Senior Business Strategy Consultant - Group Insurance

hq; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

At Securian Financial, the Employee Benefit Solutions team drives growth through strategic insight and cross-functional leadership. The EBS Strategy Sr.

Consultant - Group Insurance identifies market opportunities, translates insights into recommendations, and leads initiatives from exploration to execution. The ideal candidate blends strategic thinking, market orientation, analytical rigor, and strong cross-functional collaboration to move from ambiguity to action, with a hybrid work option

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field; equivalent education/experience accepted.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic projects involving ambiguity and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience conducting market, competitive, customer, and financial analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills tailored to stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market, customer, competitive, technology, regulatory, and industry trends and assess implications for the business.
• Identify and explore new growth opportunities, partnerships, capabilities, and areas for differentiation.
• Lead strategic analysis and develop recommendations, business cases, scenarios, and executive decision materials.
• Lead high-priority cross-functional strategic initiatives from initial exploration through recommendations and execution planning.
• Evaluate competitive activity, including investments, acquisitions, partnerships, products, technology, and distribution strategies.
• Develop and test strategic hypotheses and challenge existing business assumptions.
• Translate complex information into clear insights, choices, implications, and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Partner across Product, Distribution, Finance, Operations, Technology, Marketing, and other functions to advance strategic priorities.
• Maintain a pipeline of emerging opportunities and strategic questions requiring further exploration.
• Measure progress against strategic priorities and identify where strategy or execution may need to adapt.

Skills

Business Acumen

Collaboration

Competitor Analysis

Consulting

Curious Mindset

Data Analysis

Market Opportunity Assessment

Planning

Strategic Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

Advanced degree

Job description

Overview

At Securian Financial, the Employee Benefit Solutions team cares for employees in the moments that matter by providing innovative benefit solutions. The EBS Strategy Sr. Consultant - Group Insurance plays a key role in advancing business strategy by identifying emerging market opportunities, translating insights into strategic recommendations, and leading cross-functional initiatives that support growth and competitive differentiation.

This role serves as a strategic thought partner to business leaders, maintaining an active view of market trends, customer needs, competitor activity, technology disruption, and industry developments. The Senior Consultant connects these insights to the business strategy, identifies implications and opportunities, and helps mobilize initiatives from exploration through execution.

The ideal candidate combines strategic thinking, market orientation, analytical rigor, business acumen, and strong cross-functional leadership with the ability to move effectively between ambiguity, analysis, recommendation, and action.

We are open to considering both local and remote talent for this opportunity. If you live within a commutable distance of our St. Paul Home Office, this position follows a hybrid work schedule. If you live outside of a commutable distance, you may be eligible to work as a virtual employee.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market, customer, competitive, technology, regulatory, and industry trends and assess implications for the business.
• Identify and explore new growth opportunities, partnerships, capabilities, and areas for differentiation.
• Lead strategic analysis and develop recommendations, business cases, scenarios, and executive decision materials.
• Lead high-priority cross-functional strategic initiatives from initial exploration through recommendations and execution planning.
• Evaluate competitive activity, including investments, acquisitions, partnerships, products, technology, and distribution strategies.
• Develop and test strategic hypotheses and challenge existing business assumptions.
• Translate complex information into clear insights, choices, implications, and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Partner across Product, Distribution, Finance, Operations, Technology, Marketing, and other functions to advance strategic priorities.
• Maintain a pipeline of emerging opportunities and strategic questions requiring further exploration.
• Measure progress against strategic priorities and identify where strategy or execution may need to adapt.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead strategic projects involving ambiguity and multiple stakeholders.
• Experience conducting market, competitive, customer, and financial analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that can be tailored to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree.
• 5+ years of experience in strategy, business development, program management or related field within the group insurance industry.
• Experience with large employee benefits programs.
• Initiative leadership creating clarity and momentum across complex initiatives without needing direct authority over participating teams.
• Learning agility and curiosity by developing expertise in unfamiliar topics and actively exploring emerging opportunities.
• Experience coordinating complex processes across teams and disciplines to deliver shared customer outcomes.

Preferred Skills

• Business Acumen
• Collaboration
• Competitor Analysis
• Consulting
• Curious Mindset
• Data Analysis
• Market Opportunity Assessment
• Planning
• Strategic Influence

At Securian Financial the internal title for this position is Business Development Sr. Consultant.

Securian Financial believes that meaningful in-person collaboration is an important part of our culture. Our hybrid work model gives associates the flexibility to work both remotely and in the office while fostering connection, learning, and innovation. Associates who live within a 90-minute commute of our Home Office in St. Paul, Minnesota spend 3 or more days each week working from the office.

The estimated base pay range for this job is: $111,300.00 - $207,800.00 Pay may vary depending on job-related factors and individual experience, skills, knowledge, etc. More information on base pay and incentive pay (if applicable) can be discussed with a member of the Securian Financial Talent Acquisition team.

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