Manager of Strategy Innovation

Agency for Healthcare; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid holidays

Generous PTO

Job summary

Coventry is seeking a Manager of Strategy & Innovation to partner with the Chief Strategy & Ventures Officer on high-leverage strategic work across the company. You will build financial models, lead strategic projects, and support M&A activity while delivering executive-ready analyses for key decisions.

The role requires a top-tier management consulting background, strong quantitative skills, and the ability to travel between NYC and Fort Washington offices 1–2 times per month.

Qualifications

• 5 to 7 years of experience, including at least 2 years at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB+).
• Experience in corporate strategy, strategic finance, private equity, or investment banking is preferred.
• Fluent in financial modeling, three-statement models, unit economics, and valuation approaches.
• Strong cross-functional program management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic innovation projects from question to recommendation and execution.
• Build and own financial and operating models, long-range plans, and unit economics for new products.
• Support end-to-end M&A activity, including diligence, valuation, and integration.
• Partner with CSVO, CEO, and CFO to translate questions into structured analyses and executive-ready narratives.
• Stand up lightweight operating cadences, OKR development, and KPI reviews.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Program management

Executive communication

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA

Job description

Coventry is hiring a Manager of Strategy & Innovation to be the Chief Strategy & Ventures Officer's right hand on the highest-leverage strategic, financial, and transformation work across the company. You will move fluidly between strategic innovation projects, rigorous financial modeling, M&A support, and transformation program management. You will own the analyses and delivery plans that drive some of the most important decisions at Coventry, partnering closely with the c-suite leaders across the business, especially the CFO’s and COO’s offices. The role is built for someone with a top-tier management consulting background who wants the autonomy and impact of an operating role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic innovation projects. Define the question, structure the analysis, conduct the research, drive to a recommendation, and follow through on execution, driving transformation across the organization.
• Build and own financial and operational models that underpin strategic decisions. Develop long-range plans, business-case ROIs, pricing scenarios, headcount plans, and unit economics for new products.
• Support M&A activity end to end. Conduct sourcing diligence, build valuation models, draft investment memos, and drive integration programs.
• Be the analytical thought partner to the CSVO, CEO, and CFO. Translate ambiguous business questions into structured frames and crisp answers, conduct rigorous analyses, and transform complex data into executive-ready narratives (decks, memos, dashboards) that move stakeholders to a decision.
• Stand up and maintain lightweight operating cadences. Facilitate planning sessions, OKR development, KPI reviews, etc.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years of experience, including at least 2 years at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB+ strongly preferred), with the balance in corporate strategy, strategic finance, private equity, or investment banking.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a strategic or transformation project from question to recommendation to delivery, with limited oversight.
• Excellent quantitative skills; fluent in financial modeling in Excel, comfortable with three-statement models, unit economics, sensitivity analysis, and valuation approaches.
• Strong program management chops, with a track record of successfully running cross-functional initiatives with real stakeholders, real timelines, and real consequences for slippage.
• Strong written and verbal communication; can produce a tight memo or a board-ready deck and defend it under questioning.
• Bias for action and intellectual horsepower.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, breaks open new problems quickly, owns outcomes (not just slides).
• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier school; MBA strongly preferred but not required.
• Domain experience in insurance, financial services, fintech, or insurtech ideal but not required.
• Willing and able to travel between NYC and Fort Washington offices 1-2 times per month.

Benefits

Competitive base salary, target bonus, and a long-term cash incentive program designed to approximate equity outcomes at top-tier companies. Health insurance, 401(k), paid holidays, and generous PTO.