Insurance Strategy Manager

Strategy Manager (London, UK)

We’re hiring!

• My client’s are currently recruiting a Strategy Manager in My client’s Consultancy business (London, UK).

• The firm help insurers improve performance by shaping their strategy and bringing it to life. As part of the world’s largest broker, nobody can do this better than us.

• Our access to my client’s data and insurance experts gives clients confidence in the decisions we help them make on their strategy. Being part of my client also means we have a practical sense of how to make it a reality.

• This all places us in prime position to give insurers the support they need to thrive in a rapidly changing environment.

About the Role

Your key responsibilities will involve;

• Lead the full lifecycle of complex client engagements from ongoing engagement, project scope definition to project management, delivery, and presentation to C-suite.

• Manage the overall client relationship building credibility and trust.

Be responsible for project delivery and managing Associate and Senior Associate team members within that project team.

• Be responsible for structuring a client project/problem into phases and questions, hypothesis testing, story building and deliverable production.

• Lead problem solving sessions with internal/external clients to develop processes, methodologies, and transition strategies that will guide them to the objective future state.

• Lead the identification and communication of recommendations to clients.

• Oversee the implementation and execution of strategic recommendations.

• Work towards selling client engagements through ongoing relationship and delivery of strategic initiatives.

• Work in a collaborative environment with clients and colleagues.

• Challenge the status quo and internal processes to identify opportunities to work more efficiently.

• Lead by strong example, mentor, coach, and potentially line manage Associates and Senior Associates.

• Support and lead additional function (talent, data, operations, etc) in support of my client’s growth including data management, operations, compliance, etc.

• You will be responsible for working in accordance with the my client’s UK Limited Risk Management Framework, and compliance with the my client’s UK Limited policies, including participation in the management of risks (including completion of mandatory training) that may adversely affect the business, interests or reputation of any Group Company.

About you

As a Strategy Manager your skills and qualifications will include;

• Proven experience in account management, in insurance or in consulting

• Proven Client engagement experience and stakeholder management

• Strong analytical and inquisitive mind

• Ability to network, engage with and influence all levels of stakeholders (both internal and external)

• Problem-solving skills

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Ability to communicate in a collaborative and client focused manner

• Ability to prioritise, plan and execute to strict deadlines

• Team management experience

• Proven team player with the ability to leverage the knowledge of those around you

• Fluency in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint and Excel)

• Demonstrate commitment to personal development

• Business acumen and intellectual curiosity

• Prepared to travel (c10% of project might involve European travels)

Our Colleague Experience

• Every day, our colleagues make a difference, work with the best, own their potential, and value one another. Together, we share this one purpose: to empower economic and human possibility around the world. This unifying goal is at the heart of our identity, and it lives in everything we do.

We offer you

• A competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. My client is an equal opportunities employer. My client’s recruitment and selection policy ensure the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.