Manager, Enterprise Strategy
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance · $150,000–$210,000 (stated in the posting)
MSIG USA continues to grow!
Company Overview:
MSIG USA is the US-based subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., one of the world’s top P&C carriers and a global Class 15 insurer, with A+ ratings and a reach that spans 40+ countries and regions. Leveraging our 350-year heritage, MSIG USA brings the financial strength, expertise, and global footprint to offer commercial insurance solutions that address your business’s unique risks.
Summary / Job Purpose:
The Senior Manager, Enterprise Strategy supports strategic and cross-functional initiatives that are critical to the CEO and senior management. This role combines enterprise strategy, corporate planning, quantitative and qualitative analysis, executive communication, and disciplined project management to advance MSIG USA's mid- to long-term growth priorities. Working across underwriting, claims, finance, legal, technology, operations, HR, and other functions, the Senior Manager translates executive priorities into actionable plans, leads complex initiatives from strategy through implementation, and helps maintain alignment with the international head office. The position is suited for a hands-on, consultative professional who can move comfortably between strategic thought leadership and detailed execution in a fast-paced, cross-functional, and cross-cultural environment.
Essential Functions:
Enterprise Strategy and Corporate Planning (30%)
- Initiate, develop, and execute initiatives supporting MSIG USA's mid- to long-term growth strategies, including geographic expansion, business-line strategy, capability building, and other CEO priorities.
- Partner with senior leaders to translate strategic priorities into practical workplans, milestones, decision points, and measurable outcomes.
- Conduct market, industry, competitor, financial, operational, and other research; perform quantitative and qualitative analysis to evaluate opportunities, risks, and strategic alternatives.
- Develop data-driven assessments, business cases, and recommendations to support CEO and executive decision-making.
- Monitor progress against strategic priorities and elevate emerging risks, interdependencies, and decisions requiring executive attention.
Cross-Functional Initiative and Project Leadership (40%)
- Lead complex, time-bound initiatives from strategy through implementation, typically managing multiple concurrent projects of varying duration.
- Establish project scope, governance, workstreams, timelines, milestones, accountabilities, and status reporting.
- Coordinate stakeholders across functions and levels, drive accountability without formal authority, resolve obstacles, and identify organizational or execution gaps that could affect delivery.
- Maintain action logs and follow-up mechanisms to ensure commitments are completed and executive decisions are implemented.
- Provide hands-on support with analysis, coordination, documentation, budget oversight when applicable, and execution activities as needed.
Executive Communication and Decision Support (20%)
- Prepare concise, accurate, and executive-ready materials for management meetings, Board discussions, and priority CEO agendas.
- Synthesize complex information into clear presentations, decision memos, briefing materials, dashboards, and recommendations.
- Coordinate input from multiple stakeholders, challenge inconsistencies, and ensure materials are complete, fact-based, and aligned to the intended decision or discussion.
- Support meeting preparation and follow-up by documenting decisions, owners, next steps, and deadlines.
International and Cross-Cultural Collaboration (10%)
- Build effective working relationships across MSIG USA and with international stakeholders, including the head office.
- Facilitate alignment across functional, organizational, and cultural perspectives while maintaining focus on business outcomes.
- Adapt communication and working style as appropriate and handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion and sound judgment.
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Economics, Strategy, Management, or a related field; Master of Business Administration (MBA) or another relevant advanced degree is highly desirable.
- 8+years of progressive experience in strategy, corporate planning, management consulting, project or program management within P&C industry (financial services industry may also be considered).
- Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional or enterprise-level initiatives from planning through execution.
- Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with the ability to connect enterprise priorities, operational realities, and execution requirements.
- Excellent project management skills, including the ability to structure ambiguous work, manage multiple priorities, coordinate stakeholders, and maintain momentum under tight deadlines.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to accuracy, logic, and detail.
- Clear and persuasive written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex topics concisely to executive audiences.
- Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust and drive accountability without relying on formal authority.
Other Qualifications Required:
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
- Experience supporting executive leadership teams, Boards, transformation initiatives, or enterprise growth programs is preferred.
- Experience collaborating with global or multinational stakeholders is preferred.
- Ability to work from the New York office and travel domestically or internationally less than 10% as business needs require.
- Ability to work outside normal business hours occasionally to support time-sensitive executive or enterprise priorities.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise appropriate judgment when handling sensitive business and organizational information.
- Experience preparing executive-level presentations, briefing materials, and decision support for senior leadership.
SALARY: The estimated salary range for this position is $150,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year. This is a good-faith assessment of the salary range for this position only. In determining the actual salary within this range, MSIG USA will consider a candidate’s relevant experience, location, and other job-related factors.
Additional Benefits:
- Healthcare and Retirement Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) with a generous employer match and profit-sharing contribution
- Wellness incentive program
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- Flexible spending programs
- Short-term and long-term disability plans
Additional Benefit Programs
- Paid time off program
- Paid charitable leave
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Personal insurance (auto/homeowners) discounts
It's an exciting time for our company and a great opportunity to join a financially sound and growing global insurance group!
It is the policy of MSIG USA to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, MSIG USA will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.