Sr Advisor Enterprise Strategy and Insights

MISO; Carmel (IN); On-site; USD 148,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Vacation

Sick leave

Job summary

MISO, a leading electricity grid and energy market operator in the Central U.S., seeks an experienced leader to shape enterprise strategy and risk analytics. You will influence senior leadership, synthesize diverse processes, and deliver executive-level insights that align plans with performance and value realization.

The role requires deep strategic storytelling, strong analytical capabilities, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while coordinating across enterprise boundaries.

Qualifications

• 12-14+ years in enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Advise senior leaders and lead cross-functional work through influence.
• Synthesize ERM, governance, competitive intelligence, and performance management into executive insights.

Responsibilities

• Incorporate cross-enterprise perspectives into clear implications for MISO's corporate strategy.
• Partner with Corporate Planning to strengthen the development of MISO's corporate plan.
• Assess the corporate plan to highlight gaps, dependencies, and emerging risks.
• Engage senior leaders as a credible thought partner and surface alternative viewpoints.
• Influence across organizational boundaries while respecting accountability of owners and leaders.
• Translate complex information into concise diagnoses, executive narratives, and strategic choices.
• Connect corporate priorities to enterprise risks, performance measures, value propositions, and objectives.
• Refine enterprise strategic planning approaches and apply lenses to planning processes.
• Support executive and Board discussions with integrated assessments across perspectives.

Skills

Executive storytelling

Enterprise strategy experience

Analytical skills

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree (required)

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Prosci Change Pract

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Incorporate cross-enterprise perspectives, risk, value, performance, compliance, competitive insights, external trends into clear implications for MISO's corporate strategy.
• Partner closely with Corporate Planning to ensure enterprise-level insights strengthen the development and evolution of MISO's corporate plan.
• Assess the corporate plan holistically to highlight gaps, tensions, dependencies, emerging risks, and strategic opportunities.
• Engage senior leaders as a credible thought partner, constructively challenging assumptions and surfacing alternative viewpoints.
• Influence across organizational boundaries while honoring the accountability of functional owners and enterprise-process leaders.
• Translate complex and sometimes conflicting information into concise diagnoses, executive narratives, and strategic choices.
• Connect corporate-plan priorities to enterprise risks, performance measures, value propositions, and strategic objectives.
• Continuously refine approaches for applying enterprise strategic lenses to planning processes.
• Support executive and Board-level discussions with integrated assessments across enterprise perspectives.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• 12-14+ years of experience in enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience advising senior leaders and leading cross-functional work through influence rather than authority.
• Ability to synthesize multiple enterprise processes such as ERM, governance, competitive intelligence, performance management into executive-level insights.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort distinguishing signal from noise in complex information.
• Exceptional strategic storytelling and executive communication capabilities.
• Skilled in structured problem-solving, enterprise diagnosis, and scenario thinking.
• Ability to operate confidently in ambiguity and frame enterprise-level questions with clarity.
• Energy industry experience and relevant certifications (e.g., COSO, Prosci, Lean/Six Sigma) are pluses.

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $148,000-173,000 USD annually. Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, and qualifications/experience.

Position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met. At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401K available on your first day of employment.

Why This Role Matters

This position helps leadership see connections, tensions, risks, and opportunities that are not visible from any single functional viewpoint. You will influence strategic direction without owning the underlying processes, providing clarity, synthesis, and enterprise-level judgment that strengthens MISO's overall strategy and plan.

If you're energized by enterprise-level thinking, enjoy connecting dots across complex systems, and thrive through influence, we'd love to hear from you.

Appropriate level will be determined upon offer.

At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401K available on your first day of employment.

MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. Through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future - it's what our immensely talented and dedicated team does every day.

MISO, What We Do

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Qualifications

Education

• Masters (preferred)
• Bachelors (required)

Experience

• 12 - 14 years: enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines. (required)

Licenses & Certifications

• Prosci Cert Change Pract (preferred)
• Lean Six Sigma (preferred)

Equal Opportunity Employer

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