Senior Associate - Corporate Strategy

Location: Detroit, MI

DTE Energy is one of the largest diversified utilities in the United States and a Fortune 500 company. It is comprised of regulated utility and non-utility businesses. Our two regulated utilities (DTE Electric and DTE Gas) serve more than 3 million customers in Southeastern Michigan. Our non-utility businesses include DTE Energy Trading and DTE Vantage.

DTE Energy is seeking ambitious, energetic individuals to join its Corporate Strategy group in Detroit. The group is comprised of former consultants from top-tier strategy firms, investment bankers, finance professionals, and recent MBA graduates. The group is led by the VP of Corporate Strategy who reports to DTE's Sr VP of Corporate Strategy and Regulatory Affairs and is an important feeder of top talent for the company.

The Corporate Strategy group works with all DTE businesses to address the complex challenges facing the energy industry today. As a Senior Associate in the group, the candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to multi-disciplinary teams engaged in strategic initiatives. Examples include:

• Understanding industry trends and their implications for DTE, e.g., by assessing the impact of new technologies like distributed energy resources on the company's operations and bottom line
• Analyzing the value and the risks of major capital investments, such as the rebuilding of the electric grid and developing DTE's long-term technology investment strategy
• Supporting corporate-level M&A activity, e.g., by playing a leadership role in the Separation Management Office during DTE's recent spin-off of DT Midstream
• Driving efforts to transform our operations, through cost and rate benchmarking and by driving efforts to improve productivity and work management processes in our operating businesses; and
• Facilitating senior management's strategic planning process, including the preparation of the annual strategic Board offsite discussions

The successful candidate should be intellectually aggressive and accustomed to expressing well thought out and supported views to drive strategic decision making, and will possess the following credentials:

• MBA or a Master's Degree/PhD in a relevant field from a top-tier university, ideally combined with an undergraduate degree in an analytical field (e.g., engineering or economics)
• One to two years of post-MBA experience, ideally in management consulting, investment banking or other highly rigorous environments

Preferred:

• A positive, team-oriented attitude with the confidence to communicate persuasively and effectively at all levels and to coordinate and utilize all available resources
• Ability to lead and motivate highly talented individuals
• Ability to work independently and in a fast-paced team environment and deliver results against tight timelines
• Ability to communicate results to senior management verbally and written in a clear and logical manner
• High level of integrity, accountability, confidence
• Solid understanding of the energy industry and the challenges it is facing

The physical demands characterized here epitomize those that must be met by an employee to properly perform the integral functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.In order to properly perform the integral functions of this job, the employee is required to:

• Occasionally stand or walk and stoop or kneel. Frequently, the employee is required to sit
• Talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use wrists, hands and/or fingers in a repetitive motion; and reach with hands and arms extensively
• Occasionally lift objects of up to 10 pounds in weight
• Use computers with exposure to video display terminals; and some repetitive motion associated with data entry, the use of a computer mouse, and while using other office equipment
• Vision requirements for this position include close vision, color vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus

The employee performs job duties primarily in a work from home capacity and periodically from a climate-controlled office environment, with a moderate noise level.

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.