Director, Strategy & Transformation Office

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Individual contributor role that partners with executives and leaders across the enterprise to identify, design, and execute enterprise-wide strategic initiatives that enable CNA's business goals. This role will be engaged with high priority work and collaborate with stakeholders across business units to creatively problem-solve complex issues, shape future approaches, and inform decision making. They are expected to provide strong program leadership and thought partnership, create repeatable process frameworks, and perform industry research with related analysis. This role will leverage superior communication and facilitation skills to successfully deliver strategic initiatives that provide measurable business impact and accelerate growth. Reporting to the Strategy & Transformation Office VP, the Director will analyze complex issues and support strategic initiatives that will deliver measurable business impact and accelerate growth.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Performs a combination of duties in accordance with departmental guidelines:

• Partner with business and functional teams to align strategic intent, assess current landscape, and design future models.
• Conduct relevant industry analysis, complimented by best practices and benchmarks, to inform strategic recommendations.
• Create high-quality deliverables related to strategic assessments to enable collaboration and decision-making with leaders and stakeholders.
• Support enterprise program management through creation and communication of progress to ensure consistent alignment.
• Develop, gather, and share comprehensive industry research with targeted stakeholder groups. Manage and escalate issues or risks with suggested mitigation tactics to the Strategy & Transformation Office VP.

May perform additional duties as assigned.
Reporting Relationship
Typically VP or above
Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Solid working knowledge of the Property & Casualty insurance industry including products, processes, and functional disciplines. (similar)
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute multiple concurrent projects and competing priorities seamlessly. (similar)
• Advanced communication and facilitation skills, both written and verbal - with proven ability to influence and maintain collaborative relationships (externally and internally).
• Experience developing and presenting a wide-range of content and analyses for various leaders and stakeholders.
• Ability to bring a disciplined thought process and dynamic problem-solving ability to business challenges.
• Strong professional acumen, agility, and accountability.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree or relevant professional qualifications preferred.
• Typically a minimum of ten years related work experience in a combination of advisory, consulting, and/or industry roles. Experience in Property and Casualty Insurance strongly preferred, Commercial Lines expertise is a plus.

CNA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in the recruitment process. To request an accommodation, please contact [email protected] .