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More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives.
Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.
This work is to be performed at a virtual location in North Carolina or South Carolina that is within a reasonable commute to Charlotte, NC (Duke Energy Plaza) OR Raleigh, NC (Fayetteville St).
Why Join Supply Chain Innovation & Analytics?
The Supply Chain Innovation & Analytics team identifies opportunities, solves complex business challenges, and drives strategic initiatives that create measurable operational and financial value for Duke Energy.
This role provides direct exposure to senior leaders and enterprise-wide initiatives, offering the opportunity to influence strategy, improve business performance, strengthen governance, and help shape the future of how the company delivers operational and financial results.
You will have the opportunity to lead highly visible initiatives, while helping build scalable capabilities that can be leveraged across future strategic initiatives.
If you enjoy turning data into action, solving difficult business problems, and leading meaningful change, this is an opportunity to make a significant impact while developing broad leadership, business, and program management capabilities.
Position Summary
Our team is seeking a Project Manager II to lead strategic initiatives that improve business performance, strengthen governance, and deliver measurable operational and financial value.
This position serves as both a project leader and business problem solver, partnering across Supply Chain, Sourcing, Finance, Accounts Payable, Operations, Technology, and external partners to identify opportunities, develop solutions, and drive execution.
The successful candidate will thrive in complex and evolving environments, combining project management, business analysis, stakeholder engagement, and data-driven decision making. This role requires someone who can navigate ambiguity, influence without direct authority, remove barriers, and drive results from concept through implementation.
The ideal candidate will also possess a curiosity for emerging technologies, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities, with the ability to identify opportunities where technology can create business value.
Responsibilities
Strategic Initiative Leadership
Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives from planning through implementation
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Establish governance structures, operating rhythms, reporting processes, and accountability mechanisms
Coordinate efforts across multiple business units and stakeholder groups
Proactively identify and resolve risks, issues, and dependencies
Facilitate leadership discussions and support executive decision-making
Ensure initiatives remain focused on delivering measurable business outcomes
Evaluate business challenges through both process and technology lenses, identifying opportunities where analytics, automation, AI, or system capabilities can improve outcomes
Business Analysis & Opportunity Identification
Analyze operational, financial, supplier, contract, and business process data to identify opportunities for improvement and value creation
Translate complex datasets into actionable business insights and recommendations
Support development of business cases, value estimates, performance metrics, and executive reporting
Partner with stakeholders to validate findings and assess opportunities
Track and report realized operational and financial benefits
Project Governance & Execution
Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, issue logs, risk registers, and executive dashboards
Monitor initiative performance against established objectives and timelines
Provide transparency into progress, risks, decisions, and required actions
Drive accountability across matrixed teams and stakeholders
Ensure governance processes support long-term sustainability and success
Change Management & Stakeholder Engagement
Build strong partnerships across business functions and leadership teams
Support communication and change management activities necessary to support adoption and execution
Influence decisions through collaboration, problem-solving, and data-driven recommendations
Help teams navigate change while maintaining focus on strategic objectives
Required/Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
5 years related work experience
In lieu of Bachelor's degree(s) AND 5 year(s) related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND 9 year(s) related work experience
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree in business administration, Project Management, Supply Chain, Analytics, Finance, or related field
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
Five or more years of experience leading projects, programs, business initiatives, or operational improvement efforts
Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive execution through influence rather than direct authority
Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
Experience working with data to identify insights and support business decisions
Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment
Experience leading governance, compliance, transformation, or value-realization programs
Experience working with procurement, sourcing, supplier, contract, financial, or operational data
Experience developing executive-level reporting and presentations
Experience with continuous improvement, Lean, or business transformation initiatives
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Power BI, PowerPoint, and related business tools
Experience evaluating or implementing technology-enabled business solutions, automation, analytics, AI, or digital transformation initiatives
What Success Looks Like
Successful candidates demonstrate the ability to:
Take ownership of complex business challenges and drive them toward resolution
Build and sustain alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
Use data and facts to influence decisions and recommendations
Navigate ambiguity and make progress despite incomplete information
Balance strategic thinking with disciplined execution
Deliver measurable business outcomes rather than simply managing project activities
Additional Preferred Qualifications
Proficient to demonstrated Expertise in Project Management, Decision Making, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving
Project related work experience; Risk Management, Project Leadership, Strong Collaboration, Oversight
Utility Business Unit Experience as determined by BU ranging from Regulated or Commercial energy services experience
Construction Management knowledge
Proficient to Expert in project related Scheduling, Cost Controls
Working Conditions
Virtual Mobility Classification – Work will be performed from a remote location after the onboarding period. However, virtual employees should live within a reasonable commute to a Duke Energy facility and must live within a footprint state of Duke Energy (NC, SC, FL, OH, KY, IN) or the DC metro area.
This work is to be performed at a virtual location in North Carolina or South Carolina that is within a reasonable commute to Charlotte, NC (Duke Energy Plaza) OR Raleigh, NC (Fayetteville St).
Specific Requirements
Project Manager II may have relationships with individuals in the following organizations ranging from individual contributors to Senior Department Leadership (i.e. individual contributors up to executive management):
Community Relations
Corporate Communications
Construction Management
Development
Engineering
Enterprise Security
Environmental, Health and Safety
Finance
Fuels
Global Risk Management and Insurance
Human Resources
Legal Department
Operations
Quality
Project Management Center of Excellence (PMCoE)
Project Controls
Regulatory and Compliance
Stakeholder Engagement
Supply Chain
Others
Sales/Marketing Leadership of external Suppliers/Vendors
Project teams of external Suppliers/Vendors
Regulatory agencies
Travel Requirements
5-15%
Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)
No
Represented/Union Position
No
Visa Sponsored Position
No. This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.
Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.
