Work Place Flexibility: Onsite 

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC 

Position Summary / Purpose

Entergy is on an ambitious transformation—one that demands bold thinking, decisive action, and a relentless refusal to settle for the status quo. The Vice President of Performance & Transformation will play a pivotal role in accelerating this journey, inspiring teams to push boundaries, embrace innovation, and harness emerging technologies, including advanced AI tools, to unlock new levels of operational excellence.

This role partners closely with senior leaders and critical stakeholders to shape the strategic focus, engagement model, and enterprise-wide prioritization of transformation initiatives. The mission is clear: fuel urgency, spark innovation, simplify complexity, and champion a culture where continuous improvement is not merely encouraged—but expected.

This leader will drive governance of corrective action, human and organizational performance, centers of excellence, and enterprise transformation programs, ensuring each supports a future-focused, high‑performance culture.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop and monitor a dynamic execution strategy aligned with Entergy’s Path to Premier, cultivating a sense of urgency and forward momentum.
• Partner with operational leaders to uncover transformational opportunities, prioritize high‑value initiatives, and accelerate the deployment of innovative solutions.
• Build and maintain a high‑performing team with advanced skills in improvement methodologies, data-driven decision making, and cutting‑edge AI and automation tools.
• Continuously scan the external market for emerging frameworks, technologies, and methods that can elevate Entergy’s capabilities and competitiveness.
• Ensure consistent execution of transformational programs across all business units, scaling successes rapidly and reducing barriers to adoption.
• Provide senior leaders with clear insights on performance relative to industry benchmarks, empowering bold decisions and future-forward standard setting.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement through training, coaching, experimentation, and innovation.
• Develop, measure, and communicate results and success metrics with clarity, transparency, and an orientation toward action.

Minimum Requirements 

Minimum education required of the position 

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical or business-related field required or equivalent work experience.
• MBA preferred. 

Minimum experience required of the position 

• 15+ years of professional experience, including 10+ years in continuous improvement, operational excellence, or transformation leadership roles, and 10+ years of leading high-performing teams.

Skills/Behaviors

A visionary, growth‑minded leader who energizes others, inspires urgency, and accelerates progress. Demonstrated success in executing enterprise-wide strategies and mobilizing diverse teams around transformational goals. Strong ability to simplify the complex, communicate with influence, and galvanize alignment across stakeholders. Prefer experience in Lean, Six Sigma, and process improvement, combined with an innovative mindset that embraces AI technologies, automation, and data-enabled decision making. Thrives in ambiguity, builds trust through transparency, and consistently models a future‑oriented, innovation‑driven approach.

Core Competencies & Skills

• Competency — Skills
• Strategic Thinking — Communication
• Navigate Ambiguity — Team Building
• Influence — Vision Setting
• Stakeholder Management — Oversight
• Market Orientation
• Business Acumen
• External Networking
• Innovation & Emerging Technology Awareness
• AI Tools & Automation Proficiency
• Driving Urgency & Rapid Execution

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Primary Location: Louisiana-New Orleans Louisiana : New Orleans 
Job Function: Professional
FLSA Status: Professional 
Relocation Option: Level I
Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT 
Number of Openings: 1
Req ID: 122875
Travel Percentage:Up to 25%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets. Please click here to view the EEO page, or see statements below.

EEO Statement: The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

The Entergy System of Companies expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Entergy System of Company employees to perform their expected job duties is absolutely not tolerated.

Accessibility: Entergy provides reasonable accommodations for online applicants. Requests for a reasonable accommodation may be made orally or in writing by an applicant, employee, or third party on his or her behalf. If you are an individual with a disability and you are in need of an accommodation for the recruiting process please click here and provide your name, contact number, the accommodation requested and the requisition number that you are requesting the accommodation for. Employee Services will contact you regarding your request.

Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

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The non-confidential portions of the affirmative action program for individuals with disabilities and protected veterans shall be available for inspection upon request by any employee or applicant for employment.  Please contact HRCompliance@entergy.com to schedule a time to review the affirmative action plan during regular office hours.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.