Business Strategy and Analysis
About the Role
The Strategy & Business Operations group is a Center of Excellence within the Insurance Solutions & New Markets (IS&NM) organization. Its mandate includes:
- Defining and articulating IS&NM's strategic vision, narrative, and priorities
- Identifying market opportunities and developing go-to-market strategies
- Overseeing strategic inforce product management
- Driving and governing business operating plans to meet growth and performance objectives
- Facilitating strategic planning and business governance processes
- Providing business management and enablement support across IS&NM
- Partnering with enterprise Risk & Compliance to identify, monitor, and mitigate operational risks
- Providing administrative support to IS&NM's leadership and their teams
Responsibilities
- Support the strategy development process, including framing the current state of the business, structuring analysis and sizing of external and internal opportunities, and developing solution recommendations to meet growth and performance objectives
- Develop strategies to pursue new product and/or market opportunities, including external trends, competitive benchmarks, go-to-market approaches, operating model options, and partnership options
- Identify changes in market conditions, industry trends, regulatory environment, and macro-economic factors that may require changes to IS&NM’s strategy and business plan
- Structure and build quantitative and qualitative analyses to support strategy and business plan development
- Leverage scenario planning, case studies, and modeling capabilities to strengthen strategy and business plan
- Support the creation of senior management materials (including Board and Executive Committee presentations)
- Support IS&NM leaders and their teams in an Internal Consulting capacity on a range of business topics, including new products/markets, go-to-market, partnerships, and operating model topics
- Support development of IS&NM’s business plan, comprising in-year efforts and long-term initiatives, to operationalize IS&NM’s strategy and priorities
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of required work experience in Business Strategy and Analysis; 7+ years preferred
- Sedentary work environment
Skills
Required
- Exceptional problem structuring and hypothesis-driven thinking
- Ability to lead and deliver high-quality workstreams independently under tight deadlines
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel with a consistent track record of producing client-ready materials
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate complex findings into clear, executive-level insights
Preferred
- 7+ years in Business Strategy and Analysis, with past experience in a corporate strategy or product strategy role
- Prior exposure to the retirement and insurance industry
- Proven ability to manage up, across, and down in a fast-paced, matrixed environment
- Demonstrated capacity to handle ambiguity and operate with a high degree of autonomy
- Strong executive presence and stakeholder management skills
Related Skills
- Adaptability
- Business Acumen
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Consultative Communication
- Detail-Oriented
- Executive Presence
- Financial Acumen
- Messaging Effectiveness
- Prioritizes Effectively
- Problem Solving
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Thinking
Pay
Base Pay Range: $117,000/yr - $175,000/yr. Actual base salary may vary based on relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. The competitive compensation package may also include participation in an incentive program linked to performance.
Benefits
The organization offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support associates' well-being, including:
- A superior retirement program
- Highly competitive health, wellness, and work-life offerings to support physical, emotional, and financial well-being
For more details, review the Benefits Summary.
About the Company
TIAA has delivered secure retirement solutions for over 100 years, serving millions of clients. Founded to help educators retire with dignity, TIAA is now a market-leading retirement company with world-class asset management. The company is committed to evolving to meet future challenges while maintaining its mission-driven culture.
Guided by values—Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One—TIAA fosters a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries to drive innovation and meaningful results. The workplace combines TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, offering associates opportunities for growth through learning experiences and development pathways.