A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading organizations across industries, helping them tackle complex strategic, operational, and infrastructure challenges. As part of our Enterprise Strategy team, you’ll support federal organizations in advancing critical energy resilience and infrastructure initiatives, helping guide projects from early-stage planning through approvals, acquisition support, financing, and implementation. With support from our strategic partners and robust IBM technology, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your role and responsibilities
As an Enterprise Strategy Consultant focused on Energy Project Development , you will help federal energy organizations develop and deliver some of their most complex and impactful energy resilience and infrastructure initiatives. You will support projects from early-stage planning through execution, conducting strategic analysis, coordinating diverse stakeholder groups, and helping clients navigate project development, approvals, acquisition activities, and financing considerations. Combining the analytical rigor of Enterprise Strategy with real-world project development responsibilities, you will work with government leaders and industry partners to transform ideas into actionable solutions that enhance resilience, strengthen critical infrastructure, and advance strategic mission objectives.Your primary responsibilities:
Lead Energy Project Development
Support the development of large-scale energy resilience and infrastructure projects by managing key phases of the project lifecycle, including project scoping, site selection, project approvals, acquisition support, and project financing strategies.
Conduct Industry and Market Research
Research emerging energy technologies, infrastructure trends, regulatory considerations, financing mechanisms, and industry best practices that influence the future of energy resilience and security.
Gather, Analyze, and Synthesize Data
Collect and evaluate operational, financial, technical, and market data to assess project feasibility, identify risks and opportunities, and support strategic recommendations that advance project objectives.
Coordinate Complex Stakeholder Engagements
Collaborate with federal agencies, installation stakeholders, utilities, developers, financiers, and industry partners to drive alignment, navigate approvals, and resolve challenges affecting project delivery.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Experience supporting Department of War (DoW) Civil Engineering, Energy, Facilities Management, infrastructure, or installation resilience programs , with a strong understanding of federal planning, programming, construction, facilities, and mission support environments. Experience working with military installations, engineering organizations, or infrastructure programs is highly desired.
Project Development and Delivery Expertise: Experience managing or supporting large-scale infrastructure, energy, facilities, engineering, construction, or capital improvement projects throughout the project lifecycle, including project scoping, requirements definition, site assessments, stakeholder coordination, approvals, project execution, and risk management.
Strategic Analysis and Decision Support: Experience conducting business, operational, engineering, market, policy, or technology research and analysis; gathering and synthesizing technical, financial, and operational data; and developing recommendations that support strategic planning and investment decisions.
Business Case, Economic, and Value Analysis: Experience developing project justifications, economic analyses, cost estimates, return-on-investment assessments, life-cycle cost analyses, business cases, or investment recommendations supporting infrastructure, facilities, energy, or capital asset decisions.
Stakeholder Management and Executive Communications: Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders while preparing executive briefings, decision papers, project updates, approval packages, and client-facing recommendations.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Professional Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Energy Management, or a related field, with significant experience supporting federal energy, civil engineering, facilities, infrastructure, resilience, or program management initiatives. PMP certification and experience leading complex programs or project portfolios are a plus.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
Job Title
Date posted
29-Sep-2026
Job ID
City / Township / Village
WASHINGTON
State / Province
District of Columbia
Country
United States
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Project Management
Employment type
Regular
Contract type
Regular
Projected Minimum Salary per year
148,720.00
Projected Maximum Salary per year
223,080.00
Position type
Professional
Some travel may be required based on business demand
Company
(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Shift
General (daytime)
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