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Get Access To All JobsDate: Sep 18, 2026
Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97472
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
This position is part of the growing Third-Party O&M Services Team within the Renewable Operations Integration organization of NextEra Energy’s Power Generation Division. The Project Manager works with Development, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Business Management, Information Technology, external site owners, and subject matter experts across the organization to lead new O&M services opportunities and support the operating portfolio. Responsibilities include project planning and execution, deal structuring and pricing, commercial negotiations, financial modeling and analysis, customer requests, governance, performance reporting, and process improvement. The role also develops portfolio insights, key performance indicators, dashboards, and recommendations for senior leadership.
The ideal candidate is commercially minded, detail-oriented, and skilled in project management, financial analysis, and stakeholder engagement. The individual should be able to lead cross-functional initiatives with limited supervision, build consensus in a matrixed environment, and make timely, accurate, fact-based decisions. Success requires creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, flexibility, and the ability to manage uncertainty, competing priorities, unanticipated deliverables, and tight deadlines. Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint is expected; experience with SAP Financial and BOBJ is preferred.
Position Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of new O&M services projects and contracting activities from early-stage evaluation through agreement execution, establishing scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, and stakeholder responsibilities.
- Coordinate financial modeling, cost estimates, P&L analysis, pricing, and deal-structure recommendations for new opportunities and the operating portfolio.
- Support commercial negotiations and execution of O&M Services Agreements with Legal, Development, internal business partners, and external customers.
- Serve as the primary liaison for cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, facilitating decisions, resolving issues, maintaining alignment, and communicating project status.
- Extract, organize, analyze, and translate operational and financial data into actionable insights and recommendations for business decisions.
- Prepare plans and forecasts, compare results with budgets and prior forecasts, and identify key drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models, project trackers, reporting tools, and standardized processes supporting Third-Party O&M Services.
- Develop KPIs and Power BI dashboards that provide portfolio visibility and support senior leadership decision-making.
- Prepare and deliver concise PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, recommendations, and other communications for senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Lead process improvement and automation initiatives using Six Sigma principles to improve quality, efficiency, controls, and scalability.
- Ensure compliance with Power Generation Division guardrails, governance standards, internal controls, and applicable approval requirements; identify and mitigate control weaknesses.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, external site owners, and customers, responding promptly to requests and supporting commercial issue resolution.
- Perform ad hoc financial and operational analyses and other job-related duties as assigned.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have The Following:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, business management, or a related field; master’s degree or CFA designation is preferred.
- Two or more years of relevant experience in project management, commercial contracting, financial analysis, operations, or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects in a matrixed organization and deliver results under tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, and use of business intelligence and reporting tools.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint; experience with SAP Financial and BOBJ is preferred.
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to evaluate complex problems, balance competing interests, and make sound recommendations.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, influencing, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to build productive relationships.
- Six Sigma certification at the Yellow Belt level or higher is preferred.
Job Overview
Employees in this job plan, monitor and manage internal projects from initiation through completion. This role provides direction on projects to the department or project team members.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans, coordinates and completes a large or several medium or small project(s) within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
- Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Secures required resources and uses formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes.
- Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
- Identifies issues and challenges, measures and validates results, and implements solutions.
- Provides information to internal and external clients on moderate to complex issues.
- Creates and communicates presentation materials for report out and updates with various levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Conducts external research and stays abreast of new developments or innovative advancements pertaining to the project.
- Provides coaching, leadership and direction to project team.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- High School Grad / GED
- Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
- Experience: 2+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Project Management
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
Date: Sep 18, 2026
Location(s): Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US, 33410
Company: NextEra Energy
Requisition ID: 97472
NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us!
Position Specific Description
This position is part of the growing Third-Party O&M Services Team within the Renewable Operations Integration organization of NextEra Energy’s Power Generation Division. The Project Manager works with Development, Legal, Operations, Engineering, Business Management, Information Technology, external site owners, and subject matter experts across the organization to lead new O&M services opportunities and support the operating portfolio. Responsibilities include project planning and execution, deal structuring and pricing, commercial negotiations, financial modeling and analysis, customer requests, governance, performance reporting, and process improvement. The role also develops portfolio insights, key performance indicators, dashboards, and recommendations for senior leadership.
The ideal candidate is commercially minded, detail-oriented, and skilled in project management, financial analysis, and stakeholder engagement. The individual should be able to lead cross-functional initiatives with limited supervision, build consensus in a matrixed environment, and make timely, accurate, fact-based decisions. Success requires creativity, entrepreneurial thinking, flexibility, and the ability to manage uncertainty, competing priorities, unanticipated deliverables, and tight deadlines. Strong proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint is expected; experience with SAP Financial and BOBJ is preferred.
Position Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Lead all aspects of new O&M services projects and contracting activities from early-stage evaluation through agreement execution, establishing scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, and stakeholder responsibilities.
- Coordinate financial modeling, cost estimates, P&L analysis, pricing, and deal-structure recommendations for new opportunities and the operating portfolio.
- Support commercial negotiations and execution of O&M Services Agreements with Legal, Development, internal business partners, and external customers.
- Serve as the primary liaison for cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, facilitating decisions, resolving issues, maintaining alignment, and communicating project status.
- Extract, organize, analyze, and translate operational and financial data into actionable insights and recommendations for business decisions.
- Prepare plans and forecasts, compare results with budgets and prior forecasts, and identify key drivers, variances, risks, and opportunities.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models, project trackers, reporting tools, and standardized processes supporting Third-Party O&M Services.
- Develop KPIs and Power BI dashboards that provide portfolio visibility and support senior leadership decision-making.
- Prepare and deliver concise PowerPoint presentations, executive updates, recommendations, and other communications for senior leadership and stakeholders.
- Lead process improvement and automation initiatives using Six Sigma principles to improve quality, efficiency, controls, and scalability.
- Ensure compliance with Power Generation Division guardrails, governance standards, internal controls, and applicable approval requirements; identify and mitigate control weaknesses.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal stakeholders, external site owners, and customers, responding promptly to requests and supporting commercial issue resolution.
- Perform ad hoc financial and operational analyses and other job-related duties as assigned.
The Ideal Candidate Would Have The Following:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, business management, or a related field; master’s degree or CFA designation is preferred.
- Two or more years of relevant experience in project management, commercial contracting, financial analysis, operations, or a related field.
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects in a matrixed organization and deliver results under tight deadlines.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills, including financial modeling, forecasting, variance analysis, and use of business intelligence and reporting tools.
- Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, and PowerPoint; experience with SAP Financial and BOBJ is preferred.
- Strong commercial acumen and ability to evaluate complex problems, balance competing interests, and make sound recommendations.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, influencing, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to build productive relationships.
- Six Sigma certification at the Yellow Belt level or higher is preferred.
Job Overview
Employees in this job plan, monitor and manage internal projects from initiation through completion. This role provides direction on projects to the department or project team members.
Job Duties & Responsibilities
- Plans, coordinates and completes a large or several medium or small project(s) within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
- Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Secures required resources and uses formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes.
- Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
- Identifies issues and challenges, measures and validates results, and implements solutions.
- Provides information to internal and external clients on moderate to complex issues.
- Creates and communicates presentation materials for report out and updates with various levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Conducts external research and stays abreast of new developments or innovative advancements pertaining to the project.
- Provides coaching, leadership and direction to project team.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
- High School Grad / GED
- Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
- Experience: 2+ years
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members.
Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Project Management
Organization: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable
NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you.
NextEra Energy will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.
NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies.
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Align your degree to the role
Project Lead positions draw scrutiny when the degree field doesn't clearly map to the job duties. Pull the O*NET profile for your specific occupation code and match your credential to the listed education requirements before applying.
Target cap-exempt employers first
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated entities can file H-1B petitions year-round without entering the lottery. Project Lead roles at these organizations let you start without waiting for the April registration window.
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Filter Project Lead openings by employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history on Migrate Mate. This cuts the guesswork out of identifying who will actually sponsor, not just who lists the role as open.
Check prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for the Project Lead role in your specific metro area. Run the OFLC Wage Search using the closest SOC code before you enter salary discussions so you know the floor your offer must meet.
Time your offer letter around the H-1B calendar
H-1B petitions for cap-subject employers can only start on October 1. If you receive an offer in summer, confirm your employer will file in April and request a written start-date commitment tied to H-1B approval before resigning any current status.
Document cross-functional scope in your support letter
USCIS RFEs on Project Lead petitions often challenge whether the role truly requires a specialty degree. Your employer's support letter should detail the specific technical or analytical decisions you own, not just team size or budget responsibility.
H-1B Visa Project Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Project Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on how the role is defined. USCIS requires that the position normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. A Project Lead overseeing software engineering or systems architecture typically qualifies. A generalist PM role where any degree is acceptable is harder to defend. Your employer's job description must tie specific duties to a directly related degree field.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Project Lead employer mid-year?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as the transfer petition is filed with USCIS, without waiting for approval, provided your prior H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. The new employer must file a new LCA and I-129 petition. You don't need to wait for the October 1 start date for transfers.
How do I find Project Lead employers that actually sponsor H-1B visas?
Search for Project Lead roles on Migrate Mate, which filters listings by verified H-1B LCA filing history. This tells you which employers have actually filed Labor Condition Applications for similar roles, not just employers who say they're open to sponsorship. LCA data comes from DOL disclosure records, so it reflects real filing behavior.
What happens to my H-1B status if my Project Lead role changes significantly after approval?
Material changes to your job duties, worksite, or employer entity require an amended H-1B petition filed with USCIS before the change takes effect. A Project Lead promoted to a Director role, moved to a new office location, or shifted to a different subsidiary may trigger an amendment. Working under materially different conditions without filing can create status violations.
Does my employer need to be E-Verify enrolled to sponsor my H-1B?
E-Verify enrollment isn't universally required for H-1B sponsorship, but federal contractors and employers with STEM OPT students on staff must participate. Some states also impose their own E-Verify mandates. For H-1B purposes specifically, the employer must comply with DOL LCA obligations regardless of E-Verify status. Check whether your employer is subject to any federal or state E-Verify requirement before signing an offer.