Sr Advisor Enterprise Strategy and Insights

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO); Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 148,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Job summary

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) seeks an experienced strategist to help leadership see connections across enterprise perspectives and to influence the development of the corporate plan. You will synthesize risks, opportunities, and performance data to inform executive decisions and strategic direction.

This role emphasizes enterprise-level thinking, working through influence rather than direct control, and collaborating with senior leaders to strengthen MISO’s overall strategy.

Qualifications

• 12–14+ years of experience in enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines.
• Ability to synthesize multiple enterprise processes into executive-level insights.
• Exceptional strategic storytelling and executive communication capabilities.
• Structured problem-solving, enterprise diagnosis, and scenario thinking.

Responsibilities

• Incorporate cross-enterprise perspectives, risk, value, performance into clear implications for MISO’s corporate strategy.
• Partner with Corporate Planning to 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, challenging assumptions and surfacing alternative viewpoints.
• Translate complex information into concise diagnoses, executive narratives, and strategic choices.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

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.

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.

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 (https://vimeo.com/935124142/5c8d23402d)

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors or better

Preferred

• Masters or better

Licenses & Certifications

Preferred

• Prosci Cert Change Pract
• Lean Six Sigma

Experience

Required

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

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