Market and Competitive Insights Consultant

MassMutual • Boston, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Market and Competitive Insights Consultant develops enterprise-level perspectives on the competitive environment and translates complex market and product dynamics into clear, decision-ready narratives. The role synthesizes insights across sources to help leaders assess competitive positioning, emerging risks, and opportunities. It partners closely with Product, Distribution, and Corporate Strategy, and integrates with Market Insights functional leadership.

Strategic Intelligence sits within Corporate Strategy and the CFO organization. It identifies and interprets emerging industry, market, and competitive trends, translating them into enterprise perspectives that shape strategy. Its Competitive, Market, and Consumer Insights pillars work together to build a holistic view of the external environment and its business implications.

The consultant develops perspectives and recurring insights for senior leadership, interprets trends and anticipates changes in the competitive environment, and presents well-supported findings that influence discussion and decisions. The role also uses industry and internal data, applies AI tools to scale research, and supports strategic partnerships through competitive profiles, opportunity analysis, briefing content, and coordination with external parties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 2 years of relevant experience, including internships, in corporate or business strategy, insights, market research, equity research, consulting, or similar fields; alternatively, at least 1 year of relevant experience with a graduate degree.

Nice To Haves

• At least 4 years of relevant experience.
• Background in insurance, financial services, or advising financial services clients.
• Graduate degree or professional designation relevant to the role.
• Ability to turn complex, ambiguous analysis into a clear point of view and a narrative that resonates with senior executives.
• Ability to introduce additional perspectives and help shape discussions constructively.
• Working knowledge of life insurance, annuity, or retirement products, or willingness to build depth quickly.
• Familiarity with industry data sources such as LIMRA, AM Best, and S&P, and with reporting practices.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools for market and competitive research.
• Strong analytical skills and sound business judgment, including the ability to synthesize disparate inputs into coherent perspectives and identify strategic implications.
• Strong ownership mentality and ability to work independently, run recurring processes reliably, and drive high-impact workstreams.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to build strong working relationships across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop a cohesive view of the competitive landscape and its strategic implications.
• Tailor narratives to the decisions senior stakeholders make.
• Create actionable outputs that inform and influence decisions.
• Produce recurring market and competitive insights for senior leadership.
• Identify patterns and trends across competitor activity, market developments, and industry shifts.
• Broaden leadership understanding of opportunities, risks, and strategic choices.
• Lead forward-looking analyses to anticipate changes in the competitive environment.
• Work with experts to make technical concepts accessible to a business audience.
• Contribute clear, well-supported perspectives to leadership discussions.
• Communicate findings in a way that builds trust and advances discussion.
• Build strong relationships across Product, Distribution, and Corporate Strategy.
• Use industry data sources and internal datasets, ensuring analytical rigor supports narratives and recommendations.
• Collaborate with partners to maintain access to key data and insights.
• Apply AI tools to scale market and competitor tracking.
• Build and maintain competitive profiles of key accounts and strategic partners.
• Identify areas of strategic alignment or opportunity for prospective partnerships.
• Prepare briefing content and coordinate interactions with external parties.

Benefits

• Incentive and bonus opportunities for employees.
• Learning, development, and internal networks that support continuous growth and skill-building.
• Employee-led communities and forums that foster connection, learning, and inclusion.
• Industry-leading pay and benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level