Senior Business Strategy Consultant - Group Insurance
About The Position
The Senior Business Strategy Consultant in Securian Financial’s Employee Benefit Solutions team advances group insurance business strategy by identifying emerging market opportunities, translating insights into strategic recommendations, and leading cross-functional initiatives that support growth and competitive differentiation. The role serves as a strategic thought partner to business leaders, maintaining an active view of market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, technology disruption, and industry developments. It connects these insights to business strategy, identifies implications and opportunities, and helps mobilize initiatives from exploration through execution. The position is open to local and remote candidates. Associates within a 90-minute commute of the St. Paul Home Office work from the office three or more days each week under the hybrid model; candidates outside a commutable distance may be eligible to work virtually. The internal title is Business Development Sr. Consultant.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated ability to lead strategic projects involving ambiguity and multiple stakeholders.
- Experience conducting market, competitive, customer, and financial analysis.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills that can be tailored to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
- Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
- Five or more years of experience in strategy, business development, program management, or a related field within the group insurance industry.
- Experience with large employee benefits programs.
- Experience leading initiatives and creating clarity and momentum across complex initiatives without direct authority over participating teams.
- Learning agility and curiosity, including developing expertise in unfamiliar topics and actively exploring emerging opportunities.
- Experience coordinating complex processes across teams and disciplines to deliver shared customer outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Monitor market, customer, competitive, technology, regulatory, and industry trends and assess their implications for the business.
- Identify and explore new growth opportunities, partnerships, capabilities, and areas for differentiation.
- Lead strategic analysis and develop recommendations, business cases, scenarios, and executive decision materials.
- Lead high-priority cross-functional strategic initiatives from initial exploration through recommendations and execution planning.
- Evaluate competitive activity, including investments, acquisitions, partnerships, products, technology, and distribution strategies.
- Develop and test strategic hypotheses and challenge existing business assumptions.
- Translate complex information into clear insights, choices, implications, and recommendations for senior leaders.
- Partner across Product, Distribution, Finance, Operations, Technology, Marketing, and other functions to advance strategic priorities.
- Maintain a pipeline of emerging opportunities and strategic questions requiring further exploration.
- Measure progress against strategic priorities and identify where strategy or execution may need to adapt.
Benefits
- Paid time off, with additional PTO based on length of service.
- Flexible leave programs for parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
- Nine company-paid holidays.
- Company-funded pension plan.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company contributions tied to company performance, up to 10% of eligible earnings, with a 5% target.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage for associates and eligible family members from the first day of employment.
- Paid volunteer time and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
- Associate Resource Groups.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
