Senior Business Strategy Consultant - Group Insurance

Securian Financial • Saint Paul, MN

2d • $111,300 - $207,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Securian Financial, the Employee Benefit Solutions team provides innovative benefit solutions. The Senior Business Strategy Consultant – Group Insurance advances 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. The Senior Consultant connects these insights to business strategy, identifies implications and opportunities, and helps mobilize initiatives from exploration through execution. The position calls for strategic thinking, market orientation, analytical rigor, business acumen, and cross-functional leadership, including the ability to move between ambiguity, analysis, recommendation, and action.

Securian is open to local and remote candidates. Associates within a 90-minute commute of the St. Paul Home Office work in the office at least three days per week under the hybrid model. Those 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, tailored to stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• 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.
• Ability to lead initiatives and create clarity and momentum across complex work without direct authority over participating teams.
• Learning agility and curiosity, including developing expertise in unfamiliar topics and exploring emerging opportunities.
• Experience coordinating complex processes across teams and disciplines to deliver shared customer outcomes.
• Preferred skills include business acumen, collaboration, competitor analysis, consulting, a curious mindset, data analysis, market opportunity assessment, planning, and strategic influence.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market, customer, competitive, technology, regulatory, and industry trends and assess their implications for the business.
• Identify and explore 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 with 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, including parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
• Nine company-paid holidays.
• Company-funded pension plan.
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company contribution tied to company performance, up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for associates and eligible family members, beginning on the first day of employment.
• Paid volunteer time and a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
• Associate Resource Groups supporting connection and development.

What This Job Offers

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