Senior Manager -Corporate Strategy & Research; Experienced

About the Team

The Corporate Strategy & Research (CS&R) group is an award-winning 35-person enterprise strategy and internal strategy consulting team within Liberty Mutual Insurance, a Fortune 100 company with 40,000 employees operating in 28 countries and economies worldwide. The group serves as trusted strategic advisers to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team and drives transformational change by taking an enterprise-wide, customer-centric perspective.

Established in 1972, CS&R has an outstanding track record of developing future leaders and serving as a top talent feeder to the organization by creating an environment that fosters intellectual curiosity, professional development, and personal fulfillment. Alumni of the group include our current Chairman & CEO, Chief Insights & Solutions Officer, EVP & General Manager of Sales and Service, SVP & Head of BU Strategy, VP & Managing Director of Corporate Development, and Vice President of Product Strategy.

This is a great opportunity for an energetic individual to join a vibrant, high performance and tight-knit team environment that will be front and center in driving change across the enterprise.

We’re in search of intellectually curious, creative, driven individuals who have a strong desire to expand their management consulting toolkit as part of an energetic and high-impact team.

As a Senior Manager I, you’ll oversee a workstream within a tight-knit consulting team led by a Managing Director that will collectively advise Liberty Mutual’s senior executives in making key strategic decisions. Projects are typically in the areas of strategy development, growth strategy, organizational design & operating model, innovation, or business transformation, and typically run for 2-5 months.

You’ll develop key relationships with leaders and executives across the organization and communicate with senior leadership to influence and galvanize the organization into action.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Deciphering strategic issues faced by Liberty Mutual stakeholders, and determining how best to address them
• Designing work plans for your workstream, and collecting data from various internal and external sources (e.g., executive interviews and workshops, customer surveys)
• Crafting compelling storylines that clearly articulate findings, insights, and recommendations
• Building and owning relationships with key client stakeholders
• Directing team and client stakeholders towards consensus points and gaining buy-in
• Communicating with senior leadership to influence and drive the organization to action
• Supporting the development and coaching of Associate Consultants and Senior Associate Consultants
• Contributing to CS&R initiatives such as recruiting, talent development, culture building and engagement, or alumni engagement

• Base salary plus an annual short term incentive bonus target: 17.5%

The group is looking for intellectually curious, creative, and driven individuals with an interest in developing the management consulting toolkit.

Candidates should, at minimum, possess the following:

• MBA with a demonstrated record of success or equivalent business and analytical background
• 5+ years of work experience preferred, including 1+ years of post-MBA experience
• Strong critical thinking skills with ability to elevate thinking and apply judgment during analysis about how components fit together and with bigger picture
• Ability to leverage experience and analysis to gain support and influence others
• Strong quantitative, analytical, and communications skills (both written and oral)
• Strong leadership skills and ability to work independently and as a member of a team, and coach junior team members
• Ability to manage multiple projects or priorities
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel

• Strategy consulting experience
• Are motivated by high impact, high visibility work
• Can independently navigate and decipher an ambiguous environment
• Have demonstrated strong leadership abilities and care about professionally developing those around you
• Insurance or financial services industry experience a plus