About The Position
The Senior Strategist will support developing, measuring, and executing Ameren's corporate strategy and business segment functional plans. The role will support executive and senior leadership to support both strategy development and strategic planning, including defining strategic initiatives and updating long-term strategies and business plans. In addition, the role will support measurement of the strategy through management of scorecards and analysis of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop and refresh the corporate strategy and business segment functional plans by evaluating internal performance, external trends, future uncertainties, peer and cross-industry leading practices, and emerging opportunities to identify strategic choices, priorities, and actions that support Ameren's long-term success. Facilitate strategic planning processes, including annual and long-term plan refreshes, scenario planning, business assessments, leadership workshops, and prioritization activities that translate strategy into actionable roadmaps
- Partner with senior leaders to align on strategic objectives, evaluate strategic tradeoffs, assess progress, and recommend adjustments to priorities and investments in response to changing business conditions
- Design, develop and communicate strategic performance measures, targets, and insights that assess progress toward strategic objectives and inform leadership decision-making
- Develop strategic analyses, recommendations, and executive-level materials to support leadership decision-making, Board discussions, and other ad hoc strategic initiatives and enterprise priorities
- Lead the development of presentations, reports, and communications that translate strategy, execution progress, and performance results into meaningful business insights for stakeholders
- Collaborate with Strategy, Business Planning, Risk Management, Finance, and Analytics teams to align strategic priorities, planning assumptions, and investment decisions across the enterprise
Qualifications - Senior StrategistBachelor6s 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.. Experience leading cross functional teams without direct line reporting relationships preferred. Experience with strategy, business plans and/or scorecards preferred.
Qualifications - Lead StrategistBachelor6s 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. Experience leading cross functional teams without direct line reporting relationships preferred. Experience with strategy, business plans and/or scorecards preferred.
In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate will demonstrate:
- Learning and adapting quickly in a challenging environment.
- Excellent team, program and project management skills.
- 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.
- Excellent facilitation skills for working with both internal and external parties.
- 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.
Additional InformationAmeren6s selection process includes a series of interviews and may include candidate testing and/or an individual aptitude or skill-based assessment. Specific details will be provided to qualified candidates.
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Compensation Range:
$105,100.00 - $204,400.00
* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant6s credentials.
At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.
If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date:
Thursday October 22, 2026
