Lead Service & Operations Strategy Consultant (Hybrid)

Guardian Life; New York (NY); On-site; USD 103,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life in New York seeks a specialized, collaborative, and delivery-focused professional to advance the Service and Operational Strategy for Financial Protection and Retirement Solutions.

Reporting to the Service and Operations Strategy Leader, you will independently advance complex workstreams that turn strategy into results, translating roadmaps and operating-model designs into rigorous analysis, business cases, and implementation-ready plans across new business and inforce service,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate or business strategy, operations strategy, transformation, or business process improvement.
• Strong analytical and project management skills, including proficiency with data, business case development, and executive-ready materials.

Responsibilities

• Conduct current-state analysis of operations, customer journeys, channel performance, service demand, and cost drivers.
• Evaluate strategic levers across automation, digital containment, workflow optimization, and AI-enabled solutions, including requirements definition, vendor and tool assessment, and impact sizing.
• Support the development of business cases, roadmaps, and implementation plans in partnership with technology, customer experience, finance, and operational leaders.
• Execute and lead complex or specialized analysis of outsourcing, managed service, nearshore/offshore, and hybrid delivery models, including cost-benefit modeling, risk assessment, and transition planning.
• Help define and document operating model requirements, including roles, governance, process ownership, controls, workforce impacts, and change management routines.
• Establish and track KPIs and success measures for transformation initiatives, and build the reporting that shows progress against targets.
• Prepare for and support cross-functional workshops and leadership discussions, driving alignment and capturing decisions, actions, and follow-through.
• Monitor market trends, emerging technologies, competitive practices, and customer behavior shifts to keep the operations strategy future-ready.
• Manage execution across multiple initiatives, coordinating timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder inputs to keep strategic priorities on track.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Guardian Life in New York seeks a specialized, collaborative, and delivery-focused professional to advance the Service and Operational Strategy for Financial Protection and Retirement Solutions.

Reporting to the Service and Operations Strategy Leader, you will independently advance complex workstreams that turn strategy into results, translating roadmaps and operating-model designs into rigorous analysis, business cases, and implementation-ready plans across new business and inforce service,