Head of Strategic Growth Initiatives

undefined ago • 10-15 Years • $285,000 PA - $315,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Guardian is seeking an entrepreneurial and collaborative Head of Strategic Growth Initiatives leader for its Strategy and Corporate Development Team. This role reports to the Head of Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Development and will lead a team responsible for strategy development, planning, prioritizing, and leading cross-cutting strategic transformation initiatives, and driving key enterprise strategic relationships. The role is crucial for Guardian's ambitious Journey To ’30 growth strategy, focusing on diversifying product portfolios, increasing distribution, growing customer base, and leveraging technology, data, and AI.
Must have:
  • Lead a team responsible for overall strategy development and planning.
  • Prioritize and lead cross-cutting strategic transformation initiatives.
  • Help drive key enterprise strategic relationships.
  • Help define strategic direction and near-term priorities for Guardian.
  • Develop agenda, content, and experience for annual Guardian Leadership Team Strategy offsite.
  • Lead executive-level sessions to gain buy-in and develop content for Board forums.
  • Lead and own the annual Target Letter process.
  • Partner with Finance to develop and maintain a strategic prioritization framework.
  • Provide strategic end-to-end oversight over enterprise transformation roadmap.
  • Drive collaboration across business lines and corporate functional areas.
  • Assess and develop business cases for new ideas.
  • Lead and facilitate enterprise alignment for identified initiatives.
  • Lead and facilitate management of top strategic relationships.
  • Act as a strategic connector, providing oversight of key commercial relationships.
Good to have:
  • MBA from top-tier business school
Perks:
  • Support and flexibility to achieve professional and personal goals
  • Skill-building opportunities
  • Leadership development opportunities
  • Philanthropic opportunities
  • Opportunities to build communities
  • Career growth
  • Diverse colleagues with high ethical standards
  • Contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources

Job Details

We are currently seeking an entrepreneurial and collaborative Head of Strategic Growth Initiatives leader for Guardian’s Strategy and Corporate Development Team. The role reports to Guardian’s Head of Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Development and will lead a team of colleagues responsible for overall strategy development and planning as well as prioritizing and leading cross-cutting strategic transformation initiatives, and helping drive key enterprise strategic relationships.

Guardian has set out an ambitious growth strategy over the next 5 years, referred to as our Journey To ’30. This strategy focuses on continuing the growth of both our Group and Individual Markets business lines to diversify our product portfolio, increase our distribution footprint, grow our customer base, and leverage technology, data and AI as a strategic enabler. This growth strategy requires ongoing transformation across the enterprise, including both the business lines and corporate functions.

In the highly visible role of Head of Strategic Growth Initiatives, you will help develop the long-range plans for Guardian and partner with senior leaders to identify, develop, evaluate, prioritize and deliver strategic initiatives across the organization. You will play a key role in ensuring our strategic initiative portfolio is aligned to our near-term and longer-term strategy, driving ideation and process excellence across the firm with the express purpose of delighting our customers (both internal and external).

This role will collaborate closely with leaders in business areas, technology, data and AI, and finance to drive transformation, and will regularly update the executive leadership team on the progress of delivery efforts as well as the results of past initiatives to ensure the company is realizing value from transformation efforts. You will lead initiatives to solve complex problems and implementation issues critical to Guardian’s success.

Your work will span across:

Enterprise Strategy Development & Execution

  • Help define the strategic direction and near-term priorities for Guardian or specific business unit topics supported by competitor/industry research and operational and financial analysis.
  • In partnership Guardian Leadership Team, develop agenda, content, and experience for annual Guardian Leadership Team Strategy offsite, and September Strategy Session of the Board. Lead executive-level sessions to gain buy-in and develop content for delivery in various Board forums.
  • Lead and own the annual Target Letter process, which sets annual goals by business and function aligned to our strategic objectives.
  • Partner with Finance to develop and maintain a strategic prioritization framework that assesses and prioritize change initiatives and how Guardian allocates capital to these initiatives (both the annual process and quarterly funding requests).
  • Provide strategic end-to-end oversight over enterprise transformation roadmap, across Group, Individual Markets and Corporate Functions. Provide operational leadership to optimize resource allocation and strategic outcomes
  • Drive collaboration across business lines and corporate functional areas to oversee execution process and timeline. Includes monthly and quarterly updates, and emerging risks or opportunities.

Strategic Initiatives

  • In collaboration with business areas, assess and develop business cases for new ideas driving innovation, partnerships, and other areas of investment outside of BAU.
  • Lead and facilitate enterprise alignment for identified initiatives and tactical plans for execution, alongside business leaders and key stakeholders.

Strategic Relationship Management

  • Lead and facilitate management of top strategic relationships across enterprise vendors, partners and investors.
  • Act as a strategic connector, providing oversight of key commercial relationships and/or partnerships. Ensure follow-through, with a focus on uncovering new opportunities and driving more value creation.

Skills/Experience

  • Experienced with and enjoy leading, coaching and mentoring a team to solve complex strategic problems
  • Strategic / framework drive structured thinker with excellent end-to-end problem-solving skills, able to identify issues and analyses
  • A team leader, with change management experience, who can navigate independently up and down the organization and work well in cross-functional teams to achieve goals through strong interpersonal and influencing skills, maturity, and judgment
  • An effective and confident communicator (both oral and written), with an outstanding ability to apply quantitative analytical approaches and develop and deliver concise communication materials for senior management

You have

  • Bachelor’s degree from a top institution with strong academic performance and demonstrated leadership ability; MBA from top-tier business school preferred, but not required
  • 10-15 years of experience in roles related to strategy consulting, business management or transformation and operational experience within a financial services or consulting firm
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Salary Range

$285,000 - $315,000

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals. Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits . Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com .

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday

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About The Company

Every day, Guardian helps our 29 million customers realize their dreams through a range of insurance and financial products and services. Our Purpose, to inspire well-being, guides our dedication to the colleagues, consumers, and communities we serve. We know that people count, and we go above and beyond to prepare them for the life they want to live, focusing on their overall well-being — mind, body, and wallet. As one of the largest mutual insurance companies, we put our customers first. Behind every bright future is a GuardianTM.

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