Hybrid Director of Strategy – Innovation

at The Hartford

• Job title: Director of Strategy – Innovation
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $136,000 - $204,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Hartford, United States

About the role

• Director of Strategy & Innovation at an insurance company driving enterprise initiatives across Data, AI, and Operations. Requires collaboration with C-level executives, strategic thinking, and program management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior executives and their teams to drive follow-through on strategic programs of work with a focus on collaboration, program transparency, and execution.
• Establish and maintain effective team operating rhythms, including leadership meetings, operating reviews, forums, town halls that promote transparency and informed decision-making.
• Provide program management support for complex, cross-functional initiatives, balancing near-term execution with longer-term strategic outcomes.
• Translate strategic direction into actionable plans with clear objectives, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Serve as a central point of coordination across teams, helping to surface risks, resolve conflicts, and drive alignment on priorities and trade-offs.
• Create compelling executive presentations and storytelling narratives that communicate clearly and concisely to C-level stakeholders.
• Champion change management efforts to support the adoption of new processes, technologies, and initiatives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, excellence and belonging.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional work experience
• 10+ years of IT program management, with at least two in a senior-level role
• Experience working in IT organizations and Agile methodologies, with a solid understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Hands-on experience and understanding of the data and AI areas preferred
• Highly effective communicator with the ability to clearly and concisely articulate ideas, concepts and proposals, and to effectively interface with C-level executives and stakeholders.
• Strong written communications skills with thorough attention to detail; experience in layout design, graphics and visualization; and an emphasis on distilling complex information into clear and concise messages and narratives
• Strong understanding of change management principles and methodologies with demonstrated experience driving organizational transformation.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport, influence stakeholders, and drive collaboration and consensus across cross-functional teams.
• Results-oriented and resourceful, capable of quickly taking control of responsibilities and establishing credibility as a strategic business partner.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Candidate must be authorized to work in the US without company sponsorship.

Benefits

• short-term or annual bonuses
• long-term incentives
• on-the-spot recognition