Strategic Advisor

Consumers Energy•Jackson, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, serving 6.8 million residents across 68 Lower Peninsula counties. The company's primary focus is ensuring reliable, clean, and affordable energy delivery 24/7. This role is a hybrid position, requiring onsite work at the One Energy Plaza Headquarters in Jackson, MI, on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate, with relocation assistance available. This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. The Strategic Advisor is a critical role that acts as a trusted partner and force multiplier for the President of Electric Supply. The position ensures alignment, cohesion, and disciplined execution of Electric Supply priorities, connecting the business unit's work to enterprise strategy, customer experience, operational excellence, affordability, reliability, safety, and the clean energy transition. Functioning in a chief-of-staff capacity, the Strategic Advisor helps the President focus on high-value priorities, strengthens leadership team alignment, and ensures disciplined follow-through. The role facilitates high-impact decision-making, enhances executive effectiveness, and improves cross-functional coordination by translating complex priorities into clear operating rhythms, measurable outcomes, executive-ready materials, and timely follow-through.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business related field and 7+ years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
Associate's degree in Business related field and 9+ years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
High School diploma and 11+ years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
Electric Supply priorities are clearly connected to enterprise strategy, Chief Operating Officer priorities, and measurable business outcomes.
The President has a disciplined operating rhythm that improves focus, decision quality, follow-through, and proactive risk management.
Leadership forums have the right strategic conversations, decisions, and ownership.
Board of Directors, regulatory, and executive materials are clear, timely, accurate, and aligned to the broader Electric Supply narrative.
Cross-functional partners understand priorities, decision rights, owners, risks, and next steps.
Electric Supply leadership operates with stronger trust, accountability, collaboration, and execution discipline.
Safety, reliability, affordability, clean energy, and Integrated Resource Plan priorities are consistently reinforced in leadership actions, communications, and deliverables.
The President is well-prepared for high-stakes forums and able to engage with confidence, clarity, and enterprise perspective.
Work moves faster with fewer unresolved handoffs, clearer escalation paths, and better alignment across functions.

Responsibilities

Partner with the President of Electric Supply to translate enterprise and business unit strategy into clear priorities, operating plans, leadership actions, and measurable results.
Drive execution of critical objectives related to safety, reliability, affordability, clean energy transition, resource planning, asset performance, generation availability, and cost discipline.
Lead strategic initiatives, monitor progress, mitigate risks, remove barriers, and ensure accountability and timely delivery.
Serve as a trusted advisor to the President, providing guidance on priorities, stakeholder engagement, decision-making, change leadership, and sensitive business matters.
Enhance executive effectiveness with the CEO, COO, Board of Directors, regulators, peer leaders, and key stakeholders by preparing recommendations, challenging assumptions, clarifying trade-offs, and ensuring decision readiness.
Establish and manage effective operating cadences, including leadership meetings, staff councils, operating reviews, strategic forums, and priority reviews.
Drive disciplined execution through structured agendas, decision frameworks, action tracking, and visibility into risks, dependencies, and escalation items.
Strengthen leadership alignment and organizational effectiveness through strategic planning, talent discussions, and leadership forums.
Foster a high-performing culture built on trust, accountability, collaboration, inclusion, psychological safety, and enterprise-first thinking.
Partner with Human Resources on talent management, succession planning, leadership development, and culture initiatives, while influencing leaders through coaching, facilitation, and collaboration.
Develop and coordinate executive communications, including town halls, leadership messaging, Board presentations, strategic updates, and stakeholder communications.
Translate business strategy into clear, actionable messaging that reinforces priorities and maintains alignment during leadership transitions, major initiatives, and regulatory interactions.
Act as a central connector across Electric Supply, the COO organization, and enterprise partners.
Build alignment among Finance, HR, Regulatory, Legal, Strategy, Supply Chain, Communications, Digital, Lean, and Project Management teams.
Resolve cross-functional barriers, clarify ownership, and coordinate stakeholders to ensure successful execution of business priorities and enterprise commitments.