About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire

• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan

• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire

• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays

• Paid parental leave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees. ​

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

Qualifications - Senior Strategist

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

Qualifications - Lead Strategist

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. 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 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.

Additional Information

Ameren’s 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:

* This pay range encompasses multiple levels of the role. Career level and compensation depends upon applicant’s 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:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.