The CARIAN Group

The CARIAN Group

Director, Business Development – Power & Utilities

Somerset, NJ · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$30k-$50kDetected 38 days ago
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About the role

  • Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Responsibilities

  • Own and execute business-development strategies for a focused portfolio of priority electric and gas utility accounts
  • Develop new relationships with senior utility executives, operating leaders, program leaders, procurement organizations, and other key decision makers
  • Build and maintain account plans covering organizational structure, client priorities, capital programs, relationships, procurement pathways, opportunities, competitors, and next actions
  • Develop clear pathways from initial relationship to first engagement and from initial engagement to broader account growth
  • Maintain consistent follow-through across long-cycle utility relationships and opportunities
  • Support go/no-go decisions and commercial strategy for priority pursuits
  • Maintain clear visibility into qualified opportunities, relationship activity, next actions, timing, and account status
  • Work closely with Marketing, Talent Acquisition, and service-line leadership to support new pursuits and anticipated client needs

Requirements

  • 10+ years of relevant experience in the electric utility, gas utility, power, energy, engineering, infrastructure, consulting, or professional-services market
  • Strong understanding of how utilities operate, organize, procure professional services, and make purchasing decisions
  • Ability to identify client needs and translate them into actionable commercial opportunities
  • Ability to work effectively with technical and operating leaders without needing to personally serve as the technical subject-matter expert
  • Experience in transmission, distribution, substations, capital programs, PMO, project controls, field services, grid modernization, energy efficiency, or related utility services
  • Experience establishing new utility relationships and expanding initial work into broader, recurring engagements
  • Familiarity with utility MSAs, RFPs, task-order structures, professional-services contracting, and procurement processes
  • Prior utility experience in external affairs, governmental affairs, regulatory affairs, regional leadership, operations, engineering, capital delivery, or another role involving broad senior-level relationships
  • Candidates based outside the Somerset area must be able to travel regularly to CARIAN headquarters for leadership meetings, planning sessions, and other business needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to build and maintain senior-level relationships within the electric and/or gas utility industry
  • Demonstrated experience developing business, strategic accounts, client relationships, market opportunities, or comparable growth initiatives
  • Strong executive communication, judgment, organization, persistence, and follow-through
  • Ability to independently manage multiple strategic accounts and long-cycle opportunities
  • Ability and willingness to travel regularly for client and market-facing activity
  • Bachelor's degree preferred; equivalent senior-level utility or industry experience will be considered
  • Existing senior relationships across multiple electric or gas utilities, particularly in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
  • Experience developing or managing utility accounts for an engineering, consulting, program management, infrastructure, or other professional-services firm

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree preferred
  • equivalent senior-level utility or industry experience will be considered
  • Preferred Experience

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role is $125,000 - $175,000 annually. This range represents a good-faith estimate at the time of posting
  • actual compensation will depend on experience, qualifications, skills, industry relationships, and business needs.
  • This position is eligible for a discretionary annual performance bonus based on company and individual performance.

Benefits

  • CARIAN offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, holidays, and 401(k) participation with company match.

Company info

  • Expand existing client relationships across additional business units, operating companies, geographies, and service lines
  • Proactively identify client needs and opportunities rather than relying solely on published RFPs
  • Work with CARIAN's executive and service-line leaders to connect client challenges with relevant capabilities across program management, PMO and project controls, field services, advisory, energy efficiency, digital solutions, and related utility services
  • Coordinate executive introductions, client meetings, follow-up activity, and pursuit strategy
  • Identify appropriate MSA, procurement, contracting, and task-order pathways
  • Help convert successful initial engagements into larger, recurring client relationships
  • Help establish and continuously improve CARIAN's account-management, pipeline, CRM, and business-development cadence
  • CARIAN is a purpose-driven, woman-owned consulting and advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the power sector.
  • We partner with leading electric and gas utilities to provide strategic advisory and disciplined execution across program management, business intelligence, and field execution oversight.
  • Guided by integrity, trust, excellence, and accountability, our team helps deliver complex capital programs and build the resilient energy infrastructure that communities depend on.
  • Position Overview
  • CARIAN is seeking a Director, Business Development - Power & Utilities to lead strategic account development and new business growth across the electric and gas utility market.
  • This is a senior, client-facing role within CARIAN's commercial organization, working directly with executive leadership and service-line leaders to expand existing relationships, establish new utility accounts, and strengthen CARIAN's business-development capabilities.
  • The Director will own a focused portfolio of strategic utility accounts and be responsible for developing account strategies, building senior relationships, identifying client needs and opportunities, navigating procurement pathways, coordinating internal resources, and maintaining momentum from initial introduction through first engagement and account expansion.
  • Strong candidates may come from utility business development, strategic accounts, engineering or professional services, or from senior utility roles where they developed strong industry relationships and the commercial judgment to apply those relationships to business growth.
  • Provide leadership with relevant market intelligence regarding client priorities, capital programs, procurement activity, competitive positioning, and emerging opportunities
  • Coordinate CARIAN's network of senior utility advisors and industry relationships where appropriate
  • Represent CARIAN at selected utility-industry conferences, client events, association meetings, and other relevant forums

Equal opportunity

  • CARIAN is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
  • We hire and develop talent based on qualifications, performance, and business needs.
  • As a woman-owned firm dedicated to the power sector, we are committed to building a team that reflects professionalism, expertise, and integrity at every level.
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