Board Relations Support
Intersect · Time, IL · 3 wk ago
Business DevelopmentFull-time
About the role
As part of Intersect's Board Relations team, you'll help drive some of the company's most visible and strategically important work. Partnering closely with senior leadership, the Advisory Board, and cross-functional stakeholders, you'll play a key role in ensuring critical business initiatives remain aligned, informed, and moving forward. You'll transform complex operational, financial, and technical information into clear, actionable insights that support executive decision-making and governance processes.
Responsibilities
- Enable Effective Advisory Board Engagement
- Develop, coordinate, and finalize materials for Advisory Board meetings and engagements.
- Establish and maintain a repeatable operating rhythm for board activities, including agendas, logistics, materials distribution, and follow-up actions.
- Draft responses to board inquiries and requests while coordinating input from technical, finance, operations, and leadership teams.
- Ensure all board-facing communications are accurate, thoughtful, and grounded in data.
- Drive Strategic Integration Execution
- Support key integration initiatives through project management, stakeholder coordination, and executive communications.
- Track progress across workstreams, identify risks and blockers, and provide leadership-ready status updates.
- Develop dashboards, trackers, templates, and reporting tools that improve visibility, accountability, and execution.
- Align internal and external stakeholders on timelines, deliverables, and operating processes.
- Create Executive-Level Communications
- Develop presentations, briefing materials, reports, and written communications for senior leadership audiences.
- Translate complex operational, financial, and technical information into clear, compelling narratives without sacrificing accuracy.
- Maintain a high standard of quality, structure, and visual clarity across all deliverables.
- Support data-driven decision-making through thoughtful analysis and concise recommendations.
- Lead Cross-Functional Strategic Initiatives
- Support governance, leadership, and strategic business requests as priorities evolve.
- Lead assigned projects and workstreams from planning through execution.
- Navigate ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving requirements while maintaining momentum and accountability.
- Handle sensitive business information with the highest level of discretion, professionalism, and judgment.
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messaging to executive, technical, and operational audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information and communicate nuanced insights with clarity and intellectual honesty.
- Strong project management capabilities, including managing multiple priorities and driving cross-functional alignment.
- Finance experience or strong financial literacy, including the ability to interpret financial statements, understand unit economics, and participate in data-driven business discussions.
- Technical fluency and comfort working with data, reporting tools, systems, and analytical platforms.
- Experience supporting executive communications, board governance, investor relations, corporate strategy, or other high-visibility initiatives.
- Exposure to large-scale integrations, corporate transformations, or complex matrixed organizations is a plus.
- Familiarity with energy markets, infrastructure, utilities, power, gas, or related industries is preferred.
- Advanced proficiency with Google Workspace and presentation development tools.
- Strong analytical thinking skills with the ability to connect data, insights, risks, and recommendations.
- Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence stakeholders across functions and levels without direct authority.
- Sound judgment, discretion, and professionalism when handling confidential or sensitive information.
- A proactive, organized, and highly accountable work style that drives work forward independently.
- A collaborative, low-ego approach that enables effective partnership across diverse teams and stakeholders.
- Comfort navigating organizational complexity while balancing both strategic and operational responsibilities.
- Adaptability and resilience in fast-paced environments with changing priorities and ambiguous challenges.
- Equity: Beyond your salary, you’ll receive an Equity Grant, giving you a meaningful stake in our parent company.
- Health & wellness: 100% premium coverage for you and your dependents on medical, dental, and vision.
- Time to recharge: Unlimited PTO, plus two company-wide breaks (Fourth of July & end of year).
- Family support: Up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, plus 6 additional weeks for birth parents; access to family planning and family care support through Carrot and Maven.
- Mental health: Free access to Spring Health, including 5 free therapy and psychiatry sessions, plus a Headspace account for mindfulness and meditation through our physical health vendor, Wellhub+
- Perks & extras: $150 monthly food stipend, $150 monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet, pet insurance allowance, full home office setup, free access to UrbanSitter with $625 in quarterly company-paid credits, ActiveHero, and One Medical.