Location Designation: [[custrolelocationdesignation]]When you join New York Life, you’re joining a company that values career development, collaboration, innovation, and inclusiveness. We want employees to feel proud about being part of a company that is committed to doing the right thing. You’ll have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programs. New York Life is a relationship-based company and appreciates how both virtual and in-person interactions support our culture.New York Life’s primary distribution channel is the career Agency sales force of more than 12,000 agents, operating in virtually every major city in the United States. Every agent is affiliated with one of our 115 General Offices. These offices are operated by Agency management teams responsible for agent and management recruiting, development, and sales. Approximately half our agents operate their businesses out of our General Offices, while the other half maintains independent office locations.Our General Offices are divided up among four Zones. In addition to our Zone offices, an Agency Home Office team responsible for strategy, finance, administration, standards, training, marketing, and communications supports our agents and field managers. The Agency operation also comprises teams charged with growing our business in key market segments, including the middle-income market, the advanced (high-net-worth) market, and select cultural markets. Agents sell individual life insurance, individual annuities, and long-term care insurance products, as well as mutual funds.Role OverviewThis role will drive and support the design, development, and implementation of strategic initiatives within the Field Operations team. This role will shape the upfront, strategic thinking of new initiatives, including framing and analyzing complex problems, assessing current state, designing target state solutions, developing actionable recommendations, and supporting the initial implementation across the organization. We are looking for an outstanding individual with strong leadership skills, excellent intellectual and analytical capabilities, pragmatic problem-solving skills, strong communication and influencing capabilities, a passion to affect change across the organization at the most senior levels, and strong people management and development skills.Thought leadership and advisory
Frame and analyze complex problems
Assess areas of opportunity, in line with overall vision and strategy
Develop pragmatic solutions to key strategic and operational issues
Present recommendations to senior leadership
Strategic planning and executive communication
Support strategic planning and related activities
Facilitate structured reviews of the enterprise portfolio of strategic initiatives & implications (e.g., budget considerations, resource allocation)
Drive agenda and materials development for senior executive audiences & meetings (e.g., Steering Committee Meetings)
Project leadership
Lead end-to-end delivery of solutions
Support implementation of key enterprise initiatives by forming collaborative
partnerships with colleagues across businesses and functional areas
Drive management of enterprise governance and communication processes
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree – BS or BA (Finance/Operations Management/Organizational Behavior) and/or equivalent experience
Minimum 7+ years overall experience, 3+ years in top-tier management consulting firm
Experience in financial services preferred, insurance expertise a plus
Strong communication skills including experience in developing C level presentations
Collaborative work style and leadership presence with ability to effectively interact and earn trust of peers and senior management across the organization
Project management skills including proven ability to juggle multiple projects simultaneously
Outstanding analytic and quantitative capabilities
Large and small group facilitation skills and experience
Team management and development skills
Self-starter with a passion to deliver result
#LI-SV1#LI-HYBRIDSalary range: [[custsalaryRangePosting]]Overtime eligible: [[customString6]]Discretionary bonus eligible: [[custmerit]]Sales bonus eligible: [[stockPackage]]Click here to learn more about ourbenefits (https://www.newyorklife.com/careers/corporate/benefits) . Starting salary is dependent upon several factors including previous work experience, specific industry experience, and/or skills required.Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation (https://www.newyorklife.com/foundation) . We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. We invite you to bring your talents to New York Life, so we can continue to help families and businesses “Be Good At Life.” To learn more, please visitLinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/newyorklife/) , ourNewsroom (https://www.newyorklife.com/newsroom/) and theCareers (https://www.newyorklife.com/about/careers/) page of www.NewYorkLife.com .Job Requisition ID: [[id]]