Director - Climate Strategy & Transformation

Job Requisition ID: 38055 

• Flexible Work & Salary Packaging: Tailor your work week to fit your personal and professional commitments with market-leading benefits
• World-Class Leadership Programs: Access to globally renowned learning and development opportunities
• Diverse Client Challenges: Work on transformative projects alongside diverse, high-performing teams, tackling the world’s most pressing issues

About the Team

The Deloitte Climate Strategy & Transformation team partners with senior executives, CEOs, and boards of leading corporations to navigate the energy transition. Our practitioners are strategic problem solvers with deep industry insight and expertise in strategy, innovation and transformation who bring creative solutions to complex challenges. 

Our collaborative environment provides fast-paced, continuous learning and development opportunities. If you thrive in a purpose-driven setting, enjoy rapid experimentation, and are excited by the chance to grow while supporting a high-performing team, this role is for you.

About the Role

As a Director in the Strategy & Transformation team, you will lead large-scale consulting projects for clients in energy & resources, and this role is primarily focused in the power, utilities and renewables market. You will be working with electricity, water and gas retail and network businesses responsible for:

• Client Pursuits & Business Development: Lead the identification of client needs, shape project proposals, and drive business development through to successful sales
• Project Leadership & Delivery: Manage the end-to-end delivery of multiple, concurrent projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes that meet client expectations and deadlines
• Team Leadership & Development: Lead and mentor diverse teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, and growth across both virtual and in-person settings
• Strategy Expertise: Apply deep knowledge of strategy design methods, including corporate, portfolio and functional strategy.
• Transformation Expertise: Apply understanding of strategy execution and corporate capability development to support senior client leaders to design and mobilise transformation. In particular, strategy and transformation required to help power and utilities businesses with their changing role and to establish and manage a network of the future.
• Executive Client Engagement: Build and nurture relationships with senior stakeholders, guiding them through complex strategic decisions and ensuring alignment with their business objectives

You will also:

• Collaborate with Deloitte’s specialists in design thinking, digital, data analytics, and other global networks to deliver innovative solutions
• Work in a dynamic and diverse environment, contributing to projects that will shape the future of the energy transition and sustainability landscape

About Your Experience

To excel in this role, you will need:

• Consulting Experience: Significant experience in a Tier 1 consulting firm, boutique strategy house, or a senior internal advisory role, with a proven track record as a trusted business advisor to senior client leaders
• Industry Expertise: Strong background in the power, utilities and renewables sector, ideally with exposure to strategy, innovation, and an understanding of the operations and asset management, technical/engineering aspects of the businesses. A strong understanding of the Electricity Markets in Australia, energy policy and the regulatory environment.
• Leadership & Project Management: Demonstrated experience leading large, complex projects and managing cross-functional teams across multiple states/geographies
• Client Relationship Management: Proven ability to build and maintain senior relationships with top-tier clients, offering strategic advice and driving impactful outcomes
• Problem Solving: Expertise in using a hypothesis-driven approach to diagnose and solve complex business challenges
• Business Development: Success in leading client pursuits, developing winning proposals, and growing a network of relationships in the market
• Team Development: A passion for growing and developing junior team members, creating a culture of mentorship and continuous learning

Why Deloitte?

At Deloitte, we focus our energy on interesting and impactful work. We’re always learning, innovating and setting the standard; making a positive difference to our clients and our society. We put coaching at the heart of what we do, helping our people grow their careers in any direction – whether it be up, moving into something new, or even moving across the world. 

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion. We have a diverse collection of people from different backgrounds, with different experiences, gender identities, abilities and thinking styles. What binds us together is a shared commitment to value everyone’s perspective and to cultivate inclusion; so that our work environment is a safe space we can all belong. 

We prioritise flexibility and choice. At Deloitte, you get trust on Day 1. We know our people get their best work done when they’re in control of where and how they work, designing their work week around their client, team and personal commitments. 

We help you live and work well. To support your personal and professional life, we offer a range of perks and benefits, including retail discounts, wellbeing leave, paid volunteering days, twelve flexible working options, market-leading parental leave and return to work support package.  

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Join Deloitte and be part of a team that’s leading Australia’s energy transition. You’ll never have a boring day

By applying for this job, you’ll be assessed against the Deloitte Talent Standards. We’ve designed these standards so that you can grow in your career, and we can provide our clients with a consistent and exceptional Deloitte employee experience globally. The preferred candidate will be subject to background screening by Deloitte or by their external third-party provider.