Sr Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Openly is hiring a Sr Manager, Strategic Initiatives to join the Product & Strategy organization. As a member of the Strategic Programs team, this high-impact role will collaborate across all areas of Openly to identify, plan, and execute initiatives critical to shaping the long-term trajectory of Openly.

The ideal candidate for this role:

• Thrives in ambiguity – quickly defining the opportunity and potential solutions

• Pairs their intellectual curiosity with data fluency to turn strategy into actionable priorities

• Collaborates effortlessly across all areas of the company including sales, service, claims, marketing, insurance product, finance, and technology

• Communicates effectively across all levels of the company – from senior leadership to their peers – to drive alignment and influence without authority

• Has a passion for driving progress and delivering results

Responsibilities:

• Drive intricate and time-critical projects by gathering context, identifying impacts from around the organization, and developing a framework that guides a prioritized approach for resolution

• Cultivate cross-functional partnerships across the organization to proactively identify operational opportunities and define solutions to deliver value

• Support setting and tracking KPIs and performance trends, providing the data-driven insights necessary to help project teams turn goals into actionable tasks

• Manage end-to-end special projects across a wide range of topics

• Employ market research and competitive intelligence to inform areas of opportunity and bolster business cases

• Proactively push process improvements to drive scalable operations and partner across teams to successfully implement

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of personal lines insurance (home and/or auto) experience required, ideally with a focus on strategy and analytics

• Exceptional analytical and critical thinking skills

• Highly-motivated, resourceful, and inquisitive with a ‘roll-up your sleeves’ mentality to drive progress towards results

• History of building relationships across teams to define impacts of new initiatives on operational processes

• A proven track record of driving alignment across multiple stakeholder groups to build consensus in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent communication skills with a demonstrated ability to articulate qualitative and quantitative insights to stakeholder

• Experience in fast paced environments is a plus