Manager of Strategy Innovation

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic innovation projects.
• Define the question, structure the analysis, conduct the research, drive to a recommendation, and follow through on execution, driving transformation across the organization.
• Build and own financial and operational models that underpin strategic decisions.
• Develop long-range plans, business-case ROIs, pricing scenarios, headcount plans, and unit economics for new products.
• Support M&A activity end to end.
• Conduct sourcing diligence, build valuation models, draft investment memos, and drive integration programs.
• Be the analytical thought partner to the CSVO, CEO, and CFO.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured frames and crisp answers, conduct rigorous analyses, and transform complex data into executive-ready narratives (decks, memos, dashboards) that move stakeholders to a decision.
• Stand up and maintain lightweight operating cadences.
• Facilitate planning sessions, OKR development, KPI reviews, etc.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years of experience, including at least 2 years at a top-tier management consulting firm (MBB+ strongly preferred), with the balance in corporate strategy, strategic finance, private equity, or investment banking.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a strategic or transformation project from question to recommendation to delivery, with limited oversight.
• Excellent quantitative skills; fluent in financial modeling in Excel, comfortable with three-statement models, unit economics, sensitivity analysis, and valuation approaches.
• Strong program management chops, with a track record of successfully running cross-functional initiatives with real stakeholders, real timelines, and real consequences for slippage.
• Strong written and verbal communication; can produce a tight memo or a board-ready deck and defend it under questioning.
• Bias for action and intellectual horsepower.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, breaks open new problems quickly, owns outcomes (not just slides).
• Bachelor's degree from a top-tier school; MBA strongly preferred but not required.
• Domain experience in insurance, financial services, fintech, or insurtech ideal but not required.
• Willing and able to travel between NYC and Fort Washington offices 1-2 times per month.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary, target bonus, and a long-term cash incentive program designed to approximate equity outcomes at top-tier companies.
• Health insurance, 401(k), paid holidays, and generous PTO.