What are the responsibilities and job description for the Strategic Advisor position at Consumers Energy?
Consumers Energy is Michigan’s largest energy provider, providing natural gas and/or electricity to 6.8 million of the state’s 10 million residents in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties. Consumers Energy knows job number one is to keep the lights on for customers. We are committed to delivering reliable, clean, and affordable energy to our customers 24/7.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday assigned to the One Energy Plaza Headquarters located in Jackson, MI. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Strategic Advisor is a highly impactful role that serves as a trusted partner and force multiplier to the President of Electric Supply. This role ensures alignment, cohesion, and disciplined execution of Electric Supply priorities while connecting the business unit’s work to enterprise strategy, internal and external customer experience, operational excellence, customer affordability, reliability, safety, and the clean energy transition.
This role functions in a chief-of-staff capacity for the President of Electric Supply, helping the President focus on the highest-value priorities, strengthen leadership team alignment, and ensure disciplined follow-through across the business.
The Strategic Advisor enables high-impact decision-making, strengthens executive effectiveness, and improves cross-functional coordination by translating complex priorities into clear operating rhythms, measurable outcomes, executive-ready materials, and timely follow-through.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Execution 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.
Executive Advisory 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.
Governance & Operating Rhythm 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 visibilit y into risks, dependencies, and escalation items.
Leadership Team Effectiveness & Culture 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.
Executive Communications & Stakeholder Engagement 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.
Cross-Functional Integration 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.
What Success Looks Like
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capABLE, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.
This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship, e.g., H-1B, TN, etc. Please do not apply if you will need immigration sponsorship for a work visa now or in the future, including sponsorship for H-1B, TN, etc., now or in the future. We are unable to hire individuals with CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT for this position as the position is not eligible for participation in the H-1B lottery program and is not eligible for current or future immigration sponsorship for a work visa.
Location: This is a hybrid (virtual/onsite) position with required onsite days on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday assigned to the One Energy Plaza Headquarters located in Jackson, MI. The selected candidate must be within a commutable distance or willing to relocate (relocation package is available for those that qualify).
General Summary Of Job Responsibilities
The Strategic Advisor is a highly impactful role that serves as a trusted partner and force multiplier to the President of Electric Supply. This role ensures alignment, cohesion, and disciplined execution of Electric Supply priorities while connecting the business unit’s work to enterprise strategy, internal and external customer experience, operational excellence, customer affordability, reliability, safety, and the clean energy transition.
This role functions in a chief-of-staff capacity for the President of Electric Supply, helping the President focus on the highest-value priorities, strengthen leadership team alignment, and ensure disciplined follow-through across the business.
The Strategic Advisor enables high-impact decision-making, strengthens executive effectiveness, and improves cross-functional coordination by translating complex priorities into clear operating rhythms, measurable outcomes, executive-ready materials, and timely follow-through.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Execution 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.
Executive Advisory 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.
Governance & Operating Rhythm 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 visibilit y into risks, dependencies, and escalation items.
Leadership Team Effectiveness & Culture 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.
Executive Communications & Stakeholder Engagement 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.
Cross-Functional Integration 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.
What Success Looks Like
- 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
- 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
- Bachelor's degree in Business related field and 7 years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
- [OR] Associate's degree in Business related field and 9 years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
- [OR] High School diploma and 11 years of experience in strategic planning, communications, marketing and/or business.
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work. We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages. We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day. We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose: world class performance delivering hometown service.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k with company match
- Paid parental leave
- Up to 13 paid Holidays
- Paid time off
- Educational Assistance Program
We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don’t discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. Our Employee Resource Groups, Women in Energy (WE), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capABLE, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture: Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.
All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.