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At Cleco, we're not just powering lives-we're powering a cleaner, smarter future for Louisiana. With bold investments in innovative energy solutions, we're transforming how we power our communities: smarter, cleaner, and more sustainable. This is a long-term commitment to our people and our communities because our future-and the future of generations to come-depends on it. If you're ready to make an impact where it matters most, join us at Cleco-where we're Energizing Your Tomorrow.The Resource Planning Strategist leads development and evaluation of Cleco's resource portfolio strategy by building, coordinating, and stress-testing base case and alternative planning scenarios. This role integrates inputs across operations, transmission, fuels, markets, and corporate development to ensure portfolio options are feasible, aligned, and risk-informed. The Strategist ensures resource plans support load growth, regulatory requirements, and long-term system reliability while improving transparency, consistency, and speed of decision-making across the Resource Planning function.Key Responsibilities* Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, sense of belonging, customer service, and operational excellence.* Lead development and coordination of portfolio scenarios, including base case and sensitivities, to support IRP, regulatory filings, and strategic decisions.* Align cross-functional inputs (generation, transmission, fuels, markets, new customer loads) to ensure consistent assumptions and a single source of truth for planning.* Bridge near-term operational constraints with long-term planning to ensure portfolio options are feasible, operable, and compliant.* Quantify and communicate portfolio risks, including market, policy, accreditation, interconnection, fuel, and cost uncertainties.* Maintain and manage portfolio inputs, assumptions, and decision artifacts to enable consistent and transparent analysis.* Coordinate interconnection and deliverability strategy for new resources and large load additions, including queue risks and timing implications.* Evaluate emerging resource options and technologies to ensure assumptions reflect performance, siting, and system integration needs.* Track MISO market and policy developments and incorporate impacts into portfolio planning and scenario analysis.* Lead cross-functional planning efforts to align resource development with transmission strategy and project execution timelines.* Develop decision-ready materials linking scenario results to key drivers, risks, and tradeoffs for leadership and regulatory use.QualificationsRequired Education, Skills & Experience* Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Engineering, or related field* 5+ years experience in one or more energy utility areas including operations, project management, engineering, analytics, and/or ISO portfolio management* Ability to negotiate and influence with a consultative approach* Strong knowledge of leading practices for their practice area with preference for experience in resource planning, ISO market, portfolio management, portfolio analysis and/or production cost modeling* Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job* Experienced and knowledgeable Excel user* Capable of learning third party modeling software and developing internal tools within Resource Planning org* Demonstrated ability to communicate complex results to technical and non-technical audiences, including developing reporting and presentations for Sr. management* Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner* Progression to this level is strictly restricted based on critical individual capabilities and business requirements; must be supported by market survey dataKey CompetenciesBEHAVIORAL* Building Organizational Talent** Building Partnerships* Leading Teams* Business Acumen* Communication* Courage* Building Self-Insight* Building Talent** Driving for Results* Energizing the Organization* Driving Execution* Building Trusting Relationships* Driving Innovation* Planning and Organizing* Safety* Establishing Strategic DirectionTECHNICAL* Analytical skills, capable of risk analysis and quantifying scenarios supporting decisions and recommendations* ISO market function and design* Strategic planning within a regulated utility* Uses analytics tools (BI, statistical methods)May perform other duties as needed.Salary dependent on experience, skills, education, and training.