Director, Personal Insurance Strategic Initiatives
$143,200–$214,800 year
HybridHartford, Connecticut, United States
Job Summary
Serve as the strategic analytical engine for the Senior Leadership team, synthesizing external market trends, emerging threats, and customer insights to maintain an evergreen point of view on key strategic hypotheses. Partner with cross-functional groups to develop long-term strategic plays that position the business to win in the future marketplace, while conducting urgent assessments including SWOT analyses and trend implications. Collaborate with the Head of PI Strategy and Senior Leadership Team to translate these insights into actionable innovation ideas, drive outsized growth, and communicate the PI strategy to the Executive Leadership team and the Board of Directors. This role is based in the Hartford, CT Home Office with a 3-day hybrid schedule.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in strategy/market research/innovation roles at a P&C carrier or financial institution
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to translate complex data into actionable insights, backed by fluency in operational and financial performance analysis
- Deep intellectual curiosity and unconstrained mindset
- Experience with hypothesis-driven market and competitive trends research that drives to specific strategic insights and recommendations
- Proven ability to build relationships and influence across a matrixed organization, becoming a trusted thought partner to senior leadership
- Skilled storyteller able to synthesize a large volume of information and articulate complex ideas in a clear, concise, and compelling deliverables tailored to a variety of audiences, including the Senior Leadership team and Board of Directors
- Self-starter comfortable working in a small, agile, and highly matrixed team
- Expert in PowerPoint and Excel
- Experienced with MS Co-Pilot or similar GenAI tools
- This role is based in our Hartford, CT Home Office with a 3 day hybrid schedule
Desired Qualifications
- Strong understanding of core business value drivers
- Fluency in customer, operational, and financial performance analysis
- The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong insurance or financial services business acumen, exceptional communication skills, and a collaborative, customer-first mindset
- The Director will analyze market and competitive research, external listening posts, and emerging trends to develop a clear point of view on potential business and strategic implications
- This will require a strong understanding of core business value drivers and fluency in customer, operational, and financial performance analysis
- The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with strong insurance or financial services business acumen, exceptional communication skills, and a collaborative, customer-first mindset
- The Director will bring innovative thinking and have the curiosity to solve business problems and continuously improve and drive enhanced outcomes with business partners
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