Risk Insights Analyst

Risk Insights Analyst Channel and Business Risk Team (ERM) Full-Time Springfield, MA or Boston, MA The Opportunity

This role on the Channel and Business Risk team within Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) focuses on driving risk insights that influence decision‑making and shape Mass Mutual’s strategic trajectory. The ideal candidate is a high‑potential insurance or financial services professional who brings strong intellectual curiosity, research skills, and a desire to learn how senior leaders evaluate strategic choices, risks, and opportunities.

Core to this purpose is Risk Management, which seeks to influence company decisions through an enterprise view of risk and reward, helping Mass Mutual become the best company in the financial industry. As we embark on a range of strategic imperatives to grow our businesses, the importance of a strong risk management foundation has never been clearer.

We are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate intellectual curiosity, strong critical thinking skills, and an eagerness to learn. Success in this role is less about arriving with all the answers and more about asking great questions, connecting ideas across discipline, and continuously developing new capabilities.

The Channel and Business Risk team is a trusted partner that leverages risk expertise to help business and executive leaders make informed decisions about risks and opportunities that could impact their ability to achieve their strategic and business objectives. To this end, the Channel and Business Risk team’s goal is to perform services that:

• Leverage broad and holistic risk expertise to specialize in cross-functional risk‑related projects
• Liaise and translate with stakeholders within ERM and across Mass Mutual to deliver easy to distill, actionable insights and ensure business needs are surfaced
• Supercharge high value and time sensitive work that gives projects direction (re: 80/20) and hand off work to more specialized teams when appropriate

As the pace of change continues to accelerate externally and internally, we have increasing needs to monitor the external environment, make deeper use of artificial intelligence and data analytics, and generate swift insights to inform decision‑making. The role offers significant opportunities to learn from senior leaders and experienced risk professionals while developing expertise in strategic risk assessment and executive advisory work.

• Drive substantive strategic risk problem solving efforts by engaging stakeholders, defining key questions and conducting research and analysis related to business strategies
• Monitor the internal and external environment (e.g., industry trends, competitive dynamics, macroeconomic developments), using data analytics and AI‑assisted research tools where they add speed, perspective, or new ways of seeing risk
• Build and maintain a repeatable, scalable approach to risk monitoring and intelligence synthesis so insight generation is faster, more systematic, and less dependent on individual effort
• Apply sound professional judgment when interpreting complex, multi‑source analysis, including AI‑assisted outputs, assessing relevance, limitations, and implications for risk and reward in dynamic situations
• Translate complex risk analysis into concise executive ready communications including materials for, ERC presentations, senior leadership briefings, and board‑level discussions.
• Generate impact as a trusted advisor by building the ability to see the big picture in complex and dynamic situations
• Role model behaviors such as, high energy, self‑direction, strong interpersonal skills, intellectual curiosity, professionalism, inclusive behaviors, an orientation toward client and team success.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 5+ years of experience working in insurance, financial services, consulting, analytics, strategy, product, distribution, underwriting, risk management, finance, or related disciplines
• 2+ years of experience working with visualization and presentation tools such as excel, tableau, PowerPoint, or similar tools.
• 1+ years of experience conducting structured research and analysis…