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.
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Qualifications Education Required Bachelors or better. Preferred Masters or better. Experience Required enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines. Equal Opportunity EmployerThis employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- 12-14+ years of experience in enterprise strategy, risk, analytics, or related disciplines
- Experience advising senior leaders
- Experience leading cross-functional work through influence rather than authority
- Ability to synthesize enterprise risk management, governance, competitive intelligence, and performance management processes
- Strong analytical skills and ability to distinguish signal from noise in complex information
- Exceptional strategic storytelling and executive communication skills
- Structured problem-solving, enterprise diagnosis, and scenario-thinking skills
- Ability to operate confidently in ambiguity and frame enterprise-level questions clearly
- Master's degree
- Energy industry experience
- Relevant certifications such as COSO, Prosci, or Lean/Six Sigma
What We Do
Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is an independent, not-for-profit organization that delivers safe, cost-effective electric power across 15 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Manitoba. MISO is committed to the reliable, non-discriminatory operation of the bulk power transmission system and collaborating with all stakeholders to create cost-effective and innovative solutions for our changing industry. MISO operates one of the world’s largest energy markets with approximately $22 billion in annual gross market energy transactions.
