Manager, Growth & Strategy

Location: Rockville, MD

X-energy LLC conducts a thorough recruiting process and will never issue offers without interview to discuss qualifications and responsibilities. All applications will be submitted via our company career page, www.x-energy.com/careers/. We will never ask you to provide payment information as part of the recruiting process. If anyone claiming to represent X-energy directs you in a manner otherwise, please contact us at www.x-energy.com/contact-us.

The Growth & Strategy Manager will support the development and execution of corporate and project-level strategy across the organization. The role will work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to evaluate strategic priorities, solve complex business and project challenges, develop decision frameworks and business cases, and drive critical initiatives from analysis through execution.

The Manager will play a key role in translating company strategy into actionable plans, improving how major projects and strategic initiatives are structured and managed, and providing rigorous analytical support for high-impact decisions. The role will require strong strategic judgment, financial and analytical capabilities, and the ability to operate effectively across functions in a fast-growing and evolving organization.

Job Profile Tasks/Responsibilities

• Support, and sometimes lead, the identification and evaluation of new business capabilities and services that X-energy can monetize for customers, including in-depth market and competitive analysis.
• Partner with finance, business development, engineering, and commercial teams to identify unique capabilities and competitive advantages, and set the strategy, including monetization, go-to-market approach, and risk assessment.
• Own the development of comprehensive business cases for new business capabilities and capital projects, integrating cost estimates, schedules, phasing, escalation, financing, risk assessments, and returns from early feasibility through execution.
• Drive alignment and clarity across internal stakeholders, executives, engineers, and commercial teams by developing, presenting, defending, and explaining financial models and business cases.
• Develop and drive project-level strategies for major customer and deployment projects, including objectives, priorities, critical decisions, risks, dependencies, and execution pathways.
• Lead and support analysis of complex, cross-functional business and project challenges and develop clear recommendations for senior leadership.
• Translate strategic priorities into operating plans, decision frameworks, workstreams, and measurable actions.
• Partner with business development, project development, engineering, operations, supply chain, finance, and other teams to align strategy with execution.
• Develop, or support development of, business cases, scenario analyses, and financial analyses to inform strategic and project decisions.
• Identify key project and organizational risks, constraints, and tradeoffs and help develop mitigation strategies.
• Support the design and improvement of processes, governance, and operating models needed to execute major strategic initiatives effectively.
• Drive continuous improvement of modeling processes, tools, templates, and data architecture to improve speed, accuracy, and transparency across the organization.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to associates and analysts supporting strategic work and business case development.
• Support departmental leadership with other activities related to the financials of current projects and strategic initiatives.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.