Strategic Planner

Emerson

$48.08-72.12 /h

PAY RATE

Shakopee, MN

LOCATION

Job Description

As posted by the hiring company

Job Overview:

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.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Strategic Partnership & Executive Support

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.

Strategy, Planning & Decision Support

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.

AI-Enabled Planning & Process Design

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.

Who You Are:

A trusted thought partner to senior leaders — your instinct is to shape strategy, not just report on it. Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving new approaches in an environment that is still figuring out how AI fits in. Strong business judgment with the ability to synthesize across diverse inputs and make clear recommendations under uncertainty. Curious and pragmatic about applying AI to real business problems — without letting tools become the goal. Relationship-oriented: you build credibility quickly with senior leaders and earn the right to be in the room.

For This Role, You Will Need:

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

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

MBA completed or in progress

Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing and know that to do your best you must have flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide, a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, profit sharing retirement, tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture prioritizes work-life balance and offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

Our compensation philosophy is simple: we pay a competitive base salary, within the local market in which we operate, and reward performance during our annual merit review process. The starting salary for this role is $100,000-$150,000 annually, commensurate with the skills, talent, capabilities and experience each candidate brings to a role.

This position will be open for a minimum of 7 days from the day of the posting. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to receive optimal consideration. In compliance with the Colorado Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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