Insurance Structuring and Solutions Lead

Insurance Structuring and Solutions Lead

About New York Life Investment Management

With over $800 billion in assets under management, NYLIM is a Pensions & Investments Top 30 Largest Money Manager and one of the largest global asset managers serving institutional, retail and insurance clients. NYLIM brings together the firm’s global investment teams under one unified brand, combining specialized expertise with the strength and stability of New York Life.

Our platform is built on disciplined active management, deep investment capabilities and a long-term partnership approach designed to deliver enduring value across market cycles and help clients navigate the next era of investing.

More powerful, together, we combine the agility of specialized investment teams with the scale and longevity of a leading mutual institution.

New York Life Investment Management is seeking a Senior Leader to join its Insurance Solutions team. Reporting to the Head of Insurance Solutions, this individual will serve as a strategic partner in building and scaling the firm's insurance solutions business. Working in close partnership with the Head of Insurance Solutions, this person will help shape product strategy, design investment structures, develop new structures and solutions, and coordinate execution across the NYLIM platform.

The role requires close alignment with the New York Life General Account (OCIO) and collaboration across NYLIM's affiliate investment managers and key business partners. The individual will bring an open minded and entrepreneurial approach to developing solutions across asset classes, structures and geographies, with a particular focus on opportunities where insurance investment solutions can be further developed in Europe and Asia.

Primary Responsibilities

• Partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions to develop and execute the long term strategy for the insurance solutions business.
• Work alongside the Head of Insurance Solutions to design investment solutions that address insurers' investment, capital, accounting, liquidity and regulatory objectives.
• Partner with the Head of Insurance Solutions and the New York Life General Account (OCIO) to identify portfolio needs and develop scalable solutions for external insurance clients.
• Collaborate with NYLIM affiliate managers to identify, package and commercialize investment capabilities for insurance clients.
• Partner on a broad range of structuring opportunities, including rated feeders, collateralized fund obligations and other structured vehicles, secondaries, credit insurance and customized investment solutions.
• Evaluate opportunities to structure solutions at the underlying asset level as well as at the fund, portfolio and vehicle level, with a focus on creating efficient and scalable outcomes for insurance investors.
• Work with affiliate investment teams to adapt existing strategies into insurance specific offerings and explore new structures where existing products do not fully address client needs.
• Partner with distribution and affiliate leadership to identify opportunities to bring existing capabilities to market through differentiated insurance offerings.
• Help identify and develop opportunities across global insurance markets, including Europe and Asia, where regulatory frameworks, capital requirements and market dynamics may create attractive opportunities for innovative insurance solutions.
• Maintain a strong understanding of insurance investment regulations and capital frameworks and apply that knowledge to solution design and structuring. Familiarity with global insurance regulatory regimes is highly valued.
• Collaborate with legal, tax, compliance, operations and product teams to develop and launch new solutions.
• Support client engagements in partnership with the Head of Insurance Solutions by articulating solution design, structuring considerations and implementation requirements.
• Serve as a connector across investment teams and business functions to help build a scalable global insurance platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in insurance investments, institutional asset management, product strategy or investment structuring.
• Deep understanding of insurance company portfolios, statutory accounting, capital requirements and insurance regulation.
• Strong knowledge of insurance regulatory and capital frameworks, with experience or familiarity across U.S. and global markets. Experience with European and Asian insurance markets is a plus.
• Experience designing…