Senior/Lead Strategist

Ameren•Saint Louis, MO

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Strategist will support developing, measuring and executing the Digital strategy, aligned to specific Digital teams. The role will support the Senior Manager, Digital Strategy, and Digital senior leadership aligned to the assigned Digital area to support defining strategic initiatives and updating Digital long-term strategies and operational plans. In addition, the role will support measurement of the Digital strategy through tracking of the Digital scorecards. Key responsibilities include: Support the design & development of the Digital strategy for specific Digital teams that ties to business line strategic initiatives and objectives through understanding of key business priorities, changes in technology and best practices in the power and utility industry and at other leading companies Build and maintain strong relationships with Digital and business senior leadership, working directly with Digital Senior Directors to build, execute, measure, adapt and learn the strategy and Digital investments needed to support the business line's key priorities. Assist with quarterly and annual refreshes of the one year and long-term (five year) Digital strategic planning process. Support the 5 year-4 quarter-3 month plans for the role's assigned Digital areas, including identifying key milestones and deliverables Assist in designing, developing and communicating metrics in the Digital cascading scorecards (tied to the Digital strategy) that measures success in assigned Digital area's strategic high-level objectives Lead the development of presentations to communicate the Digital strategy and execution progress to various stakeholders by translating Digital efforts into meaningful business-outcomes Work closely with overall Digital Strategy, Capital Planning, and Digital Program, Portfolio & Project Management Office to plan and analyze strategic investment costs and value, supporting value tracking/realization

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University is required and five or more years of professional experience in general business, strategic planning, operations, business development, etc; or advanced degree with three or more years of professional experience.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited University is required, and seven or more years of professional experience in general business, strategic planning, finance, business development, etc.; or advanced degree with five or more years of professional-level experience.
Learning and adapting quickly to new technologies in a challenging environment.
Excellent interpersonal communications skills; able to effectively communicate and build relationships with stakeholders, process teams, leadership, and third parties.
Ability to prioritize, schedule and complete tasks for multiple projects with overlapping schedules.
Outstanding problem solving skills, as well as able to work through others to solve problems both inside and "outside" the box.
Self-starter, comfortable working in a busy and dynamic environment with competing priorities.
Proactive, persistent and dependable.
Excellent time management skills.
Strong work ethic.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cross functional teams without direct line reporting relationships preferred.
Experience with strategy, business plans and/or scorecards preferred.

Responsibilities

Support the design & development of the Digital strategy for specific Digital teams that ties to business line strategic initiatives and objectives through understanding of key business priorities, changes in technology and best practices in the power and utility industry and at other leading companies
Build and maintain strong relationships with Digital and business senior leadership, working directly with Digital Senior Directors to build, execute, measure, adapt and learn the strategy and Digital investments needed to support the business line's key priorities.
Assist with quarterly and annual refreshes of the one year and long-term (five year) Digital strategic planning process.
Support the 5 year-4 quarter-3 month plans for the role's assigned Digital areas, including identifying key milestones and deliverables
Assist in designing, developing and communicating metrics in the Digital cascading scorecards (tied to the Digital strategy) that measures success in assigned Digital area's strategic high-level objectives
Lead the development of presentations to communicate the Digital strategy and execution progress to various stakeholders by translating Digital efforts into meaningful business-outcomes
Work closely with overall Digital Strategy, Capital Planning, and Digital Program, Portfolio & Project Management Office to plan and analyze strategic investment costs and value, supporting value tracking/realization