Strategy Manager Chief of Staff

Do you want to help shape how a leading global infrastructure manager is runwhile accelerating the energy transition at scale This role sits at the intersection of strategy private equity and execution with direct exposure to CIPs top management and decision-making forums. If you are a high-performing impact-driven generalist who thrives in a high-pace environment Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Strategy Team offers a rare opportunity to drive meaningful outcomes and build a long-term career platform.

About CIP Building Value that Matters:

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is the worlds largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments having raised EUR 37bn across 14 funds and 200 institutional investors since the firm was established in 2012. Today CIP employs 500 people across 10 offices globally and practices a diversified investment focus covering offshore and onshore wind solar power-to-x advanced bioenergy transmission distribution and storage - globally and across equity as well as debt strategies.

By 2030 CIP will have further accelerated its role in the global energy transition with a target to surpass EUR 100bn in funds raised. This will enable CIP to address 1% of the worlds required GHG reduction by 2030 (13 gigaton) to be on track for Net-Zero in 2050 and hence address the climate emergency at a scale that truly matters. For more information visit .

The Strategy Team and the role

The Strategy department reports directly to CIPs CIO Mads Skovsgaard Andersen and works closely with CIPs Executive Committee Board and original founders. Established four years ago the department has gained strong momentum with increasing responsibilities. As CIP continues to scale its global platform we are now looking to further strengthen the team.

Today the team consists of a Director of Strategy 8 Strategy team members and an Analyst. Hence a potential candidate would become part of a 9-person team. The Strategy Team is highly driven and international with backgrounds from management consulting private equity investment banking venture capital and renewables. Becoming part of the Strategy Team means joining a tight-knit team that balances a focus on being ambitious and creating impact while creating a genuinely fun supportive and social work environment.

In close collaboration with CIPs top management the Strategy Team is responsible for formulating and orchestrating the execution of CIPs Corporate Strategy and the departments focus is based on a continuous and dynamic evaluation of the most critical strategy projects to realize CIPs 2030 EUR 100bn ambition. The Strategy unit works on these projects either in teams (i.e. in subsets of the Strategy Team) or individually but most-often together with stakeholders from across the CIP organization and often accompanied by external advisors.

From Strategy Manager to Chief of Staff

This position is designed as an accelerated two-phase development track. You will start as a Strategy Manager in the Strategy Team and after 68 months transition into a Chief of Staff role for CIPs Executive Committee (ExCom). As Chief of Staff you will work closely with CIPs CIO COO and Head of IR to shape the ExCom agenda and operating cadence drive follow-up on top priorities and help translate strategic decisions into clear actions and measurable progress. You will also work closely with the Director of Strategy on a day-to-day basis. The role offers rare first-hand exposure to how a leading global infrastructure manager is operatedbuilding a strong platform for long-term career development at CIP and beyond.

The main objectives of the Strategy Team are to:

Drive the development of CIPs Corporate Strategy together with CIP ExCom and Board Own select strategic projects often subsets of (1) incl. e.g. evaluating; product/investment avenues to pursue positioning towards investors and competitors or how to build a scalable company Support on strategic fundraising topics e.g. evaluating; CIPs fundraising roadmap towards 2030 or how to untap growth from non-institutional customer segments Deliver select Chief of Staff support to CIPs Founders and ExCom (e.g. owning and developing material for select Board and Management meetings and designing workshops/offsites with the Partner group)

Working directly with senior management the Strategy department sits at the heart of CIP and provides an opportunity to meaningfully influence the firms direction and execution. You will gain exposure to ExCom and Board-level priorities build a deep internal network across investment asset management operations and investor relations and develop the toolkit to drive complex cross-functional change. Combined this creates a strong platform and career optionality for future roles across CIP.

Areas of responsibility (shared with team):

• Chief of Staff / ExCom Office: drive executive prioritization decision support and follow-through for CIPs top leadership
• Scope and drive / project manage major strategic projects and initiatives
• Develop corporate strategy and end-to-end strategic planning process
• Plan and execute quantitative and qualitative analyses
• Contribute to a positive driven supportive and fun team environment

Criteria / required skills for success in the role:

• Demonstrated ability to build trust with senior executives and act as a credible sparring partner with sound judgment
• High level of discretion and integritycomfortable handling sensitive topics and information
• Strong ability to influence without formal authority and create alignment across diverse senior stakeholders
• Highly structured and execution-orientedable to run an operating rhythm (priorities meeting cadence follow-ups) and ensure decisions translate into action
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills including ability to think creatively and develop out of the box frameworks / solutions
• Ability to create and deliver influential communication with clarity confidence and enthusiasm including to top executives and senior leadership
• Ability to handle / coordinate key internal stakeholders
• Able to convert strategic analyses into executable recommendations
• Proactive and able to actively seek input and take initiative without hesitation
• Able to work well both independently and in a team environment
• Positive mindset with an ability to inspire those around them

Ideal experience and about you:

• Solid experience analyzing strategic issues e.g. from 4-6 years in a leading management consultancy an in-house strategy team or similar complex and international environment
• Ideally experience within the private equity industry and energy infrastructure or a strong fundamental desire to build a career within this intersection (the Team appreciates motivated and driven learners)
• Project management experience is advantageous (an ability to structure and plan projects is a pre-requisite)
• Strong understanding of the strategic planning process and an analytical toolbox including both qualitative and quantitative analysis skills

The process

Please apply online as soon as possible as applications will be processed on an ongoing basis. For questions related to the role please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team at . We do not include CVs and Cover Letters sent by email.

As we continue to improve our candidate experience diversity and avoid unconscious bias please avoid having a photo in your CV. We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality for all applicants.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations and ownership.

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Building value that matters
Founded in 2012 Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the worlds largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. To date CIP has developed and constructed more than 50 greenfield renewable projects around the world. CIP is developing a greenfield project portfolio of 160GW total and 16 GW is in operation or under construction. CIP manages 13 funds and has to date raised approximately EUR 35 billion for investments in energy and associated infrastructure from more than 200 international institutional investors.

CIP has a multinational team of 500 full-time employees with extensive experience and knowledge within the fields of renewable energy project development and regulated addition CIP has a broad range of competencies within corporate finance mergers & acquisitions engineering construction project development and project management.

CIP has built a prominent investment team capable of originating proprietary investment opportunities and executing projects and investments based on the teams industrial background large industrial network and extensive experience in structuring executing and managing investments within energy infrastructure. Headquartered in Copenhagen CIP also operates from key locations across the globe including offices in Hamburg Munich London Utrecht New York Tokyo Melbourne Luxembourg Kuala Lumpur Seoul and addition CIP has 17 local project offices globally.

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