Strategy Lead, Business Strategy

MassMutual•Boston, MA

About The Position

MassMutual is a Fortune 100 financial services company with scaled businesses across insurance, wealth management, and asset management. Within the Corporate Strategy team, the Business Strategy team helps MassMutual leaders define priorities, evaluate growth opportunities, and make higher-quality strategic decisions in a changing financial services landscape. As a Strategy Lead, you will partner with executives and senior leadership teams to turn complex business questions into fact-based insights, actionable recommendations, and measurable business impact. This role offers many of the best elements of top-tier strategy consulting or similar work: Exposure to senior executives and highly consequential business decisions Opportunities to tackle the organization's most important strategic questions A wide variety of business challenges across multiple parts of the enterprise Significant responsibility and leadership opportunities early in your tenure Coaching, mentorship, and ongoing professional development While avoiding many of the traditional downsides: Limited travel The opportunity to see recommendations translated into action Deep business context and long-term relationships with stakeholders Direct visibility into the outcomes and impact of your work

Requirements

3-5 years of strategy consulting, corporate strategy, business strategy, or equivalent experience with a strong record of performance, inclusive of leading strategy projects from end-to-end
5+ years of total professional experience
Demonstrated experience independently leading substantial portions of strategy projects
Bachelor's degree from a leading college or university
Proven ability to structure complex problems and prioritize analysis
Ability to analyze quantitative and qualitative information and generate meaningful insights
Strong executive communication and presentation skills
Experience creating concise, compelling, and data-driven materials for senior leaders
Track record of coaching, mentoring, and developing junior team members
Ability to build trusted, high-impact relationships across a broad range of stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Strategy consulting experience at a top-tier management consulting firm
Graduate degree from a leading university or business school
Experience in insurance, wealth management, asset management, retirement, or broader financial services
Familiarity with distribution strategy, advisor business models, product strategy, marketing strategy, or customer growth initiatives

Responsibilities

Leading complex strategic projects that influence executive decision-making across affiliated distribution, wealth management, product, brand, marketing, institutional solutions, and third party distribution
Structuring ambiguous business challenges into clear hypotheses, analytical workplans, and actionable recommendations
Synthesizing quantitative and qualitative insights into compelling executive-level communications
Driving stakeholder engagement across a broad range of business partners and leadership teams
Partnering with analysts to conduct research, develop analyses, and deliver high-quality strategic recommendations
Helping shape the strategic trajectory of our businesses through both formal strategy projects and ongoing thought leadership
Developing perspectives on industry trends, competitive dynamics, regulatory developments, emerging technologies, and evolving customer expectations
Developing and collaborating with partners across the enterprise on Board strategy deliverables including macro analysis of the external and competitive environment
Managing enterprise wide relationships with Strategic Partner firms, driving alignment and identification of additional partnership opportunities
Coaching and mentoring analysts while contributing to the development of the broader Business Strategy function