Dir-Sr Strategist (Insurance)

Moody's Corporation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Moody's Corporation seeks a strategic leader to shape growth opportunities within the Insurance sector, focused on Property and Casualty. The role analyzes demand, competitive trends and regulatory shifts, translating insights into compelling business cases for senior leadership.

You will collaborate with product, GTM, sales, and marketing to drive execution and strengthen Moody's solution value across markets.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in strategy, product, marketing, or market research within Insurance, especially Property and Casualty.
• Strong understanding of market dynamics, customer personas, and workflows in Insurance (P&C).
• Proven ability to translate market insights into actionable business strategies.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders with clear communication and detail.
• Experience working in Agile and fast-paced environments on multiple initiatives.
• Hands-on experience with AI tools to improve workflows and efficiency; awareness of AI risk management.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess future growth opportunities across Insurance sub-segments and workflows.
• Monitor demand, competitive landscape, regulatory trends, and emerging technologies.
• Develop business cases with market estimates, segmentation, ARR projections, costs, and viability.
• Translate vision into execution scenarios across growth levers, lines of business, and markets.
• Identify strategic partners and investment opportunities, including M&A.
• Maintain understanding of Moody's solutions and value propositions.
• Collaborate with product, GTM, sales, and marketing to align initiatives and enable commercial execution.
• Contribute to sales and marketing materials and thought leadership content.

Skills

Strategy experience in Insurance

Market dynamics understanding

AI tools usage

Stakeholder influence

Agile environments

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate business degree

MBA preferred

Tools

AI tools

Job description

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody’s is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we’re advancing AI to move from insight to action - enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

Skills And Competencies

• Extensive experience in strategy, product, marketing, or market research within the Insurance sector, in particular Property and Casualty
• Good understanding of market dynamics, customer personas, and workflows in the Insurance sector, in particular Property and Casualty
• Proven ability to translate market insights into actionable business strategies
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience working in Agile and fast-paced environments and managing multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously
• Demonstrated proficiency in artificial intelligence concepts, with hands-on experience using AI tools to streamline workflows and enhance operational efficiency. Proven ability to implement AI-powered solutions to solve business challenges. Demonstrates a growing awareness of AI risk management and a commitment to responsible and ethical AI use

Education

• Undergraduate degree in a business-related field required
• MBA or other relevant graduate degree preferred

Responsibilities

This role supports the identification and assessment of future growth opportunities across Insurance customer sub-segments and workflows to shape market strategy.

• Analyze and monitor demand, competitive landscape, and industry and regulatory trends, as well as emerging technologies impacting customers' businesses
• Identify and assess growth opportunities across customer sub-segments and workflows
• Drive the development of business cases including estimation of addressable market, target customer and segmentation, ARR projections, cost estimations, and financial viability assessments through data-driven analyses
• Translate vision into execution scenarios across identified growth levers, lines of business, and markets
• Actively participate in identifying and evaluating strategic partner and investment opportunities, including organic investment and mergers and acquisitions
• Maintain a strong understanding of Moody's solutions and their value propositions
• Collaborate with product, go-to-market enablement, sales, and marketing teams to align initiatives and support commercial execution
• Contribute to sales and marketing materials and thought leadership content

About The Team

The Insurance Commercial Strategy team partners with Strategic Planning, Product, Go-to-Market, Marketing, and Sales to drive objective, fact-based decision making, optimize portfolio performance, and support sustainable growth for Moody's Analytics' Insurance Business Unit. The team operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, leveraging data, market intelligence, and AI-enabled insights to identify and capture growth opportunities across the global insurance landscape. By joining this team, you will contribute to high-impact work that shapes how Moody's serves the insurance market - helping clients navigate risk and uncertainty with greater clarity and confidence.

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody’s Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.

For more information on the Securities Trading Program, please refer to the Securities Trading Policy on Moody’s Compliance Expo page

Please note: STP categories are assigned by the hiring teams and are subject to change over the course of an employee’s tenure with Moody’s.