VP, Business Enablement

The Role at a Glance

The VP, Distribution Strategy & Enablement serves as the principal operating partner to the distribution organization, translating distribution strategy into operating model decisions, enterprise execution priorities, performance management routines, and enabling capabilities that allow market-facing teams to focus on customers and brokers.

Strategic Leadership & Business Planning

• Maintains knowledge of current and emerging trends and collaborates with senior leadership to incorporate them into future strategies.
• Contributes to business unit, operational, and enterprise strategy creation.
• Led the development of the division distribution organization’s annual and multi-year strategic plan in partnership with the Chief Distribution Officer.
• Translates distribution strategy into operating model decisions that improve clarity, connectivity, and execution across the organization.
• Provides thought leadership and functional expertise to internal and external stakeholders.

Operational Excellence & Performance Management

• Led and enhanced organizational initiatives through change management and enterprise transformation efforts.
• Acts as business owner for the distribution technology ecosystem, including CRM, portals, service tools, and analytics platforms.
• Drives execution of major transformation initiatives, including operating model redesign, compensation redesign, governance, and talent assessment efforts.
• Ensures technology and operational capabilities are aligned with business objectives and enable organizational effectiveness.
• Directly leads strategic planning teams and capability-building functions, including training and development programs.
• Pairs with HR and the Chief Distribution Officer on organization design, competency models, career paths, workforce planning, and headcount modeling.

Transformation, Change & Technology Enablement

• Leads and enhances organizational initiatives through change management and enterprise transformation efforts.
• Drives execution of major transformation initiatives, including operating model redesign, compensation redesign, governance, and talent assessment efforts.
• Ensures technology and operational capabilities are aligned with business objectives and enable organizational effectiveness.
• Directly leads strategic planning teams and capability-building functions, including training and development programs.
• Pairs with HR and the Chief Distribution Officer on organization design, competency models, career paths, workforce planning, and headcount modeling.

Enterprise Partnership & Stakeholder Management

• Serves as the primary relationship owner with key enterprise partners including Finance, IT, HR, Legal, Compliance, and Reporting & Analytics.
• Collaborates across functions to align priorities, operating decisions, and execution plans with business objectives.
• Builds strong partnerships to support strategy execution, cross-functional alignment, and organizational success.