Strategic Growth Lead, Group Insurance (Hybrid/Remote)

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

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