Energy & Utilities Executive Roles — oil, gas, power, renewables
More than 5,000 executive sources scanned daily — every senior role across oil and gas majors, integrated utilities, IPPs, renewables developers, and grid-edge platforms.
Tier breakdown
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Founder16
C-Suite93
VP10
Sr Director29
DirectorWhat this category covers
The Energy & Utilities industry spans the full energy sector: upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas; integrated investor-owned utilities (IOUs); independent power producers (IPPs); transmission and distribution operators; renewables developers (solar, wind, storage); and grid-edge / energy-software platforms.
Energy is heavily onsite. Executive remote policy in this industry skews ~65% onsite, 25% hybrid, 10% remote — much closer to industrial-manufacturing than technology. Plant operations, field operations, and regulated-utility headquarters anchor most senior roles to a specific location. The classifier surfaces remote-friendly seats explicitly so candidates can filter accurately.
Functions over-represented in Energy & Utilities: COO/Operations (plant and field ops), CTO/Engineering (engineering at IPPs, grid software at utilities, AI/ML at renewables), and CFO/Finance (regulated utility capital structure, project finance at renewables developers). Heavy in CXO and VP-tier seats; thinner at Director-tier than tech-heavy industries.
Sample Jobs (10 of 148)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Regional Vice President, Industry Expansion (Commercial and Mid-Market) Gong Lead and develop a team of Managers and Account Executives to expand business accounts and acquire new customers within various industries. VP | Chicago, New York City, Salt Lake City Hybrid |
| Senior Director of Technical Accounting Crusoe Lead technical accounting standards and financial reporting, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements. Sr Director | Denver, CO Onsite |
| Vice President, Operations Utilities Kingston The Vice President, Operations at Utilities Kingston provides leadership across operational areas, including water, wastewater, natural gas, electric, and broadband services. The role involves strategic planning, performance monitoring, and fostering collaboration. VP | Kingston, Ontario Onsite |
| Director, Government Relations Torngat Metals Ltd Lead and execute government engagement strategy across federal, provincial, and regional levels for Torngat Metals Ltd. VP | Montréal, QC Hybrid |
| Engineering BWRX-300 Systems & Design Executive Leader GE Vernova Lead engineering teams for BWRX-300 nuclear reactor projects, focusing on clean energy and advanced reactor technology. VP | Wilmington, NC and Atlanta, GA Onsite |
| Power Communications Leader GE Vernova The Power Communications Leader is responsible for developing and deploying the communications strategy for GE Vernova's Power Business, working closely with the CEO and leadership team. VP | Atlanta, GA; Cambridge, MA; Greenville, SC Unknown |
| Senior Director - Enterprise Risk Management GE Vernova The Senior Director will lead the transformation of the ERM function at GE Vernova, working with executive leadership to enhance the ERM framework and embed a risk-aware culture. Sr Director | Cambridge, MA and Atlanta, GA Onsite |
| AI Solutions Lead Tibber Drive execution within Tibber's AI program, embed in teams, identify AI opportunities, and deploy solutions. VP | Berlin, Stockholm Hybrid |
| Vice President of Business Development KoBold Metals Lead KoBold’s business development efforts to secure exploration rights and manage commercial relationships. Requires a BA/BS in relevant fields and 10+ years of experience. VP | North America, Europe, Africa Unknown |
| Head of New Business / Managing Director (WEEE) PanEuropean Investment Platform Lead M&A, platform build-ups, and recycling initiatives across WEEE, e-waste recycling, metals recovery, and related circular economy assets. Define and execute platform growth strategy across Spain. VP | Madrid, Spain Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
Energy & Utilities industry classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other industry, with energy-specific signals at the company-tagging stage:
- Company industry tagging. The company is identified via NAICS codes (211, 213, 221, 237 for energy infrastructure), regulatory filings (FERC, state PUC), and a curated allowlist of energy and utilities firms — including IOUs, IPPs, and large renewables developers.
- Sub-sector tagging. The classifier sub-tags O&G majors, IOUs, IPPs, renewables developers, and energy software separately — surfaced as filter facets in the inbox UI. A "VP Operations" at an IOU has different scope than a "VP Operations" at a renewables developer; sub-sector context is preserved through to the candidate.
- JD signals for boundary cases. GPT reads the job description for energy-specific signals (megawatts of capacity, well-count, transmission-line references, regulatory framework citations) when the company allowlist is ambiguous. Editorial review catches edge cases — particularly diversified industrial conglomerates with energy divisions. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
The classifier explicitly excludes from Energy & Utilities: pure carbon-credit traders (these are Climate & Sustainability), oilfield-services-only software companies (these are Technology), and water utilities classified separately.
How matching works for your search
Matching on Energy & Utilities is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select Energy & Utilities + COO/Operations and your inbox shows Operations executive roles at energy companies only — not every Energy role regardless of function, and not every COO role across the platform. You get the intersection.
Tier filtering works on top. If you want only Director-tier and above Energy roles — useful for tracking the promotion-feeder layer into VP — the seniority-tier setting does that cleanly. Or restrict to CXO-tier only for pure C-suite Energy seats. Each filter layer multiplies precision without requiring you to manually scan for noise.
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