Group/Life Insurance Management Consulting Senior Manager

Accenture•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Accenture is hiring a Management Consulting Senior Manager to lead transformations for Life and Annuity or Group and Voluntary Benefits insurance carriers. The role integrates business strategy, operating models, digital core modernization, data, AI, organizational change, and delivery. Senior Managers direct multidisciplinary teams, resolve cross-workstream dependencies, and remain accountable for coherent solutions and successful execution. The role partners with senior carrier executives to shape transformation agendas, mobilize large-scale business and technology programs, and deliver measurable outcomes in areas including loss ratios, operational efficiency, growth, and the experiences of customers and distribution partners. The work may focus on Life and Annuity transformation, including policy administration, digital core modernization, and data foundations, or on Group and Voluntary Benefits opportunities such as underwriting, absence and disability claims, enrollment and onboarding, and data exchange across broker and employer ecosystems. Travel may be up to 80% based on client and project requirements.

Requirements

At least 10 years of management consulting, carrier, or business and technology transformation experience, including experience within Life Insurance or Annuities.
At least 5 years of experience leading complex enterprise transformation, modernization, or platform-enabled change programs.
At least 3 years of experience advising senior business and technology stakeholders and leading multidisciplinary teams.
Bachelor's degree.

Nice To Haves

For Life and Annuity candidates, deep knowledge of the Life and Annuity value chain across business and technology.
For Group and Voluntary Benefits candidates, knowledge and depth in case underwriting, absence management, disability, and voluntary claims.
1–3 years of experience with AI and underlying data products that drive value across the value chain, including industry challenges and value unlocked through new experiences, reinvented processes, and talent implications.
Knowledge of policy administration and digital core modernization, including workflow, data, integration, digital, risk, and change considerations.
Familiarity with Life and Annuity platforms such as ALIP, OIPA, Sapiens, FAST, Fadata, EIS, or Majesco, or comparable technologies.
For Group, familiarity with platforms such as EIS, FINEOS, Majesco, and Vitech, and rating platforms such as FJA and Global IQX.
Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.
Track record of leading large-scale transformation programs and multidisciplinary teams.
Commercial acumen demonstrated through solution shaping, proposals, and account growth.
Carrier background and relevant industry, agile, product, architecture, or cloud credentials.
For Group Benefits, understanding of synergies with brokers, benefits administration, and enrollment platforms.

Responsibilities

Partner with senior business and technology executives to define transformation objectives and priorities, concentrating on agentic patterns and enabling data.
Shape the transformation vision, value case, roadmap, governance, and mobilization approach.
Align business, operations, architecture, data, engineering, risk, change, and delivery teams.
Oversee operating model, workflow, digital core, data, and AI design.
Guide executive decisions by framing options, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs.
Establish clear decisions, owners, sequencing, measures, and value-realization plans.
Lead client relationships, solution shaping, proposals, and expansion opportunities.
Lead and develop cross-functional consulting teams while maintaining accountability for quality and client impact.