AVP, Global Strategy & Execution

Description and Requirements
Position: AVP, Global Strategy & Execution
Location(s): 200 Park Avenue
Reports to: Head of Strategy, Enterprise Relationship Mgmt., and Next Gen Ventures
The Team You Will Join
Global Strategy & Execution advises MetLife's top executive officers (the ELT) and works in partnership with the regional businesses. Functioning as in-house strategic and operational consultants, the group is responsible for leading programs that define, communicate, and support the execution of business strategies and initiatives globally.
The Opportunity
We are looking to attract the next generation of talent to drive the successful execution of MetLife's New Frontier strategy and keep the company on a path to strengthen our customer focus and accelerate innovation. Individuals on this team can expect to get an unparalleled view into the breadth of the company's business while deep diving into several different areas through specific projects. We expect team members will eventually progress their careers within the business in any number of high-impact roles across MetLife.
Reporting directly to the Head of Strategy, Enterprise Relationship Management & Next Gen Ventures, the AVP Global Strategy & Execution, will focus on leading and supporting the organization's strategic priorities and working to enable senior leaders across the enterprise to win the future through ownership, execution, and evolution of New Frontier strategy and market-specific goals.
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future:

• Lead the structuring, implementation and launch of New Frontier priorities
• Scope, define and coordinate major projects aligned to our New Frontier strategy and other strategic business initiatives
• Provide deep and ongoing evaluation of the opportunities and threats; direct the research and monitoring of environmental forces, market, regulatory, and industry trends; identify opportunities, risk, or recommended changes to strategy as necessary
• Partner with key stakeholders to design effective communication of strategies to constituents, including the ELT and other senior executives, company employees, and external stakeholders
• Lead or work on global cross-functional teams to evaluate, provide insight, and drive strategic outcomes for maximum impact; enable the transfer of strategic ideas into operational decisions and actions
• Partner with finance teams to align strategy to financial plans, identifying risks and opportunities
• Provide expertise to regional teams to help adapt enterprise strategies and processes to local markets, as well as align bottoms-up strategies with enterprise initiatives; share best practices to tackle inefficiencies and enable speed of execution
• Lead the end-to-end Reinvest process: planning, evaluation of business cases, prioritization, support PAR development and manage stakeholders throughout the entire process
• Drive and embed Agile, experimentation, and innovative ways of working across the enterprise

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications):

• 5+ years of experience defining, communicating, and delivering on strategy and operational initiatives to drive business growth with a top tier consulting firm
• Degree in Finance, Business, Economics preferred; higher degree MBA/MS a big plus
• Prior insurance or retail financial services experience is a plus but not mandatory
• Adept at operating in a matrixed environment, building alignment and delivering together
• Strong results orientation, sound business judgment, and understanding of P&L levers and opportunities to optimize value
• Ability to inspire a shared vision and motivate others to achieve aggressive metrics and objectives
• Superior communication, interpersonal, influencing, and negotiation skills, including ability to flex style to fit audience
• Demonstrated success working with diverse stakeholders toward team solutions, including ability to establish and gain agreement on strategic direction
• Flexibility to work with different time zones. Minimum travel required

• Achieving results:
• Thinks strategically and has strong execution capabilities
• Demonstrates strong analytical approach to solving problems
• Drives to synthesis and develops recommendations. High degree of comfort with ambiguity
• Leads and implements strategic growth initiatives from concept development through business case development
• Possesses strong project management capabilities with ability to manage multiple priorities
• Shows business maturity, has strong presence and possess advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Building relationships:
• Manages change effectively and has proven ability to lead through influence and drive results through others in a highly matrixed environment
• Builds teams, is inclusive by nature
• Authentically builds trusted relationships and collaborates across global, diverse and multi-functional teams to successfully drive business objectives.
• Planning for the future:
• Drives and embeds Agile, experimentation, and innovative ways of working across the enterprise
• Seeks new opportunities and ways to create balanced business growth while improving operational capabilities.
• Promotes customer centricity and ensures focus on creating great customer experiences to achieve competitive advantage.
• Sets aggressive goals and is accountable for continuously driving improved performance, leading change and ensuring high standards.

What Will Give You an Edge (Additional Skills)

• Prior experience at a management consulting firm

Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2023 "World's Most Admired Companies" as well as the 2023 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
The salary range for applicants for this position is $157,800 - $210,400.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, as well as the 2024 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For ®, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
Equal Employment Opportunity/Disability/Veterans
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$157,800 - $210,400
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