Principal Strategic Advisory

Northwestern Mutual • Milwaukee, WI

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About The Position

The goal of the Strategic Advisory team is to provide management and strategy consulting services with internal resources who have aligned incentives . This role is responsible for providing advanced quantitative analysis capabilities for multiple engagements across the team and ensuring delivery standards are met. This role is also responsible for analyzing corporate-wide data to identify strategic opportunities across Northwestern Mutual.

Requirements

• Minimum of 1 5 years business leadership and/or consulting experience
• Minimum of 7 years of people management experience.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership in a data role or organization
• Proven leadership skills working with diverse teams.
• Superior management, human relations, and interpersonal skills to lead groups of people.
• Strong organizational skills; able to handle competing demands, and work under tight deadlines and short timeframes
• Demonstrated organizational agility to work across organizational boundaries, influence, and collaborate with all levels on solutions that benefit the organization.
• Proven skills in dealing with ambiguity and paradox, and leading change.
• Facilitation and team building skills; ability to play an active, operational and communicative role.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic and analytical frameworks for the Strategic Advisory function
• Work hands-on with Strategic Advisory team members to implement data-driven approaches
• Ensure consistency in delivery across projects
• Lead analysis of processes and operating models across Northwestern Mutual to identify top priorities for Strategic Advisory work
• Partner with client leadership to identify opportunities and scope engagements
• Provide guidance and advice to prioritize top opportunities in different business functions based on value and impact
• Provide guidance and advice for stakeholders to h elp translate OKR and API targets into actionable, strategic roadmaps
• Coordinates requests for information from stakeholders and prepares reports and presentations in response.
• Exhibits expert level and business acumen to solve unique, complex problems across multiple functions with a broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Participates in regular department / function leadership meetings to ensure delivery and execution is aligned with Strategic Advisory function

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees