148,500

Scheduled Work Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Other hours as required)

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
The Generation Strategy Manager leads the development, coordination, governance, and reporting processes that connect Generation's strategic priorities to measurable business outcomes. This role is responsible for facilitating annual business planning, portfolio governance, initiative management, executive reporting, workforce planning support, budget alignment, benefits realization, and leadership decision support.

The position serves as a key advisor to Generation leadership and works across Operations, Engineering, Reliability, Asset Management, Environmental, Technology, and Corporate functions to ensure initiatives remain aligned to strategic priorities, organizational goals, financial commitments, and operational objectives.

Key responsibilities include:
* Lead the annual Generation strategic planning process, including development of strategic initiatives, goal alignment, prioritization, and performance measures.
* Facilitate portfolio governance processes that provide visibility into initiative progress, risks, dependencies, benefits, and resource requirements.
* Develop and maintain Generation initiative charters, portfolio roadmaps, governance frameworks, and executive scorecards.
* Coordinate business reviews, strategic planning sessions, leadership workshops, and governance meetings.
* Support development of Generation budgets, workforce plans, resource forecasts, and business cases in partnership with Finance, Human Resources, and leadership teams.
* Establish and maintain processes for benefits realization, value tracking, KPI governance, and initiative performance measurement.
* Prepare executive-level presentations, board materials, briefing documents, talking points, and leadership communications.
* Develop portfolio dashboards and reporting mechanisms that provide leadership with actionable information for decision-making.
* Facilitate cross-functional alignment across strategic initiatives, ensuring accountability, clarity of ownership, and execution discipline.
* Develop & maintain governance processes for initiative approvals, milestone reviews, decision logs, risk management, and carryover recommendations.
* Support organizational prioritization efforts and ensure resources are aligned to the highest-value strategic outcomes.
* Promote consistent planning, governance, and reporting practices across the Generation organization.
* Lead or support special projects, executive requests, and strategic initiatives as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Finance, Operations Management, Project Management, Organizational Leadership preferred.
* Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in strategic planning, program management, business operations, engineering, utility operations, asset management, project management, or related disciplines.
* Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional programs, strategic initiatives, or organizational improvement efforts.
* Experience developing executive presentations, business cases, strategic plans, and performance reporting.
* Experience working with senior leaders and facilitating leadership-level decision-making processes.
* Strong understanding or capacity to gain understanding of utility operations, engineering, asset management, maintenance, reliability, or related business functions.
* Preferred professional certifications include: PMP, PgMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, CMRP, CRL, or equivalent.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:
* Strategic Thinking - Ability to translate long-term business objectives into executable strategic initiatives, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
* Business Acumen - Understands how financial performance, operational performance, reliability, workforce capability, risk, and customer priorities interact to drive business results.
* Portfolio Management - Ability to evaluate, prioritize, monitor, and govern multiple initiatives simultaneously while balancing resources, risk, business value, and organizational capacity.
* Executive Communication - Ability to communicate complex information clearly and concisely through executive presentations, board materials, briefing papers, and leadership discussions.
* Organizational Influence - Ability to build alignment across multiple departments without direct authority and facilitate agreement among diverse stakeholders.
* Facilitation & Meeting Leadership - Ability to lead strategic discussions, governance reviews, planning workshops, and executive meetings that result in clear decisions and accountability.
* Analytical Thinking - Ability to evaluate data, identify trends, assess risks, develop insights, and support informed business decisions.
* Financial & Resource Planning - Ability to support budgeting, workforce planning, business case development, resource forecasting, and investment prioritization activities.
* Governance & Decision Management - Ability to establish structured processes for accountability, decision-making, milestone management, risk management, and performance tracking.
* Program & Project Leadership - Ability to coordinate large, complex, cross-functional initiatives while maintaining alignment to strategic objectives.
* Decision Support - Ability to synthesize operational, financial, and strategic information into actionable recommendations for leadership consideration.
* Performance Measurement - Ability to establish KPIs, scorecards, dashboards, and benefits tracking mechanisms that measure progress and business value.
* Change Leadership - Ability to guide organizations through strategic change by building understanding, alignment, and adoption of new priorities and initiatives.
* Organizational Planning - Ability to connect annual planning, workforce planning, budget planning, initiative planning, and performance management into a cohesive operating model.
* Written Communication - Ability to develop high-quality reports, strategy documents, governance materials, board reports, executive summaries, and formal communications.
* Relationship Management - Ability to establish trusted partnerships with executives, directors, managers, engineers, operations leaders, technical SMEs, and corporate support organizations.
* Continuous Improvement - Ability to identify opportunities to improve planning, governance, reporting, and decision-making processes while reducing administrative burden and increasing organizational effectiveness.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Must have a valid driver's license. Must have a satisfactory work record, including good attendance. (Testing for technical knowledge and aptitude may be part of the selection process.)

Working Conditions: Work will be performed mostly in an office environment, with occasional field visits to Power Generation Facilities. Work hours may occasionally extend beyond normal business hours depending on project deadlines

Evergy has a clear mission - To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. We are committed to building a team where everyone - regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status - has a voice and can bring their best every day. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.