Strategic Advisor

Williams-Sonoma; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work for most office roles

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Williams Companies is seeking a Strategic Advisor in Houston to partner with senior leaders, translate complex challenges into actionable insights, and drive enterprise initiatives. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, execution, and analytics, delivering governance and measurable impact across functional priorities.

You will lead cross-functional initiatives, enable prioritization, and create executive-ready communications to guide decision-making and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, MIS or related field; ten+ years of progressive leadership/strategy experience.
• Master's degree with 15 years of Project Management/Transformation/Strategy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing decision support and recommendations grounded in analysis.
• Partners with leaders to define, prioritize, and align initiatives with enterprise strategy and business objectives.
• Leads cross-functional initiatives end-to-end; manages risks, dependencies, and delivery against objectives, timelines, and metrics.
• Delivers executive-ready communications; facilitates leadership briefings and decision-making forums with executive presence.
• Evaluates current-state processes to identify opportunities for increased effectiveness and value delivery.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive partnering

Data-driven decision support

KPI dashboards

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Engineering/MIS

Master's degree in Business/Finance/Engineering/MIS

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

At Williams, we're powering a cleaner, more connected future, and that starts with you. Here, your work fuels communities, drives innovation, and helps deliver reliable energy the world depends on. Join a Fortune 500 team that invests in your growth, values your contributions, and challenges you to make a lasting impact every day.

The Strategic Advisor serves as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to senior leadership, enabling effective decision-making and driving the successful execution of enterprise and functional priorities. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and analytics-translating complex business challenges into actionable insights and ensuring initiatives are aligned, governed, and delivered with measurable impact. Making and driving successful execution of enterprise and functional priorities.

As a trusted partner to executives, the Strategic Advisor leads complex, cross functional initiatives, enables prioritization and performance management, and delivers executiveready communications that inform direction, mitigate risk, and advance organizational objectives.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Serves as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to senior leaders, providing decision support and recommendations grounded in rigorous qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Partners with leaders to define, prioritize, and align functional and cross-functional initiatives with enterprise strategy and business objectives
• Leads complex, cross-functional initiatives end-to-end, driving stakeholder alignment, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring delivery against defined objectives, timelines, and success metrics
• Develops and delivers executive-ready communications, translating complex information into clear, compelling narratives and visualizations; facilitate leadership briefings and decision-making forums with confidence and executive presence
• Evaluates current-state processes and ways of working to identify opportunities for increased effectiveness, efficiency, and value delivery, supporting continuous improvement and change initiatives
• Identifies risks, opportunities, and improvement areas that enhance leadership effectiveness, operational performance, and strategic execution
• Defines, tracks, and reports on key performance indicators (KPIs) by building and maintaining dashboards, reports, and analytical models that provide leaders with visibility into performance, trends, risks, and opportunities
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, MIS, or a related field and ten (10) years of progressive experience in leadership, operations, or strategic roles, including formal management experience
• Preferred: Master's degree in Business, Finance, Engineering, MIS or a related field and (15) fifteen years of Project Management, Business Transformation, Strategy/Consulting Process Improvement experience

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills
• Travel up to 50%

Why Houston?

Big career opportunities in one of the world's energy capitals, endless food spots and a diverse vibe-all without paying NYC or LA prices. Work hard, live better. Check out Houston.org to learn more.

We invest in our people in ways that actually show up in your day-to-day, not just on paper. Our Total Rewards are built to support how you work, live, and plan for what's next.

Here’s a look at what that means:

• Strong pay plus an annual incentive program
• Hybrid work for most office roles, plus real flexibility in many field positions
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with options that fit your life, not the other way around
• 401(k) with company match and an annual company contribution
• Paid time off, including company and floating holidays
• Paid parental leave (up to six weeks per parent), plus fertility and adoption support
• Advanced AI tools and resources to help level up and work smarterClear paths to grow your career, with a strong culture of promoting from within
• Tuition reimbursement and support for continuing education
• HSA and FSA options
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Domestic partner benefits
• Employee resource groups, wellness support, paid volunteer time, and company matching for causes you care about

Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.

For more information, please visit Total Rewards | Williams Companies .

Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, di