FSO - Insurance - Life & Group Transformation - Technology Consulting - Manager
About The Position
EY is seeking a Manager to join EY's Business Transformation & Growth (BTG) practice. This individual will lead client engagements, manage high-performing teams, drive business growth, and deliver large-scale business and technology transformation programs for leading life insurance, group benefits, and retirement providers. Our practice helps clients reimagine, modernize, and transform their operations, technology platforms, and customer experiences to create sustainable business value. As a Manager, you will serve as a trusted advisor to client executives, oversee complex transformation initiatives, develop talent, and help shape the growth and evolution of EY's insurance consulting practice. In return, you will have the opportunity to work with industry-leading organizations, lead strategic transformation programs, contribute to thought leadership, and help clients solve some of their most critical business and technology challenges across the insurance value chain.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 6-10+ years of relevant professional experience
- 5+ years of experience within Life, Annuity, or Group Benefits insurance
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale business and technology transformation programs
- Experience managing client relationships and leading cross-functional teams in complex delivery environments
- Experience with one or more policy administration platforms including FAST (Verisk), FINEOS AdminSuite, ALIP, OIPA, DXC wmA/CyberLife, EXL LifePro, or comparable modern PAS solutions
- Strong understanding of the Life & Annuity value chain, including product configuration, underwriting, policy administration, servicing, and claims
- Program management experience within onshore/offshore delivery models involving multiple vendors and stakeholders
- Experience overseeing platform configuration, integration, APIs, middleware, and data migration efforts
- Strong executive communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior business and technology leaders
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities
- Advanced proficiency with PowerPoint and Excel
- Strong experience working within Agile frameworks, including Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe practices.
- Willingness to travel up to 50% based on client needs
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field
- Experience serving as a Program Manager, Delivery Lead, Solution Delivery Manager, Release Train Engineer, or Platform Transformation Lead
- Experience with Agile and SAFe transformation programs
- Experience supporting business development, proposal management, and account growth activities
Responsibilities
- Lead large-scale platform transformation programs, ensuring delivery aligns with business objectives, architecture standards, and contractual commitments.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to client business and technology leaders, driving strategic outcomes and stakeholder alignment.
- Define delivery roadmaps, governance models, and execution strategies across complex workstreams.
- Oversee program scope, budget, risks, dependencies, resources, and overall delivery performance.
- Lead governance forums and drive collaboration across client, EY, and vendor teams to resolve complex business and technology challenges.
- Ensure delivery excellence through Agile, SAFe, DevOps, quality engineering, release management, and operational readiness practices.
- Drive adoption of AI-enabled solutions, automation, and data-driven insights to improve productivity, quality, decision-making, and business value.
- Monitor program health, compliance, security, and architecture standards while proactively addressing delivery risks and opportunities.
- Lead, coach, and mentor consulting teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Support performance management, career development, and talent growth for consultants and senior consultants.
- Build high-performing teams through effective resource planning, knowledge sharing, and leadership development.
- Support account growth through client relationship management, opportunity identification, and proposal development.
- Contribute to solution shaping, estimations, client presentations, and pursuit activities.
- Advance practice capabilities through thought leadership, innovation, AI adoption, and insurance transformation best practices.
- Stay current on emerging technologies and market trends to identify opportunities for client value creation and operational efficiency.
Benefits
- medical and dental coverage
- pension and 401(k) plans
- a wide range of paid time off options
- flexible vacation policy
- designated EY Paid Holidays
- Winter/Summer breaks
- Personal/Family Care
- other leaves of absence
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
