Senior Manager Stakeholder Relations Central Region
Public global power company that owns and operates electricity generation, regulated utilities, LNG infrastructure, renewable energy, and battery-storage assets.
About The AES Corporation
AES develops, constructs, and operates power-generation and distribution businesses, supplying affordable and sustainable power. Its portfolio includes solar, hydro, wind, natural gas, coal, battery storage, utilities, and LNG infrastructure.
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About the Role
You will lead stakeholder engagement for energy infrastructure projects across the Central Region, particularly Texas. You will develop local engagement plans, coach engagement professionals, advise project teams, manage stakeholder risks and records, build community partnerships, lead community-benefit agreements, support public communications, and plan meetings and events. Frequent travel and field engagement are expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Minimum of 9 years of related stakeholder engagement or similar experience.
- Previous people-management experience, including coaching, developing, and leading teams.
- Extensive advocacy experience and experience engaging diverse communities.
- Familiarity with applicable government and regulatory requirements, current issues, and community dynamics.
- Advanced people leadership, advocacy, political literacy, economic development, community benefit agreements, public speaking, and communications skills.
- Ability to travel frequently, with anticipated travel of 30% to 50%.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop stakeholder engagement professionals.
- Develop and execute local engagement plans across the project lifecycle.
- Advise project teams on community needs, stakeholder relationships, and project risks.
- Build alignment with internal teams, customers, and development partners.
- Lead the design and implementation of community benefit agreements.
- Maintain stakeholder records, feedback, commitments, and engagement reporting in CRM tools.
- Analyze community sentiment and emerging issues to identify risks and opportunities.
- Manage stakeholder risk, issue escalation, and executive-facing reporting.
- Support economic and tax incentive negotiations.
- Develop locally tailored project information and advocacy materials.
- Plan and deliver public meetings, community events, virtual engagement, and site visits.