Principal Strategic Advisory

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
Northwestern Mutual (NM) has been helping families and businesses achieve financial security for over 165+ years. Through a distinctive, whole-picture planning approach including both insurance and investments, we empower people to be financially confident. We combine the expertise of our financial professionals with a personalized digital experience and leading-edge technology to best serve our clients. To help guide the collaborative effort, we are in search of a Principal Strategic Advisory member to join our team.
The goal of the Strategic Advisory team is to provide management and strategy consulting services with internal resources who have aligned incentives. This role is responsible for providing advanced quantitative analysis capabilities for multiple engagements across the team and ensuring delivery standards are met. This role is also responsible for analyzing corporate-wide data to identify strategic opportunities across Northwestern Mutual.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Establish data and quantitative analysis capabilities for the Strategic Advisory function and build financial models for how they are federated out to delivery engagements
• Work hands-on with Strategic Advisory team members to implement data-driven approaches
• Ensure consistency in quantitative delivery across projects
• Lead analysis of large cross-functional data sets across Northwestern Mutual to identify top priorities for Strategic Advisory work
• Partner with client leadership to identify opportunities and scope engagements
• Provide guidance and advice to prioritize top opportunities in different business functions based on value and impact
• Provide guidance and advice for stakeholders to help translate OKR and API targets into actionable, strategic roadmaps
• Coordinates requests for information from stakeholders and prepares reports and presentations in response.
• Exhibits expert level and business acumen to solve unique, complex problems across multiple functions with a broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Participates in regular department / function leadership meetings to ensure delivery and execution is aligned with Strategic Advisory function

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 15 years business leadership and/or consulting experience
• Minimum of 7 years of people management experience.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership in a data role or organization
• Proven leadership skills working with diverse teams.
• Superior management, human relations, and interpersonal skills to lead groups of people.
• Strong organizational skills; able to handle competing demands, and work under tight deadlines and short timeframes.
• Demonstrated organizational agility to work across organizational boundaries, influence, and collaborate with all levels on solutions that benefit the organization.
• Proven skills in dealing with ambiguity and paradox, and leading change.
• Facilitation and team building skills; ability to play an active, operational and communicative role.

Benefits:

• Tuition reimbursement, commuter plans, and paid time off
• Highly competitive compensation that include base salary plus bonus
• Medical/Dental/Vision plans, 401(k), pension program

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Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$149,380.00
Pay Range - End:
$277,420.00
Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please c lick here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.
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