Hybrid Director, Strategy & Transformation

at CNA Insurance

• Job title: Director, Strategy & Transformation
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $97,000 - $189,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Director in Strategy & Transformation Office enabling strategic priorities and aligning business leaders. Partnering with functions to assess, inform, and drive measurable business impact in the insurance industry.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business and functional teams to align strategic intent, assess current landscape, and design future models.
• Conduct relevant industry analysis, complemented by best practices and benchmarks, to inform strategic recommendations.
• Create high-quality deliverables related to strategic assessments to enable collaboration and decision-making with leaders and stakeholders.
• Support enterprise program management through creation and communication of progress to ensure consistent alignment.
• Develop, gather, and share comprehensive industry research with targeted stakeholder groups.
• Manage and escalate issues or risks with suggested mitigation tactics to the Strategy & Transformation Office VP.
• May perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree or relevant professional qualifications preferred
• Typically, a minimum of ten years’ related work experience in a combination of advisory, consulting, and/or industry roles
• Experience in Commercial Property and Casualty Insurance strongly preferred
• Solid working knowledge of the Commercial Property & Casualty insurance industry and value chain (i.e., Distribution, Underwriting, Claims, etc.)
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities seamlessly
• Familiarity with relevant insurance industry research, financials, and related analytics – including sources such as S&P, Conning, A.M. Best, carrier / broker earnings results, etc.
• Advanced communication and facilitation skills, both written and verbal, including high degree of proficiency in PowerPoint.
• Ability to clearly articulate complicated analysis and recommendations through clear storylines.
• Experience developing and presenting a wide range of content and analyses for various leaders and stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence and maintain collaborative relationships (externally and internally) in a matrixed environment.
• Ability to bring a disciplined thought process and dynamic problem-solving ability to business challenges.
• High degree of curiosity and motivation to continuously stay abreast of critical trends and issues impacting the industry.
• Strong professional acumen, agility, and accountability.

Benefits

• comprehensive and competitive benefits package to help our employees – and their family members – achieve their physical, financial, emotional and social wellbeing goals