Strategic Business Manager – Energy Solutions

Job Description

Business Manager – Integrated Energy Systems

UL Solutions is seeking a Business Manager to join our Integrated Energy Systems team, one of the fastest-growing divisions within the organization. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive commercial and operational strategy, optimize business performance, and contribute to the advancement of energy solutions.

Location: Hybrid role, requiring three days per week in our Northbrook, IL; Melville, NY; or Fremont, CA offices.

This role is ideal for a results-oriented leader with a strong background in business management, strategy, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement commercial and operational strategies to drive both organic and inorganic growth, ensuring profitability and customer satisfaction through a deep understanding of market intelligence.
• Financial Management: Oversee P&L activities, budget development, and financial forecasting to meet revenue, profit, and enterprise value targets.
• Operational Efficiency: Manage costs, reporting, and workflow processes while providing strategic input on growth targets for customers and market segments.
• Revenue Oversight: Monitor revenue activities, including unbilled, aging, and inactive projects, ensuring a balanced demand and throughput.
• Capacity Planning: Implement resource strategies to align operational plans with customer needs, ensuring the right availability and skillset for project fulfillment.
• Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities, ensuring a strong pipeline of projects to meet financial goals.
• Customer Engagement: Build and maintain strong customer relationships through proactive market analysis, visits, and participation in industry events.
• Pricing & Service Optimization: Drive pricing, promotions, and service offerings to maximize profitability and market competitiveness.
• Investment Management: Oversee capital-intensive investments to meet long-term strategic goals and ensure timely delivery.
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team by fostering a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement.
• Change Management & Compliance: Promote a high-performance culture, drive transformation initiatives, and ensure compliance with company policies and industry regulations.
• Collaboration & Vision Alignment: Work cross-functionally to strengthen internal and external relationships, aligning with UL’s mission to deliver the highest quality and most customer-centric solutions.
  
  

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Energy Systems sector.
• At least 5 years of leadership experience, with a preference for candidates who have managed other leaders.
• Experience managing large capital expenditure (CapEx) projects involving multiple stakeholders is preferred.
• Strong business acumen with a proven ability to lead diverse teams, make strategic decisions, and understand how business choices impact overall results.
• Solid financial acumen, including a clear understanding of how business decisions influence metrics such as Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and Return on Investment (ROI).
• Skilled in performance management, including setting goals, addressing training needs, handling employee relations, and workforce planning.
• Ability to simplify complex concepts and present information in a clear, concise, and impactful manner.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial reports, data, market analyses, and legal documents.
• Experience working in diverse cultural environments and collaborating with global teams.
  
  

What we offer:

• Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $140,000-187,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
  
  

Learn More:

Curious? To learn more about us and the work we do, visit our company page www.UL.com

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

About The Team

We work at the center of safety and sustainability — we’re helping to tackle the worst aspects of the global climate crisis with projects in electrical infrastructure, renewable energy and electrified transportation. Whether we’re making sure electric vehicle batteries are safe or debating the impact of wind farms, we develop cutting-edge safety science. And we do it in some of the largest and best-equipped laboratories in the world. We’re always looking for people to help us explore, experiment and advance ideas that change the way the world works. Join our team and help create a cleaner, safer future for all.