Strategic Planner

Emerson•Shakopee, MN

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

Emerson has an exciting opportunity for a Strategic Planner to join our organization in Shakopee, MN or Boulder, CO! The Strategic Planning Business Partner is an embedded business partner to the Business Group Leader, Business Unit Leader, and Measurement Solutions senior leadership — a trusted thought partner who proactively shapes strategy, accelerates decision quality, and helps leaders run a more effective management system. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, planning, and applied AI. This is a ~2-year career chapter designed to accelerate the development of high-potential individuals.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, or a related technical field
Five (5) or more years of relevant experience with a blend of technical and business roles
High-potential candidates without an MBA may be considered
Regional or global mobility is required

Nice To Haves

MBA completed or in progress

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted, embedded business partner to the BG, President, BU Leaders, and MSOL senior leaders — actively engaged in their management system.
Proactively identify strategic risks, opportunities, and second- or third-order implications — bringing independent perspective and judgment, not just synthesizing data.
Lead preparation and facilitation for board meetings, growth conferences, site reviews, leadership events, and other high-stakes strategic touchpoints.
Support development and execution of strategic initiatives — from ideation and framing through to execution and follow-through.
Serve as the strategic planning function’s connection between the BUs, World Areas, and MSOL — leveraging the VP, Strategy & Pricing Analytics to achieve goals while operating as an effective daily partner to the assigned leaders.
Run analyses, including scenario planning, providing executive-ready interpretation and framing to support 3–6% through-the-cycle growth.
Lead market research and analytical deep dives into growth areas, market opportunities, competitive dynamics, and strategic risks.
Support analysis, planning, and execution of growth workshops to drive strategic changes and subsequent follow-through.
Combine leadership insights and business judgment with AI-supported analyses to surface non-obvious implications and actionable recommendations.
Design and maintain AI-enabled workflows for strategy reviews, board preparation, leadership events, and recurring planning processes — creating capacity for strategic discussion in place of manual content assembly.
Build and steward models and prompts for growth forecasting, market research, competitive scanning, and risk identification, in partnership with the MSOL AI Capability Center.
Establish quality standards and evaluation frameworks to ensure AI-generated outputs meet or exceed leadership standards for accuracy, rigor, and insight.
Coach peers and stakeholders on effective and responsible use of AI in strategic work; maintain documentation of best practices and lessons learned.
Measure and communicate productivity and quality improvements resulting from AI-enabled workflows.