Strategy Management

Highlights

Job ID: 49619

Position Type: Full Time - Regular

Location: NY-New York

Relocation: No

Requirements:

Qualifications
- Bachelor Degree in Business, or equivalent; MBA Preferred
- Minimum of seven years of experience in business or consulting with an emphasis on Planning and/or Strategy Development
- Solid understanding of the financial services industry and life insurance operating model, including the competitive, regulatory and control environments.
- Strong analytics and problem solving skills and demonstrated competency in Project Management
- Strong planning and organizing skills
- Ability to communicate well with all levels of Management; excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work with multiple diverse teams and create positive interactions
- Experience facilitating workshops / strategy sessions highly desired
- Knowledge / experience in one of more of the following key functional areas is a plus: Distribution, Product Development, Marketing, Operations, Human Resources
- Ability and willingness to travel 15%+ of the time

Education: MBA

Experience: 6-9 years

Description:

Principal Responsibilities
- Create and refine a common framework, process and tools to guide the development of strategic and operational business plans for all ALICO Territories
- Work with Regional management and WW Pillar Owners to
- roll out the strategic planning process (aka Fast Forward Program); including coordinating meetings, facilitating workshops and ensuring outcomes meet stated goals
- design, evaluate, prioritize and execute strategic initiatives that will contribute to the achievement of financial growth targets.
- build business plans for key Fast Forward initiatives and work with the Strategic Initiatives Office to secure approval and funding.
- create regional and WW Strategic Plans and Strategy Houses to support achievement of long-term growth objectives; align strategic priorities and metrics to ensure goals are realized
- Partner with the Corporate Communications and Human Resources Depts to develop and execute a communication plan that engages all employees in the Fast Forward program
- Design and implement a methodology to identify and share best practices in product development, distribution management, operations and technology/information systems.
- Collaborate with Research and Development function to establish a long-term scenario-planning capability
- Other projects as needed

Reports to:
- Vice President, Strategic Planning

About Us:

Alico is a leading international life insurer with a unique heritage of serving customers across the globe for over 85 years. The company provides consumers and businesses with products and services for life insurance, accident and health insurance, retirement planning, and wealth management solutions. Through an extensive network of over 40,000 agents, brokers and financial institutions and 11,000 employees across 54 countries, Alico services 19 million customers worldwide.

Alico has branch offices, subsidiaries and affiliates in emerging, developing and developed markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Alico is domiciled in Wilmington, Delaware and has regional headquarters in Tokyo, Paris, Athens, Dubai, and Santiago, Chile..