Main Purpose:

As a member of the US Exco, this is a key leadership role driving the US strategy through its planned growth. This role will be responsible for linking the leadership team including CEO, CFO, COO, General Counsel/CRO and the broader organization while connecting workstreams that could remain siloed.

The individual in this role is a high visibility strategic partner and thought leader that leads the coordination and strategic alignment of diverse business functions. The role operates at a tactical, strategic & operational level handling the oversight of projects do not neatly fit within the organizational chart or that fall between departments of leadership areas of responsibility.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Collaborate with executive team members (CEO, CFO, COO, General Counsel/CRO)to determine and prioritize strategies objectives for the business.
• Monitor for and identify priorities that require senior leadership focus.
• Create structure and focus for broad, ambiguous ideas that executive team is exploring and bring forth recommendations as appropriate.

Tactical Execution and Change Management

• Lead and initiate change throughout the organization.
• Oversee strategic business initiatives from development through successful execution under the guidance of senior leadership and departmental heads.
• Assist and communicate with executives in decision-making, program management, and initiative implementation.
• Drive execution of action items and top priorities agreed upon by the CEO and Executive team.
• Work with project managers to determine critical project milestones and the resources required to achieve those milestones
• Analyze & report operational improvements based on strategies implemented

Organizational Alignment and Effectiveness

• Collaborate with leadership team and other parts of the organization to track, analyze and report performance as needed
• Work with the business department leads to ensure the business support occurs when needed by the project or operations team
• Review, design, and execute on improvements to org structure, find knowledge and skills gaps and help address them

Special Projects and Business Development as necessary

Skills and Experience:

• Bachelors Degree
• Minimum 7 to 10 years experience in Insurance industry.
• Strong skills in:
  • Process improvement/project management
  • Business planning
  • Communication (oral and written)
  • Strategic thinking and problem analysis
• Organized and disciplined
• Attention to detail/follow-up
• Demonstrated drive for results
• Ability to work with a diverse range of stakeholders across various functional disciplines to understand their respective challenges and motivations
• Ability to communicate business challenges and guidance to varied audiences to explain rationale and/or resolve concerns
• Ability to lead through influence