Enterprise Strategy Consultant

About the Job

The Enterprise Strategy department supports senior leaders in defining the Multi-Year Strategy - i.e. the core areas of focus for the company over the next 3-5 years - and helping to define what work will contribute meaningfully towards these multi-year objectives. Enterprise Strategy also supports communication about the Multi-Year Strategy to the enterprise at large and provides oversight of work towards Multi-Year Strategy objectives at the enterprise level. The senior specialist will support strategy leadership in delivering projects, materials, and presentations in service of enterprise goals.

What You'll Do

• Support a wide range of complex projects in support of team priorities, contributing to the creation and execution of the enterprise Multi-Year Strategy.

• Create project plans including guiding principles, timelines, stakeholders, and outcomes to organize and implement complex cross-functional strategic work.

• Develop presentation materials appropriate to all levels of the organization, including senior leadership.

• Coordinate and manage team deliverables, publications, content, education, presentations, and communications. Create, update, and maintain inventory of these materials, partnering with business partners across the organization when needed.

• Gather and analyze information to assist in prioritizing and making sound business decisions.

What You'll Bring to the Role

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in business or related field.

• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience emphasizing decision-making and problem solving.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build rapport, network with and gain acceptance to balance the needs of the company, field, and senior leadership.

• Deep knowledge of NM business fundamentals preferred

• Demonstrated ability to independently analyze and solve business problems.

• Willingness to explore unknown areas and try new ways of working.

• Creative skills and experience designing materials and presentations; high level PowerPoint creation skills a must.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage mid-complexity assignments, prioritize work and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, work under pressure, and meet tight deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail and work product.

Skills You Have

• Attention to Detail: Focuses on specific details to spot and correct errors in advance of them being found and surpass quality expectations. Performs work with thorough proofreading for presentation, content, accuracy, and overall quality.

• Cross Functional Partnering & Planning: Facilitates collaboration, communication, coordination, and planning with individuals and teams from different functions within the organization, and who have different areas of expertise, to achieve common goals.

• Executive Presence: Builds and maintains an authentic personal brand, inspiring and motivating people to pursue a desired outcome by sharing a clear vision and demonstrating confidence, professionalism, self-awareness and trust with business stakeholders.

• Industry Knowledge: Demonstrates extensive knowledge of common practices, regulatory considerations, market trends and the competitive landscape within a particular industry / sector to better understand and address unique client requirements, challenges, and context.

• KPIs & Metrics: Measures performance over time by utilizing data collection and analysis methodologies for a specific objective to create strategic and operational improvement, including setting and monitoring desired performance targets. Makes critical decisions based on key figures to improve business outlook and achieve performance targets.

• Project Management: Delivers projects in alignment to business requirements, specific success criteria, and stakeholder expectations. Plans, manages, and completes projects keeping cost and time considerations in mind.

• Analytical Thinking: Organizes and compares various aspects of a situation to comprehend and identify key or underlying complex issues through the use of quantitative data and analysis; leverages strong business acumen, problem solving, and interpersonal skills to think critically about situations from multiple perspectives and consistently seeks ways to improve processes.

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Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages diversity in the workforce. We are committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which each employee can contribute creative ideas, seek challenges, assume leadership and continue to focus on meeting and exceeding business and personal objectives.

We're excited about the potential people bring to Northwestern Mutual. You can grow your career here while enjoying first-class perks, benefits, and our commitment to a culture of belonging.

• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups