Visionary Enterprise Strategy Leader

6 days ago

New York, New York, United States Northwestern Mutual Full time

Join a best-in-class company that puts its clients at the forefront of all it does. At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing, investing in our people and making a positive difference.

About the Team

The Enterprise Strategy team develops informed perspectives and recommendations on the organization's biggest strategic questions, from evaluating market differentiators to identifying growth opportunities. We are a centralized strategy team with an in-depth understanding of our clients' needs and how our products, services, and distribution channels connect to meet those needs. Our success means delivering better financial and emotional outcomes to every client.

Key Responsibilities
  • Define industry-leading strategies to drive client acquisition and deepen relationships with clients.
  • Leverage different methodologies based on topic (e.g., root cause analysis, scenario-based planning, etc.).
  • Drive discussions with senior leaders across the enterprise to make strategic investments with significant impact on the company's future direction and performance.
Key Focus Areas
  • Market & Trend Analysis: Conduct external research (e.g., megatrends, competitive analysis) to inform strategic perspectives and keep a pulse on market positioning.
  • Vision and Strategy: Navigate complex business challenges by employing structured problem-solving to develop and drive recommendations, create frameworks from scratch, and build business cases.
  • Research & Data: Build a learning agenda and deliver in collaboration with research, insights, and analytics teams.
  • Client Insights: Lead strategic conversations on client challenges and financial goals to inform industry-leading, innovative ways to drive client acquisition, deepen engagement, and build intergenerational relationships with clients.
  • Expert Management and Organization: Independently lead distinct bodies of work and/or projects, including anticipating business needs beyond immediate next steps and connecting the strategy to execution.
  • Executive Communication: Prepare and deliver executive updates, articulating insights and synthesizing complex ideas into crisp concepts and action plans.
  • Field Stakeholder Management: Spearhead conversations with top financial advisors to understand best practices and build strategies that are accretive to the advisor and client relationship.
  • Concept Testing: Collaborate with the Partnerships and Innovation team to validate market desirability and viability of solutions through client/advisor concept testing.
  • Internal Stakeholder Management: Foster strong relationships with stakeholders, including digital product, other internal strategy teams, business partners, etc., ensuring alignment and support for key initiatives.
What This Role Needs
  • Bachelor's degree
  • 7-10 years of experience in strategy consulting or corporate strategy
  • Experienced in defining enterprise-wide outcomes and key results that are aligned to the organization's value proposition. Proven ability to leverage data in generating actionable insights is a plus.
  • Strong capability to evaluate and convert complex ideas into a simple, digestible format for all audiences.
  • Deep industry insights in financial services. Financial planning, wealth and asset management, and/or insurance experience preferred
  • Demonstrated understanding of exclusive distribution system, including business model and go-to-market approaches. Experience working with financial advisors preferred.
  • Experience building relationships and working collaboratively with top executives and colleagues to identify and resolve issues.
  • Exceptional people management skills; ability to lead a small team with enterprise vision, set clear team goals, coach strategic skillsets, and create a collaborative, inclusive culture.
  • Proven leadership ability to focus on internal and external relationships, co-create and define mutually beneficial outcomes.
  • Excellent oral and written communicator; strong PowerPoint skills required; familiarity with writing executive memos.
  • Ability to build project plans, manage tight timelines, and maintain focus on delivering high-impact work.
Benefits

Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off

Highly competitive compensation that includes base salary plus bonus

Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program

Estimated Salary Range: $139,370 - $258,830

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